Tech Meme

Mark Wilson / Fast Company: An interview with Rabbit CEO Jesse Lyu about the R1’s design, collaborating with Teenage Engineering, why he didn’t want to make a phone or an app, and more  —  Few people knew who Jesse Lyu was when he posted a video of himself to X, standing in front of a black backdrop in a black T-shirt, holding a bright orange gadget. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Sin / XDA Developers: Review of the $800 OnePlus 12, launching on February 6: its specs rival the $1,300 S24 Ultra’s, but it lacks AI features and the curved display feels dated  —  – OnePlus 12: Pricing and Availability  —  The OnePlus Open stole a lot of thunder from the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 last fall … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google announces AI features for Google Chrome on Mac and Windows: “Help Me Write” coming next month, “Organize Similar Tabs”, and AI-generated custom themes  —  Google’s Chrome web browser is getting an infusion of AI technology in the latest release. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Sources: Figma is refreshing employee equity packages and offering buyouts as the company resets its valuation to $10B from $20B, after the scrapped Adobe deal  —  CEO Dylan Field promised to refresh employee equity packages and offered three months’ pay to any who wished to depart as Figma reset … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: Sources: the Biden admin preps an EO that aims to restrict the flow of sensitive data via intermediaries, like data brokers, to foreign adversaries like China  —  – Concern about countries accessing US data through legal means  — White House worried about AI being used to mine information Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the EU plans to exempt Microsoft’s Bing, Edge, and Advertising services from the DMA, as an EU probe tentatively concluded they’re not dominant enough  —  – EU probe comes ahead of March roll-out of Digital Markets Act  — Apple’s iMessage service is already expected to be exempt Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Clerk, which helps app developers authenticate and manage users, raised a $30M Series B led by CRV, says it has ~1,300 paying customers managing 16M users  —  Clerk, a startup creating a suite of embeddable UIs, APIs and admin dashboards that app developers can use to authenticate and manage users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Riley Griffin / Bloomberg: Sources: the Biden admin preps an EO that aims to restrict the flow of sensitive data through intermediaries, like data brokers, to foreign countries like China  —  – Concern about countries accessing US data through legal means  — White House worried about AI being used to mine information Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: MIT CSAIL study: only 23% of US wages for doing vision tasks would be economically attractive to automate with AI, due to large upfront and operating expenses  —  Will AI automate human jobs, and — if so — which jobs and when?  —  That’s the trio of questions a new research study … Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Netflix buys the exclusive rights to WWE programs like Raw, airing in 2025 in the US, Canada, Latin America, and more; filing: the 10-year deal is worth $5B+  —  – Netflix and TKO Group Holdings said Tuesday that the streaming platform will air the WWE’s flagship program Raw starting next year. Lees verder op Tech Meme