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Review of iOS and iPadOS 17: a bigger bet on widgets and the modularization of apps, nice tweaks to Stage Manager, but visionOS stole the spotlight this year (Federico Viticci/MacStories) 18-09-2023

Federico Viticci / MacStories: Review of iOS and iPadOS 17: a bigger bet on widgets and the modularization of apps, nice tweaks to Stage Manager, but visionOS stole the spotlight this year  —  Well, last year was weird.  —  For the first time since I started writing annual reviews of Apple’s two mobile operating systems … Lees verder op Tech Meme

At an all-hands, Unity discusses potential changes to its new controversial fees, like capping fees to 4% of a game's revenue for customers with $1M+ revenue (Jason Schreier/Bloomberg) 18-09-2023

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: At an all-hands, Unity discusses potential changes to its new controversial fees, like capping fees to 4% of a game’s revenue for customers with $1M+ revenue  —  Maker of video-game development tools backtracks after customers threaten boycott  —  Video-game tool maker Unity Software Inc … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: external code contributions to the Android Open Source Project will need at least two Google reviewers' approval starting next month (Patreon) 18-09-2023

Patreon: Sources: external code contributions to the Android Open Source Project will need at least two Google reviewers’ approval starting next month  —  By now, I’m sure you’re aware that the Android operating system running on your phone is based on open source code provided by Google. Lees verder op Tech Meme

As Google prepares its Gemini multimodal LLM, a source says OpenAI is racing to debut GPT-Vision, which integrates multimodal image and text features into GPT-4 (Jon Victor/The Information) 18-09-2023

Jon Victor / The Information: As Google prepares its Gemini multimodal LLM, a source says OpenAI is racing to debut GPT-Vision, which integrates multimodal image and text features into GPT-4  —  As fall approaches, Google and OpenAI are locked in a good ol’ fashioned software race, aiming to launch the next generation of large-language models: multimodal. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Microsoft Paint gets support for layers and image transparency, 38 years after its launch, rolling out to Windows Insiders first (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer) 18-09-2023

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: Microsoft Paint gets support for layers and image transparency, 38 years after its launch, rolling out to Windows Insiders first  —  Microsoft is finally rolling out support for layers and image transparency to the Paint image editor application 38 years after its launch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

AI writing startup Writer, used by L'Oréal, Spotify, and Uber to create digital marketing campaigns, raised $100M led by Iconiq Growth at a $500M+ valuation (Rachel Metz/Bloomberg) 18-09-2023

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: AI writing startup Writer, used by L’Oréal, Spotify, and Uber to create digital marketing campaigns, raised $100M led by Iconiq Growth at a $500M+ valuation  —  The company’s technology can write and summarize a wide range of text. … Led by Chief Executive Officer May Habib … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Apple's new USB-C AirPods Pro add only dust resistance; an AirPods Pro software update adds Adaptive Audio, Personalized Volume, and Conversation Awareness (Chris Welch/The Verge) 18-09-2023

Chris Welch / The Verge: Apple’s new USB-C AirPods Pro add only dust resistance; an AirPods Pro software update adds Adaptive Audio, Personalized Volume, and Conversation Awareness  —  Last week, as predicted, Apple announced that the second-generation AirPods Pro would start shipping with a USB-C charging case instead … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Intel details its work on glass core substrates, a long-term project to replace organic substrates in chips, and plans a launch in the second half of the decade (Ryan Smith/AnandTech) 18-09-2023

Ryan Smith / AnandTech: Intel details its work on glass core substrates, a long-term project to replace organic substrates in chips, and plans a launch in the second half of the decade  —  Although Intel’s annual Innovation event doesn’t kick off until tomorrow, the company is already publishing some announcements ahead … Lees verder op Tech Meme

T2, an X rival launched after Elon Musk's takeover, rebrands as Pebble with a new logo and Ideas for posts, saying T2 was never meant to be its permanent name (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) 18-09-2023

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: T2, an X rival launched after Elon Musk’s takeover, rebrands as Pebble with a new logo and Ideas for posts, saying T2 was never meant to be its permanent name  —  An X challenger didn’t hide its ambitions to take on the social network formerly known as Twitter when it dubbed itself T2 at launch … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Crypto custody startup Bastion, co-founded by two former a16z executives, raised a $25M seed led by a16z crypto to expand its tools for traditional companies (Muyao Shen/Bloomberg) 18-09-2023

Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: Crypto custody startup Bastion, co-founded by two former a16z executives, raised a $25M seed led by a16z crypto to expand its tools for traditional companies  —  – Bastion raises $25 million in funding round led by a16z crypto  — Startup to provide custody and other services on one platform Lees verder op Tech Meme