Tech Meme

Ben Strack / Blockworks: Robinhood Wallet adds support for bitcoin and dogecoin six months after public launch, and is rolling out in-app Ethereum swaps to all users in the coming weeks  —  Six months after its public launch, the self-custody offering has begun enabling in-app swaps on the Ethereum network Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Sony plans to raise PlayStation Plus annual subscription prices on September 6: Essential from $60 to $80, Extra from $100 to $135, Premium from $120 to $160  —  Sony is raising the price of its PlayStation Plus subscription next month.  The service’s annual Essential plan will go from $60 to $80 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based AI21 Labs, which develops generative AI tools for text use cases, raised a $155M Series C at a $1.4B valuation, taking its total funding to $283M  —  AI21 Labs, a Tel Aviv-based startup developing a range of text-generating AI tools, has raised $155 million in a Series C funding round led … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Bary / MarketWatch: CrowdStrike reports Q2 revenue up 37% YoY to $731.6M, vs. $724.2M est., ARR up 37% YoY to $2.93B, and forecasts Q3 and FY 2024 earnings above expectations  —  Cybersecurity stock dips in aftermarket action  —  CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. topped expectations with its results and outlook … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wallace Witkowski / MarketWatch: Salesforce reports Q2 revenue up 11% YoY to $8.6B, vs. $8.53B est., $1.27B net income, and forecasts Q3 and FY 2024 earnings above expectations; CRM jumps 5%+  —  Salesforce sees third-quarter earnings of $2.05 to $2.06 a share, compared with Street’s $1.84 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Filing: Nvidia says the US expanded export restrictions of “a subset of A100 and H100” chips to regions beyond China, including some Middle Eastern countries  —  The U.S. government has imposed restrictions on some Nvidia (NVDA.O) artificial intelligence chip exports to certain countries … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Filing: Nvidia says the US expanded export restrictions of “a subset of A100 and H100” chips to regions beyond China, including some Middle East countries  —  The U.S. government has imposed restrictions on some Nvidia (NVDA.O) artificial intelligence chip exports to certain countries … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Microsoft retires Visual Studio for Mac, saying the IDE will get “servicing updates for security issues and updated platforms from Apple” until August 31, 2024  —  Microsoft has announced plans to discontinue Visual Studio for Mac.  The latest version of the company’s IDE … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Belanger / Ars Technica: OpenAI files a motion to dismiss two similar lawsuits from book authors alleging copyright infringement, saying the authors “misconceive the scope of copyright”  —  Authors claim generative AI is just a “grift” that repackages original works.  —  This week, OpenAI finally responded … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Gambrell / Associated Press: A Saudi court sentences a man to death over his X posts and YouTube activity, part of a growing dissent crackdown; his brother is a well-known government critic  —  A Saudi court has sentenced a man to death over his posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, and his activity on YouTube … Lees verder op Tech Meme