Tech Meme

Inbar Preiss / DL News: The European Central Bank plans to award €1.3B in contracts to help develop a digital euro; Amazon was selected in the past to help design the CBDC prototype  —  In a move that wasn’t expected so soon in 2024, the European Central Bank said Wednesday it is ready to pay €1.3 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maria Heeter / The Information: Design software company InVision, once valued at $2B, plans to shut down at the end of 2024, after raising $350M+ from Goldman Sachs, Spark Capital, and others  —  In recent years, creators have made inroads into traditional entertainment through brand partnerships and other collaborations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Casey Newton / Platformer: Substack wants to be seen as a pure infrastructure provider, akin to Cloudflare, but a platform can’t claim to be simple software when it recommends content  —  Some thoughts on platforms and Nazis  —  Most days, this column looks at controversies unfolding on other tech platforms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Inbar Preiss / DL News: The European Central Bank plans to award €1.3B in contracts to help develop a digital euro; Amazon was selected in the past to help design the CBDC prototype  —  In a move that wasn’t expected so soon in 2024, the European Central Bank said Wednesday it is ready to pay €1.3 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

PYMNTS.com: Adobe: US online holiday sales between November 1 and December 31, 2023, reached a record $222.1B, up 4.9% YoY; BNPL contributed a record $16.6B, up 14% YoY  —  Online sales reached a new record in 2023, thanks in part to buy now, pay later options.  —  New data from Adobe, released Thursday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Inbar Preiss / DL News: The European Central Bank plans to award €1.3B in contracts to help develop a digital euro; Amazon was selected in the past to help design the CBDC prototype  —  In a move that wasn’t expected so soon in 2024, the European Central Bank said Wednesday it is ready to pay €1.3 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Inbar Preiss / DL News: The European Central Bank plans to award €1.3B in contracts to help develop a digital euro; Amazon was selected in the past to help design the CBDC prototype  —  In a move that wasn’t expected so soon in 2024, the European Central Bank said Wednesday it is ready to pay €1.3 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: OpenAI offered some media firms $1M to $5M per year to license news articles for model training; Apple offers more but wants to use content more widely  —  OpenAI has offered some media firms as little as between $1 million and $5 million annually to license their news articles … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Inbar Preiss / DL News: The European Central Bank plans to award €1.3B in contracts to help develop a digital euro; Amazon was selected in the past to help design the CBDC prototype  —  In a move that wasn’t expected so soon in 2024, the European Central Bank said Wednesday it is ready to pay €1.3 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: DeepMind Robotics researchers outline new methods for training robots, like AutoRT, which can leverage a visual language model for better situational awareness  —  2024 is going to be a huge year for the cross-section of generative AI/large foundational models and robotics. Lees verder op Tech Meme