Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: over half of the 14 authors of Meta’s original Llama research paper from February 2023 quit due to a compute resources feud, AI talent demand, and more  —  Meta Platforms’ releases of its large-language models, Llama and Llama 2, in the past six months have won the company praise for offering free … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft rolls out a new Xbox dashboard that lets users stream Xbox gameplay one-way to anyone on Discord, a tool for reporting Xbox voice chat clips, and more  —  Microsoft is rolling out a new Xbox dashboard for September that includes the ability to stream your Xbox gameplay to Discord friends … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vishal Chawla / The Block: Visa expands its USDC stablecoin settlements to Solana and has partnered with Worldpay and Nuvei for pilots that have already moved millions of USDC via VisaNet  —  – Visa expanded its USDC stablecoin settlement capabilities to Solana, forming partnerships with Worldpay and Nuvei for pilot programs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google refreshes Android’s logo and releases updates to its mobile app and services, including its “At a Glance” widget and its visual accessibility app Lookout  —  Google is releasing a grab bag of updates to its mobile apps and services, including an At a Glance Google Assistant widget … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Margrethe Vestager is stepping down as the EU’s competition chief to run for a job at the EIB, and justice commissioner Didier Reynders will now assume the role  —  Belgian politician appointed while incumbent Margrethe Vestager targets top job at European Investment Bank Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: Antenna: MLS Season Pass had 110K+ US signups on July 21, the day of Messi’s first MLS match, up from 6,143 on July 20; July was TV+’s best signup month in 2023  —  Soccer superstar attracts over 110,000 sign-ups to MLS Season Pass on day of first game  —  Soccer superstar Lionel Messi helped drive a surge in U.S. subscriptions to Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Google releases a refreshed Android logo and grab bag of updates for its mobile app and services, including the At a Glance widget and Lookout app  —  Google is releasing a grab bag of updates to its mobile apps and services, including an At a Glance Google Assistant widget … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: Meta plans to deprecate the Facebook News tab in the UK, France, and Germany in early December 2023 and won’t sign new deals for news content in those countries  —  The company will “deprecate” the news tab — a Facebook feature to prominently display news material — for users in the UK, Germany and France. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steven Levy / Wired: An in-depth profile of OpenAI, CEO Sam Altman, CTO Mira Murati, and others, who all see ChatGPT and GPT-4 as stepping stones to an AGI that is safe for humanity  —  The young company sent shock waves around the world when it released ChatGPT.  But that was just the start.  The ultimate goal: Change everything. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Margrethe Vestager is stepping down as EU competition chief to run for a job at the EIB; sources: justice commissioner Didier Reynders will assume the role  —  Belgian politician set to be appointed as incumbent Margrethe Vestager targets top job at European Investment Bank Lees verder op Tech Meme