Tech Meme

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Hosting provider Uberspace takes down youtube-dl’s website, which linked to YouTube ripping software, but is appealing a German court order forcing the takedown  —  In 2020, the RIAA infuriated many players in the open source community by targeting YouTube-ripping tool, youtube-dl. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wayne Ma / The Information: Sources: Meta plans to build only ~1,000 units of its first-gen AR glasses, due in 2024, which use silicon carbide in the lenses, requiring assembly in the US  —  Meta Platforms plans to build only around a thousand units of the first generation of its augmented-reality glasses due out next year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: Hosting provider Uberspace takes down youtube-dl’s website, which offered YouTube ripping software, but continues to appeal a court order forcing the takedown  —  Hosting provider Uberspace has taken down the website of YouTube-ripping software, youtube-dl. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Skydio shuts down its consumer drone business and plans to expand its enterprise offerings, after raising a $230M Series E at a $2.2B valuation in February 2023  —  Skydio today announced that it will be shutting down its consumer drone business.  —  Beginning today, the firm will no longer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: California-based Virtualitics, which provides data visualizations that can be viewed in AR and VR, raised a $37M Series C, bringing its total funding to $67M  —  Many companies grapple with data challenges.  In a 2019 survey, Deloitte reports that 67% of executives aren’t comfortable accessing or using the data at their organizations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: X CEO Linda Yaccarino plans to reinstate the company’s “client council”, an invite-only yet-to-be-decided group of marketing and ad executives, in the fall  —  New CEO tries to mend fences with brands after Elon Musk took over platform formerly known as Twitter Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: the Kremlin’s fear of a serious tech brain drain is the main factor preventing Moscow from nationalizing the Nasdaq-listed Yandex, which has 20K+ staff  —  The Kremlin’s fear of a serious tech brain drain is the main factor preventing Moscow from nationalising Nasdaq-listed Yandex … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: An interview with X CEO Linda Yaccarino on having “autonomy” under Elon Musk, planning to add video calls, payments between users, brands returning, and more  —  – X CEO Linda Yaccarino explained to CNBC on Thursday why the company decided to get rid of its Twitter branding. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Check Point acquires rival cybersecurity startup Perimeter 81 in a ~$490M “cash free, debt free” deal; Perimeter 81 raised $100M at a $1B valuation in June 2022  —  There is yet more M&A coming out of the security industry.  In the latest development, Check Point … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Amazon cuts dozens of in-house brands in clothing, furniture, and more to fend off regulators and grow profits; Amazon says Basics will remain a focus  —  Company’s cuts include all but three of its 30 clothing labels, such as Goodthreads and Lark & Ro Lees verder op Tech Meme