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Roblox is transcending its kid-oriented roots by reaching older players and welcoming brands; the 17-to-24 age group, up 33% YoY, is Roblox's fastest growing (Harry McCracken/Fast Company) 20-04-2023

Harry McCracken / Fast Company: Roblox is transcending its kid-oriented roots by reaching older players and welcoming brands; the 17-to-24 age group, up 33% YoY, is Roblox’s fastest growing  —  The 3D-world for kids is attracting an older audience.  It might also be the closest thing we’ve got to a metaverse that already exists. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sony agrees to acquire Firewalk Studios, an AAA multiplayer developer working on a live service game for PS5 and PC; Firewalk will join PlayStation Studios (Christopher Dring/GamesIndustry.biz) 20-04-2023

Christopher Dring / GamesIndustry.biz: Sony agrees to acquire Firewalk Studios, an AAA multiplayer developer working on a live service game for PS5 and PC; Firewalk will join PlayStation Studios  —  It will be the 20th PlayStation Studios team  —  News by Christopher Dring Head of Games B2B  —  PlayStation has agreed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The EU is taking a pragmatic approach to TikTok, treating the Chinese company like its US rivals, in contrast to the “theatrical” approach that the US is taking (Jillian Deutsch/Bloomberg) 20-04-2023

Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: The EU is taking a pragmatic approach to TikTok, treating the Chinese company like its US rivals, in contrast to the “theatrical” approach that the US is taking  —  Europe is taking a different approach from the US toward TikTok.  But first…  • Instagram will cut or relocate its London employees Lees verder op Tech Meme

Montreal-based Optable, which offers data collaboration and clean room tech for the ad industry, raised a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23.6M (Anthony Vargas/AdExchanger) 20-04-2023

Anthony Vargas / AdExchanger: Montreal-based Optable, which offers data collaboration and clean room tech for the ad industry, raised a $20M Series A, bringing its total funding to $23.6M  —  Clean rooms are all the rage right now – and investors are noticing.  —  On Tuesday, data collaboration and clean room platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google announces Google DeepMind, a new unit combining the DeepMind team and Google Research's Brain team, to be led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis (Miles Kruppa/Wall Street Journal) 20-04-2023

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Google announces Google DeepMind, a new unit combining the DeepMind team and Google Research’s Brain team, to be led by DeepMind co-founder Demis Hassabis  —  Search giant merges AI resources to accelerate progress in technology that is reshaping business  —  Alphabet Inc.’s Google merged … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social network protocol finalized in 2018 that is gaining prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon (David Pierce/The Verge) 20-04-2023

David Pierce / The Verge: A look at ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social network protocol finalized in 2018 that is gaining prominence powering Twitter alternatives like Mastodon  —  The tech industry is abuzz about a new standard for social networking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook. Lees verder op Tech Meme