Tech Meme

Brad Stone / Bloomberg: How a seminal 2017 paper by Google researchers laid the groundwork for the 2020s AI boom, causing a Silicon Valley frenzy not seen since the 1990s dot-com fever  —  In late May, 300 entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, journalists and assorted self-described thought leaders crammed into Shack15 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Camomile Shumba / CoinDesk: Report: a group of central banks developed 33 API functionalities to test 30+ CBDC online, offline, and in-store use cases, via QR codes, phones, and more  —  An API layer could facilitate a wide range of central bank digital currency payment scenarios, a Bank for International Settlements and Bank of England experiment has shown. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wes Davis / The Verge: Google makes third-party “smart chips” in Docs available to all Workspace and personal Google accounts, letting users pull and view data from third-party apps  —  You can now embed third-party app “smart chips” into your Google Doc after the company announced yesterday that the feature … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: A US federal judge signs off on a temporary agreement between Binance, Binance.US, and the SEC to ensure only Binance.US employees can access US customer funds  —  The proposed agreement addresses the SEC’s motion for a temporary restraining order.  —  A federal judge signed off … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Similarweb: Reddit had ~52M visitors on Tuesday, June 13, down from 57M the day before blackouts began; average session was 7.2 minutes, lowest in three years  —  The protest appears to have had a small but noticeable effect on the platform.  —  When more than 8,000 subreddits went dark … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wes Davis / The Verge: Google makes third-party app “smart chips”, from Atlassian, Figma, and others, available for Google Workspace users and those with personal Google accounts  —  You can now embed third-party app “smart chips” into your Google Doc after the company announced yesterday that the feature … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Throuvalas / Decrypt: Block announces an open beta program for Bitkey, its self-custodial Bitcoin wallet, with Coinbase and CashApp integrations  —  Bitkey will allow beta users to withdraw Bitcoin from Coinbase and Cashapp using “copy and paste.”  —  Jack Dorsey’s payments company Block announced an open beta program … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kellen Browning / New York Times: Félix Lengyel, aka xQc, a Twitch streamer with 12M followers, signs a ~$100M deal with Kick, a streaming service backed by Australian gaming and gambling sites  —  The deal signed by Félix Lengyel, known as xQc, matches traditional athletes’ contracts, and is another sign … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kellen Browning / New York Times: Félix Lengyel, aka xQc, a Twitch streamer with 12M followers, signs a ~$100M deal with Kick, a streaming service backed by Australian gaming and gambling sites  —  The deal signed by Félix Lengyel, known as xQc, matches traditional athletes’ contracts, and is another sign … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Boone Ashworth / Wired: Reddit’s management risks putting the service in a death spiral as users revolt, dedicated moderators quit, and its vibrant content moves to other platforms  —  When the user revolt ends—if it ever does—Reddit’s community won’t ever be the same.  —  It’s pretty easy to piss people off on Reddit. Lees verder op Tech Meme