Sylvia Varnham O’Regan / The Information: Sources: Meta is working on ways to make the next version of LLaMA available for commercial use; the model is currently only licensed for research use  —  Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his deputies want other companies to freely use and profit from new artificial intelligence software Meta … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Swartz / MarketWatch: Adobe reports Q2 revenue up 10% YoY to $4.82B, vs. $4.77B est., Digital Media revenue up 10% YoY to $3.51B, and Digital Experience revenue up 12% YoY to $1.22B  —  Adobe Inc.’s hard push into generative AI is pushing its stock past $500 a share.  —  The company’s stock (ADBE) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Alphabet winds down Google Domains and sells its assets, including ~10M domains “spread across millions of customers”, to Squarespace, a source says for ~$180M  —  Alphabet Inc. is winding down its Google Domains business and selling its assets to Squarespace Inc., according to a statement Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: The US DOJ charges a Russian national in Arizona for allegedly deploying LockBit ransomware, the third LockBit affiliate the US has charged since November 2022  —  Russian national Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov was arrested and charged by the U.S. Justice Department for allegedly deploying LockBit ransomware … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jules Roscoe / VICE: Invidious, an open-source “alternative front-end” for YouTube that removes tracking and ads, says YouTube sent a cease-and-desist letter over API violations  —  Invidious lets users browse YouTube without being tracked.  Its developers say they won’t make changes until they have to. Lees verder op Tech Meme