Tech Meme

Bryant Francis / Game Developer: Unity apologizes and says games made with Unity Personal will be exempt from its Runtime Fee, which will only apply to games made with Unity versions from 2024  —  Unity’s updated Runtime Fee will no longer apply to games made on Unity Personal, and will only apply beginning with the next LTS version of Unity. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Microsoft adds AI-powered features to its SwiftKey keyboard app for iOS and Android, including Snapchat camera lenses, stickers, an AI-powered editor, and more  —  Along with AI advances in Windows 11 and Bing, Microsoft also this week announced it’s bringing new AI-powered features … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: EU antitrust regulators fine Intel €376.36M for “a previously established abuse of dominant position” after an EU court overturned a €1.06B fine in January 2022  —  – Fine follows ruling by court upholding part of EU’s case  — EU initially fined Intel a then-record penalty in 2009 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Microsoft adds AI-powered features to its SwiftKey mobile keyboard app for iOS and Android, including Snapchat camera lenses, an AI-powered editor, and more  —  Along with AI advances in Windows 11 and Bing, Microsoft also this week announced it’s bringing new AI-powered features to its SwiftKey mobile keyboard app for iOS and Android. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Austin-based Diligent Robotics, which makes “socially intelligent” hospital service robots, raised $25M and plans to have 100+ robots in 22 US hospitals by 2024  —  The pandemic had a profound impact on countless careers, but few jobs were hit quite like nursing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: EU antitrust regulators fine Intel €376.36M for “a previously established abuse of dominant position” after an EU court overturned a €1.06B fine in January 2022  —  – Fine follows ruling by court upholding part of EU’s case  — EU initially fined Intel a then-record penalty in 2009 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: Google veteran Luiz André Barroso, who overturned many computing design conventions and conceived “the data center as a computer”, died on September 16 at 59  —  Brazilian engineer Luiz André Barroso, who ripped up the rulebook at Google, has died. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Amazon plans to run limited ads on Prime Video in the US, the UK, Germany, and Canada starting in early 2024, charging $2.99/month extra in the US to avoid ads  —  – Prime Video will offer a more expensive ad-free option  — Streamers want to increase revenue as production costs soar Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: EU antitrust regulators fine Intel €376.36M for “a previously established abuse of dominant position” after an EU court overturned a €1.06B fine in January 2022  —  – Fine follows ruling by court upholding part of EU’s case  — EU initially fined Intel a then-record penalty in 2009 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg: The UK CMA says Microsoft’s revised offer to acquire Activision Blizzard for $69B, which includes selling some gaming rights to Ubisoft, addresses its concerns  —  – CMA says revised offer opens the door to deal approval  —  Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. looks set … Lees verder op Tech Meme