Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Google announces Google DeepMind, a new unit combining the DeepMind team and the Brain team from Google Research, with DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis as CEO  —  Search giant merges AI resources to accelerate progress in technology that is reshaping business Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Twitter begins removing blue checkmarks from legacy verified accounts, fulfilling one of Elon Musk’s long-stated plans; Musk has called the system “corrupt”  —  The change is apparent on Twitter accounts for several Verge writers and other journalists like LA Times reporter Matt Pearce … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Imgur plans to ban explicit images, but permit artistic nudity, from May 15, and expects issues as the service adopts a mix of automatic and human moderation  —  Image hosting platform Imgur is set to ban explicit images on its platform from May 15.  The company updated its terms of service … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mariella Moon / Engadget: Imgur plans to delete “old, unused, and inactive content” that’s not tied to a user account, starting on May 15, potentially erasing years of internet history  —  For years, Imgur has made sharing photos and GIFs on the internet as easy as uploading a file — you don’t even need an account to use it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: VC funding for Web3 startups fell 81% YoY from $9.1B in Q1 2022 to $1.7B in Q1 2023; the number of public deals fell from 770 to 333, the lowest since Q4 2020  —  Editor’s Note: For more Web3 coverage, please visit Crunchbase’s Web3 Tracker, a site to look at startups, investors … Lees verder op Tech Meme