Tech Meme

Morgan Park / PC Gamer: Activision partners with Modulate to begin testing ToxMod, an AI-based voice moderation tool for Modern Warfare 2 and other games, in North America  —  There’s a new AI-powered sheriff in town, and its name is ToxMod.  —  Call of Duty is joining the growing number of online games combatting toxicity … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal: Investor letter: Reid Hoffman won’t be a GP for Greylock’s next $1B fund, down from its $1.5B funds in 2020 and 2021; Hoffman made one deal in its 16th fund  —  Co-founder of LinkedIn is one of Silicon Valley’s most influential AI enthusiasts  —  Reid Hoffman, one of Silicon Valley’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Chinese state media heralds Huawei’s new Mate 60 Pro, which apparently includes a Huawei-made Kirin 5G chip, as a repudiation of US efforts to contain China  —  – Patriotic fervor spills over Chinese social media after debut  — Mate 60 Pro release coincided with Gina Raimondo’s China visit Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 across Europe from October 1, instead offering Teams to enterprise for €24 per year  —  – Company offers to unbundle Teams from other business software  — EU investigating if Microsoft’s bundling broke antitrust law Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X plans to let paid users hide their Likes from other users and “from the X APIs”, reversing a longstanding feature; individual Likes will appear on posts  —  Elon Musk-owned X, formerly Twitter, is now rolling out a feature for paid users to let them hide their likes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Microsoft plans to unbundle Teams from Microsoft 365 and Office 365 across Europe from October 1, instead offering Teams to enterprise for €24 per year  —  – Company offers to unbundle Teams from other business software  — EU investigating if Microsoft’s bundling broke antitrust law Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bryce Elder / Financial Times: Lessons from the rapid grocery delivery boom: $10B+ of VC money, used for ads and promos, created the market from nothing, app downloads have cratered, and more  —  The failure and folly behind a $10bn bribe to not go to the shops  —  The inflation adjusted price for delivering you a packet … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha S Gani / Bloomberg: Stockholm-based Klarna reports H1 2023 revenue up 15% YoY to ~$963M and a ~$185M adjusted loss, down from a ~$570M loss in H1 2022, as the company cuts costs  —  – Revenue rose 15% in the first half of the year, Klarna says  — Swedish buy-now-pay-later firm achieves a profitable month Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charlotte Hughes-Morgan / Bloomberg: Elon Musk says X users will be able to make video and audio calls without a phone number, but offers no timeframe, as X “is the effective global address book”  —  Users of X, the social network formerly known as Twitter, will be able to make video and audio calls through … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wired: A monthslong investigation exposes the secrets of Russian ransomware gang Trickbot, which thrived despite global disruption efforts, and a key member’s identity  —  A WIRED investigation into a cache of documents posted by an unknown figure lays bare the Trickbot ransomware gang’s secrets, including the identity of a central member. Lees verder op Tech Meme