Tech Meme

Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: Kim Kardashian says Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, her mobile game from Glu Mobile, will shut down on April 8; between 2014 and 2016, the game made $156M in revenue  —  Well played, Willow Pape  —  Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, the celebrity’s hit mobile game from Glu Mobile, is shutting down in April … 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

Brendan McCord / Cosmos Institute: A look at the current AI philosophy landscape, with existential pessimism and accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as a third way  —  We need a balanced, enterprising optimism—an ambitious and clear vision for what constitutes the good in technology, coupled with the awareness of its dangers Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Steinberg / Variety: GroupM forms a consortium with Disney, Roku, NBCU, YouTube, and others to push for standardized measurements and ad formats for use across streaming services  —  One of the nation’s biggest investors of ad dollars wants to push big large streamers to work together when it comes to commercials. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ali Jones / GamesRadar: SteamDB: PC game developers released a record 14,531 titles on Valve’s Steam in 2023, or 39+ per day, breaking 2022’s record by just under 2,000 games  —  That’s around 40 new games every single day  —  2023 was another record-breaking year for Steam, as more titles released on Valve’s platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: A California judge lets a suit against Snap from relatives of dead kids move forward, saying Section 230 doesn’t apply because of disappearing messages and more  —  from the this-is-not-how-this-is-supposed-to- work dept  —  Well, this is dumb.  As detailed by NBC News … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Memo: OpenAI plans to launch its GPT store next week; the store was originally slated to open in November, but it was delayed after OpenAI’s leadership crisis  —  OpenAI is planning to launch its “GPT store” next week, according to a memo to developers seen by The Information. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Liam Proven / The Register: Software design pioneer and Pascal creator Niklaus Wirth, who devised nine programming languages and won the Turing Award in 1984, dies at 89  —  Evangelist of lean software and devisor of 9 programming languages and an OS was 89  —  OBIT Swiss computer scientist Professor Niklaus Wirth died … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg: The US NLRB rules that Alphabet illegally refused to negotiate with a group of YouTube Music contract workers employed by Cognizant after they voted to unionize  —  – YouTube Music staff voted to join Alphabet union last year  — Google to appeal, says workers are employees of Cognizant Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Mobileye warns of low Q1 self-driving chip orders due to “excess inventory at our customers”, as automakers stocked up during the chip shortage; MBLY drops 25%+  —  – Mobileye shares plunged as much as 25% Thursday after the company warned that customer order numbers would fall short of the year-ago quarter. Lees verder op Tech Meme