Patrick Coffee / Wall Street Journal: Uber plans to add video ads to its main app, Uber Eats, and alcohol app Drizly, starting in the US; 345K merchants bought Uber ads in Q1, up from 315K in Q4  —  The company, which sees ad sales as a key growth area, will debut long-form videos on Uber Eats, Drizly and its ride-hailing app Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Revill / Reuters: Siemens plans to spend €2B to build factories, R&D centers, and more, including a €200M plant in Singapore for automation; revenue in 2022 rose 16% YoY to €72B  —  Siemens (SIEGn.DE) will spend 2 billion euros ($2.16 billion) on a new global investment plan … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Valve releases a Steam update, announced in April, offering a big UI makeover, unifying the codebase for Desktop, Big Picture Mode, and Steam Deck, and more  —  While much of that has been available in beta, today’s the day it goes wide with a full stable release.  So if your Steam is looking rather different, that’s why! Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Analysis: US spending on Temu was 20% higher than Shein in May 2023; Apptopia: Temu has been the top iOS app on the US App Store during most days in 2023  —  This time last year, hardly anyone in the US knew what Temu was.  Now, as American consumers grapple with runaway inflation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christina Warren / Inverse: A look at Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit, based on a 20K line of code patch to Wine, easing ports to Apple silicon, and possible paths Apple may take with gaming  —  At WWDC last week, most of the focus was rightfully on the new Apple Vision Pro headset and the new visionOS. Lees verder op Tech Meme