Maghan McDowell / Vogue Business: Louis Vuitton announces “Treasure Trunk” NFTs costing €39K each and granting access to future products and experiences, in a hard pivot from an NFT-based game  —  The collection of phygital “Treasure Trunks” marks the first time that the luxury brand will sell NFTs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Apple releases a Game Porting Toolkit based on open-source platform Wine to translate DirectX 12 into Metal 3, a potentially massive step for Mac gaming  —  One of the new features in macOS Sonoma is Game Mode, which Apple claims improves gaming performance on Apple Silicon Macs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Automattic launches Jetpack AI Assistant for WordPress and Jetpack-powered sites, letting users generate content, translate text into 12 languages, and more  —  Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com and the main contributor to the open-source WordPress project, launched an AI assistant … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sequoia’s plan for three firms, a major shift, highlights the impact of rising US-China tensions and efforts by Silicon Valley to create distance from China  —  Sequoia Capital’s plan to split itself into three separate regional firms represents a major shift at one the world’s foremost venture capital firms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: Sources: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has met with over 100 members of Congress, alongside VP Harris and cabinet members, to discuss AI regulation in recent months  —  The chief executive of OpenAI, which makes ChatGPT, has met with at least 100 U.S. lawmakers in recent months.  He has also taken his show abroad. Lees verder op Tech Meme