Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Tiger Global cut valuations of its portfolio companies in September 2023 including Superhuman by 45%, DuckDuckGo 72%, Yuga Labs 69%, and OpenSea 94%  —  The nearly $13 billion Private Investment Partners 15 fund marked down AI-powered email company Superhuman by 45% and cut its valuation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Counts / Bloomberg: Meta Chief AI Scientist Yann LeCun says “there is really no commercial downside” to sharing Meta’s AI tech openly, even as many peers take the opposite approach  —  Meta Platforms Inc. executives, speaking at an event Thursday, said there’s been no major drawbacks to openly sharing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: A US district judge issues a preliminary injunction blocking Montana’s first-of-its-kind state ban on TikTok from taking effect on January 1, 2024  —  A U.S. judge late on Thursday blocked Montana’s first-of-its kind state ban on the use of short-video sharing app TikTok from taking effect on Jan. 1. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: OpenAI is giving staff an extra month, until January 5, to decide whether they want to sell shares via a tender offer, amid the tumult over Sam Altman  —  – Concerns over the tender had arisen amid tumult over Altman  — AI startup is giving staff an extra month to opt into the sale Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: How OpenAI’s low-key ChatGPT launch a year ago kickstarted a generational shift in the tech industry and what it all means for the future of AI and the world  —  OpenAI didn’t mean to kickstart a generational shift in the technology industry.  But it did.  Now all we have to decide is where to go from here. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Marko Zivkovic / MacRumors: Internal documentation: Apple plans to include the Action button on the entire iPhone 16 range, including a force sensor to detect changes in pressure  —  The release of the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max saw the introduction of an entirely new user-configurable button known as the Action button … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: TikTok plans to spend €12B over 10 years in Europe, including on three data centers and a security audit, as the company begins work on its Norway data center  —  TikTok says it will spend €12 billion as part of an ongoing push to ingratiate itself with European regulators … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Martin Coulter / Reuters: Google asks the UK CMA to take action against Microsoft, claiming the company’s licensing practices unfairly discouraged customers from using rivals’ services  —  Google (GOOGL.O) has called on Britain’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft (MSFT.O), claiming its business practices … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Danny Nelson / CoinDesk: On-chain data and sources: Polygon gave DraftKings millions of MATIC to run a validator; the validator underperformed, and DraftKings was kicked off the network  —  Blockchain data shows the crypto project quietly gave DraftKings preferential treatment while telling the public it was an “equal” member of the validator community. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: TikTok plans to spend €12B over 10 years in Europe, including on three data centers and a security audit, as the company begins work on its Norway data center  —  TikTok says it will spend €12 billion as part of an ongoing push to ingratiate itself with European regulators … Lees verder op Tech Meme