Tech Meme

Tim McDonnell / Semafor: The US DOE opens The Office of Critical and Emerging Technology to coordinate the use of AI and other tech to fight climate change, prevent pandemics, and more  —  The U.S. Department of Energy today opened a new office tasked with coordinating the government’s support for and use … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: OpenAI’s nonprofit arm reports $44,485 in 2022 revenue, despite the company being valued at ~$86B, avoiding California’s $2M threshold for auditing its finances  —  – OpenAI’s nonprofit organization generated $44,485 in revenue in 2022, almost entirely from investment income … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Simon Cohen / Digital Trends: Bose confirms the company “is in the process of phasing out” its Bose Frames line of audio smart glasses, launched in December 2018 as part of its AR initiative  —  Bose has confirmed to Digital Trends that it is discontinuing its Bose Frames line of audio glasses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: KKR is in advanced talks to acquire payroll and HR tools maker Iris Software for ~£3B, which would be 2023’s biggest buyout of a European tech company  —  The investment firm has pulled ahead of other bidders and is negotiating final terms of an agreement with Iris’ private equity owner Hg, the people said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: Snapchat+ subscribers can now generate and send AI images based on a text prompt and add pictures of friends into Dream, Snapchat’s generative AI selfie feature  —  Snapchat is releasing a few new AI powered features for Snapchat+ subscribers, the company announced on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Jitjatjo, a gig marketplace with 40K+ workers who businesses can book in as little as an hour, raised a $30M Series B, bringing its total funding to ~$65M  —  Jitjatjo, a gig marketplace through which businesses can book workers with as little as an hour’s notice, today announced … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google plans to give users the option to store Maps Timeline data locally on their device and shorten Maps’ default auto-delete history feature to three months  —  Google Maps has gotten some fun updates recently, and now it’s offering some more privacy-forward tweaks as it adds more ways to control your location data. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Germain / Gizmodo: The UK Judicial Office issues guidance letting judges use AI tools like ChatGPT to perform tasks like writing legal rulings but warns of the tech’s shortcomings  —  The UK now permits judges to use the “jolly useful” AI chatbot in court.  —  Robots may help determine your legal fate if you end up in a British court. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Netflix posts its first ever What We Watched report, detailing the most-watched content from January to June 2023; The Night Agent was #1 with 812M hours viewed  —  Netflix is going to start publishing a new report twice a year that details the most popular shows and movies on the platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney discusses beating Google, but not Apple, thanks to a jury trial, Google erasing chats, and because “Apple didn’t write anything down”  —  – The verdict is a significant win for Epic Games and its CEO Tim Sweeney, which have been fighting against mobile app stores … Lees verder op Tech Meme