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The Information: Sources: OpenAI offered some media companies as little as between $1M and $5M per year to license their news articles for use in model training, a tiny amount  —  OpenAI has offered some media firms as little as between $1 million and $5 million annually to license their news articles for use … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Qualcomm announces Snapdragon XR2 Plus Gen 2, an update to the XR2 Gen 2 used in the Meta Quest 3, offering 4.3K resolution at 90fps per eye, up from 3K per eye  —  The new chipset is designed as a step up from the XR2 Gen 2 in the Meta Quest 3, capable of rendering high-resolution visuals like the ones promised by Apple’s Vision Pro. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ali Jones / GamesRadar: SteamDB: developers released a record 14,531 game titles on Valve’s Steam in 2023, or around 40 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

Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: Kim Kardashian says her Glu Mobile-developed game, Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, will shut down on April 8; between 2014 and 2016, the game made $156M in sales  —  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

Ana Swanson / New York Times: The Biden administration awards $162M in federal grants to Arizona-based Microchip Technology to expand in Oregon and Colorado, the second CHIPS Act award  —  The Biden administration said its second grant under a new program would help Microchip Technology expand its facilities in Oregon and Colorado. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Perplexity, which offers an AI-based “answer engine” used by 10M to compete with Google, raised $74M at a $520M valuation from IVP, Jeff Bezos, and others  —  Perplexity, with a fraction of Google’s users, raised the largest sum by an internet search startup in recent years Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian King / Bloomberg: Intel appoints HPE executive Justin Hotard to lead its data center and AI group, a crucial unit to its turnaround, replacing veteran Sandra Rivera on February 1  —  Intel Corp. appointed Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. executive Justin Hotard to head its data center and artificial intelligence group … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sandle / Reuters: Layered Reality announces Elvis Evolution, an AI, AR, and holographic-based show, launching in London in 2024 before traveling to Las Vegas, Tokyo, and Berlin  —  Elvis Presley fans who missed out on seeing their hero when he was alive will be able to catch a glimpse of the King … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: LastPass now requires users to set a complex master password with a minimum of 12 characters; users have been able to set a weaker master password since 2018  —  LastPass notified customers today that they are now required to use complex master passwords with a minimum of 12 characters to increase their accounts’ security. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Chinese Premier Li Qiang, the country’s No. 2 official, visited YMTC’s memory chip production lines, the latest show of support for the US-sanctioned company  —  – No. 2 Chinese leader Li Qiang visited YMTC’s production lines  — Xi Jinping’s right-hand man called for innovation, Xinhua says Lees verder op Tech Meme