Josh Ye / Reuters: Tencent reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to ~$21.5B, in line with estimates, and net profit down 9% YoY to ~$5B, as games sales recovered from China’s crackdown  —  China’s Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) said third-quarter revenue climbed 10%, as its games business staged a robust recovery … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Otto / Wall Street Journal: JD.com reports Q3 revenue up 1.7% YoY to ~$34B and net income up 33% YoY to ~$1.1B, helped by a better performance in its main business lines and cost controls  —  The bottom line was also boosted by nonoperating income  —  Chinese e-commerce giant JD.com beat analyst estimates … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: Irish Data Protection Commissioner Helen Dixon plans to exit on February 19 after nearly 10 years; the GDPR transformed the DPC into the EU’s top tech regulator  —  – Helen Dixon this year slapped Meta with biggest GDPR fine yet  — Irish watchdog is lead EU data enforcer for Meta and Apple Lees verder op Tech Meme

Deidre Olsen / Wired: How volunteer social media communities, like the 39K-member Facebook group Thee Unidentified & Unsolved, are now using AI to help identify dead people in the US  —  Poverty, fentanyl, and lack of public funding mean morgues are overloaded with unidentified bodies. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Google updates Google Maps to add transit directions for “lowest cost”, “less walking”, “fewer transfers,” and more, emoji reactions, and collaborative lists  —  Google announced a slew of updates to Maps, including improved transit directions, emoji reactions, and collaborative lists. Lees verder op Tech Meme