Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: London-based AI startup Stability AI held early-stage talks with several companies about a sale, as executives face investor pressure over its finances  —  – Move follows letter from investor Coatue calling for changes  — Coatue concerned about Stability AI’s financial position Lees verder op Tech Meme

Scott Hayden / Road to VR: Meta pauses shipments of the Quest 3’s Elite Strap with Battery after users report a charging fault renders the battery useless, and starts making new straps  —  Meta paused shipments of its Elite Strap with Battery for Quest 3 amid widespread user reports of a charging fault that renders the battery useless. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: Spotify launches Spotify Wrapped 2023, adding a Me in 2023 feature that assigns users one of 12 themes to describe their listening habits, on mobile and desktop  —  The listening recap, available Wednesday, takes over social media every year  —  It’s the time of year many people have been anxiously awaiting: Spotify Wrapped season. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix plans to add Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy for its users at no extra charge on December 14 in its mobile app or on the App Store and Google Play  —  The three classic titles in “Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy – The Definitive Edition will be available Dec. 14 for Netflix customers at no additional charge on mobile platforms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Rover, an online marketplace for pet care services, agrees to be acquired by Blackstone in a $2.3B all-cash deal, or $11 per share; ROVR jumps 28%+  —  – Shares surge as much as 31%, most since company’s IPO  — Pet economy exploded in pandemic with wave of adoptions Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Apple licenses Arm’s IP at less than 30 cents per device, the lowest rate among Arm’s smartphone chip clients; Apple makes up under 5% of Arm’s sales  —  In 2017, SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son gathered a group of executives from Arm Holdings, the British chip designer SoftBank had just bought … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Peel / Financial Times: Google DeepMind finds 2.2M crystal structures using GNoME, more than 45x larger than all substances ever found, and plans to make 381K available to scientists  —  Work shows power of AI to improve real-world technology in fields from renewable energy to advanced computation Lees verder op Tech Meme

Eric Newcomer / Newcomer: Together AI, which helps pre-train and fine-tune open source foundation models more efficiently, raised a $102.5M Series A led by Kleiner Perkins  —  I spoke with Together AI CEO Vipul Ved Prakash  —  Together AI, a startup that’s helping companies pre-train and fine-tune open source foundation models … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A profile of Adam D’Angelo, who will remain on OpenAI’s board despite agreeing to oust Sam Altman and who was a key figure in negotiations to bring Altman back  —  Adam D’Angelo will continue to serve on the board despite previously agreeing to oust Altman as CEO and running a company that competes with ChatGPT. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ann-Marie Alcántara / Wall Street Journal: Spotify launches Spotify Wrapped 2023, adding a Me in 2023 feature that assigns users one of 12 themes to describe their listening habits, on mobile and desktop  —  The listening recap, available Wednesday, takes over social media every year  —  It’s the time of year many people have been anxiously awaiting: Spotify Wrapped season. Lees verder op Tech Meme