Tech Meme

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Microsoft launches a Windows App on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, Windows, and the web, letting enterprise customers stream a copy of Windows, available in preview  —  Microsoft brings Windows to non-Windows devices.  —  What you need to know  — Microsoft is launching the “Windows app” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Akash Sriram / Reuters: Alibaba filing: Jack Ma’s family trust plans to sell 10M American Depository Shares of Alibaba for around $871M; BABA drops 8%+  —  Chinese billionaire Jack Ma’s family trust is set to sell 10 million American Depository Shares of Alibaba Group Holdings (9988.HK), for about $871 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: Alibaba reports Q2 revenue up 9% YoY to ~$31B, beating ~$30.9B est., a ~$3.8B net income, up from a ~$3B loss in Q2 2022, and calls off its cloud spinoff  —  – The decision marks a dramatic reversal on a signature move  — Alibaba’s historic six-way restructuring is now in doubt Lees verder op Tech Meme

K.J. Yossman / Variety: Embracer reports Q2 net sales up 13% YoY to ~$1B, layoffs impacted 900 employees, or 5% of its workforce, and 36 fewer games are in development than Q2 2022  —  “Lord of the Rings” owner Embracer Group has reported a 13% increase in net sales year-on-year in Q2, in part thanks to its intensive restructuring program. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Synopsys, one of the largest chip design software makers, partners with Microsoft to build a Copilot to help with early chip designs using its vast data trove  —  Microsoft has mostly pitched its “Copilot” as a way to help finish up lines of computer code or quickly summarize a messy email inbox. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple releases Apple Music Classical on iPad as part of a v1.1 update, the first major update to the app after its release in spring 2023 on iPhone  —  Apple Music Classical, included as part of a standard Apple Music subscription, launched as an iPhone only app in the spring … but is now available on the iPad too. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: At its conference, Unity says the company plans to launch Unity 6 in 2024, details Unity Muse, an AI suite for content creation, and announces Unity Cloud  —  Unity, the global game engine and monetizationplatform, said that its Unity 6 platform will launch in 2024 with AI innovations and platform updates. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Supantha Mukherjee / Reuters: TikTok joins Meta in challenging its EU DMA “gatekeeper” status, saying the service is “arguably the most capable challenger to more entrenched” rivals  —  TikTok on Thursday joined Meta (META.O) in appealing against the “gatekeeper” status under the Digital Markets Act … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Knight / Wired: YouTube lets some Shorts creators test Dream Track, a new DeepMind-powered AI tool to generate and remix music in the styles of nine artists, including Sia  —  YouTube creators will get to test a new AI tool that generates and remixes music in the style of several famous musicians, including Sia, Demi Lovato, and T-Pain. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Khari Johnson / Wired: Common Sense Media’s first ratings for ten AI chatbots and services warn parents that Snapchat’s MyAI, Dall-E 2, and Stable Diffusion may not be safe for kids  —  Common Sense Media’s first ratings for chatbots and other AI services warn parents that AI image generators and Snapchat’s My AI chatbot may not be safe for kids. Lees verder op Tech Meme