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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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