K.J. Yossman / Variety: Filing: Embracer paid ~$395M for Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit rights in 2022, far below ~$2B estimates; Amazon reportedly paid $250M for just the TV rights  —  Embracer Group, the Swedish gaming conglomerate that snapped up the rights to “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brad Stone / Bloomberg: In his new book, The Coming Wave, DeepMind co-founder Mustafa Suleyman proposes a “modern Turing test” to measure if an AI is “artificial capable intelligence”  —  A new book floats a provocative idea for testing whether machines are capable of human-like intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rick Porter / The Hollywood Reporter: Netflix tweaks its weekly top 10 rankings to sort by “views”, calculated by dividing the time spent watching a film or a show in a week by its running time  —  The streamer’s weekly rankings will now show the most popular titles by number of accounts watching as well as total time. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jody Godoy / Reuters: Months before the SEC’s lawsuit, Coinbase filed amicus briefs in two crypto-related SEC cases, aiming to aid its own defense, an unusual federal court strategy  —  Months before cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN.O) became the biggest target of the U.S. crackdown on digital assets … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: Q&A with Jason Del Rey, the author of Winner Sells All, on how Walmart plays catch up to Amazon, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon’s tenure, Amazon’s missteps, and more  —  Jason Del Rey has spent the last 15 years reporting on e-commerce businesses, including Walmart and Amazon. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: Patreon adds free membership tiers for the first time and plans to let creators sell one-off digital products, including videos, podcasts, or downloadable files  —  Patreon built a user base with creators who wanted to charge a fee for the content they create. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zosha Millman / Polygon: Ali Selim, executive producer of Marvel’s Secret Invasion, says Method Studios used AI to create the opening credits  —  ‘It just came right out of the shape-shifting, Skrull world identity’  —  The world of Secret Invasion is decidedly sketchy.  With thousands of shapeshifting Skrulls on Earth … Lees verder op Tech Meme