Tech Meme

Washington Post: The previous big strikes reshaped Hollywood and fueled reality TV’s rise; the current ones will likely turn established actors into TikTok stars and vice versa  —  The last big strikes reshaped the movie business and fueled the rise of reality TV.  The latest walkout likely … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: SoftBank and Symbotic create GreenBox Systems, an AI warehousing joint venture, and plan to invest $100M and buy $7.5B of Symbotic’s AI warehouse systems  —  SoftBank and Symbotic are investing a combined $100 million to establish the joint venture, which will be called GreenBox Systems LLC … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: OneTrust, which offers enterprise privacy and data governance tools, raised $150M led by Al Gore’s GIM at a $4.5B valuation, down 18% from its 2021 valuation  —  The privacy software startup’s valuation fell to $4.5 billion as private market malaise lingers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Spotify confirms raising US Premium to $10.99/month, up from $9.99, the first increase since its US launch in 2011; Duo rises by $2, Family and Student by $1  —  After 12 years, the price of Spotify Premium is increasing in the US.  The subscription will now cost $10.99 a month, the company announced today. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: IBM Security survey of 533 global organizations in the year to March 2023: average data breach costs rose 15% YoY to $4.45M and only ~33% were detected in-house  —  A new report from IBM Security today finds that the relentless rise in data breach costs continues unabated in 2023 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Apple asks suppliers to produce about 85M iPhone 15 units in 2023, only slightly below 2021 and 2022’s 90M target, and considers raising 15 Pro prices  —  – Apple targets 85 million units, roughly in line with last year  — Its fortunes affects thousands of firms, millions of workers Lees verder op Tech Meme

Laura Kayali / Politico: How France built a surveillance apparatus over two centuries that digital rights groups and UN experts are critiquing, ahead of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics  —  The 2024 Summer Olympics will spotlight a surveillance state which Paris has spent 200 years building.  —  9 MINUTES READ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kai Ye / Wired: A profile of Moxie Marlinspike and Signal, from copying WhatsApp’s UX to pioneering E2EE, and its aim to reach “everyone on the planet” while upholding privacy  —  The privacy-focused messaging app arose from a fringe culture that emphasized individual autonomy and skepticism of authority. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Twitter rolls out its updated “interim” X logo, replacing the iconic bird, following Elon Musk’s weekend announcement; X.com now redirects to twitter.com  —  Twitter has removed the iconic bird logo and adopted ‘X’ as its official logo.  This move comes after Elon Musk announced the change over the weekend. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The Worldcoin Foundation rolls out its Worldcoin token, received after using an eye-scanning “orb”, in 35 cities; Worldcoin plans to retain 20% of its tokens  —  Start-up co-founded by OpenAI chief faces regulatory pushback in US  —  Sam Altman’s cryptocurrency project … Lees verder op Tech Meme