Tech Meme

Washington Post: Tech executives and officials detail how the Indian government used new rules, censorship, and law enforcement to break Twitter’s resistance to takedown orders  —  NEW DELHI — For years, a committee of executives from U.S. technology companies and Indian officials convened every two weeks … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: OpenAI says it’s grappling with “abnormal traffic” and has spotted signs of a DDoS attack resulting in periodic outages of its services  —  – OpenAI says on its site it’s grappling with “abnormal traffic”  — The US startup introduced a preview version of GPT-4 Turbo Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bessie Liu / Blockworks: Ritual, which is building a network for decentralized AI models, emerges from stealth with a $25M seed led by Archetype, and plans to launch in early 2024  —  The Ritual platform is set to launch in early 2024  —  Decentralized AI platform Ritual came out of stealth after securing $25 million in a seed funding round led by Archetype. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Suzanne Smalley / The Record: A US judge rules that automakers’ use of on-board infotainment systems to record and intercept owners’ texts and call logs doesn’t violate Washington state law  —  A federal judge on Tuesday refused to bring back a class action lawsuit alleging four auto manufacturers had violated Washington … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Feng / Wall Street Journal: Citrix-owner Cloud Software Group plans to cease all new business transactions in China, including Hong Kong, on December 3, citing rising costs in the market  —  Cloud Software Group cites rising costs of business in the market  —  HONG KONG—Cloud Software Group, which owns enterprise … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Samsung announces Galaxy AI, a “comprehensive mobile AI experience” that includes a translation feature called AI Live Translate Call, coming “early next year”  —  Samsung wants to make sure you know it cares about AI, too.  In a new blog post, the company previewed what it calls … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: Activision Blizzard is transitioning away from the Overwatch League to evolve the esports competition in a “new direction”; exiting teams may get a $6M payout  —  Competitive Overwatch may return, but not in its current form.  —  Earlier this year, Activision Blizzard expressed doubt … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Twilio reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to $1.03B, vs. $985M est., 306K+ active customer accounts, vs. 280K+ YoY, and a Q4 guidance above estimates; TWLO jumps 7%+  —  Shares of the communications and customer engagement platform provider Twilio Inc. rose more than 7% in late trading today … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Kan / PCMag: Signal is testing usernames, allowing users to set the phone number linked to their account as private and not share it on their profile  —  Offering usernames will allow people to stop giving out their phone number —a sensitive piece of information— in order to connect with others on the messaging app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Arm reports Q2 revenue up 28% YoY to $806M, vs. $744.3M est., license revenue up 106% YoY to $388M, and a Q3 guidance short of expectations; ARM drops 6%+  —  – Arm reported second fiscal quarter earnings on Wednesday.  — It’s the semiconductor technology company’s first report since its September IPO. Lees verder op Tech Meme