Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: US v. Google offers a rare look at Google’s top 20 queries by revenue for a week in September 2018: iPhone, insurance, cheap flights, online colleges, and more  —  Not all Google searches make Google money.  Google often says that it only shows ads on about 20 percent of queries, the ones it calls “commercial queries.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Steinberg / Variety: Shareholder letter: Netflix says its ad tier has 15M+ MAUs globally, accounting for ~30% of new sign-ups where it’s available, and plans new ad formats for 2024  —  Netflix is ready to use “The Crown,” “Squid Game” and other signature series to take ad dollars from rival streamers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: If we accept the premise that regulation locks in incumbents, then it’s notable that the early AI winners seem the most invested in generating alarm about AI  —  In 2019, a very animated Bill Gates explained to Andrew Ross Sorkin why Microsoft lost mobile: Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: US v. Google offers a rare look at Google’s 20 highest revenue queries for a week in September 2018: iPhone, insurance, cheap flights, online colleges, and more  —  Not all Google searches make Google money.  Google often says that it only shows ads on about 20 percent of queries, the ones it calls “commercial queries.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shivangi Acharya / Reuters: Sources: India authorizes 110 companies, including Apple, Dell, HP, Samsung, Xiaomi, and Lenovo, to import laptops, tablets, and PCs under its tech import rules  —  Apple (AAPL.O), Dell (DELL.N), HP (HPE.N), Samsung (005930.KS) and Lenovo (0992.HK) are among 110 firms authorised by India to import laptops … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Colorado-based FusionAuth, which offers authentication and user management tools, raised $65M led by Updata, its first outside funding in its five-year history  —  Funding for cybersecurity startups continues to look bleak.  According to a recent Crunchbase survey, companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hayden Field / CNBC: LinkedIn announces a GPT-4-powered AI chatbot that the company calls a “job seeker coach”, available to Premium users, and says the platform now has 1B+ members  —  – LinkedIn said it surpassed 1 billion members and debuted an AI chatbot billed as a “job seeker coach” and other generative AI tools for Premium members. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Finland-based Wirepas, which is building mesh IoT tech, raised $22M led by Highland Europe, a source says at a $100M to $200M valuation, and claims ~160 clients  —  Wirepas, a startup out of Finland that is building out an Internet of Things business based on a novel approach … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post: After three hours of oral arguments, SCOTUS came to no consensus on whether public officials can block social media critics, part of two First Amendment cases  —  The Supreme Court will decide several cases this term that impact the future of free speech on social media platforms Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Accepting regulation locks in incumbents, OpenAI and other early winners, which signed the Center for AI Safety’s letter, seem most invested in creating alarm  —  In 2019, a very animated Bill Gates explained to Andrew Ross Sorkin why Microsoft lost mobile: Lees verder op Tech Meme