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Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg: Intel plans to sell a ~20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication to Bain in a deal valuing IMS at $4.3B; Intel invested in IMS in 2009 and acquired the company in 2015  —  Intel Corp. agreed to sell a roughly 20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication GmbH to Bain Capital in a deal that values the company at $4.3 billion. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Annie Palmer / CNBC: The US FTC files a lawsuit alleging Amazon used “dark patterns” to steer customers to enroll in Prime without consent and “sabotaged” their attempts to cancel  —  – The FTC on Wednesday sued Amazon, alleging it tricked customers into signing up for its Prime subscription program … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sawdah Bhaimiya / Insider: In a tweet reply, Elon Musk says Twitter considers “cis” and “cisgender” slurs and “the contemptible creep” who “manufactured” the term “has serious problems”  —  – Elon Musk said terms like “cisgender” and “cis” are now considered “slurs” on Twitter. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Molly Schuetz / Bloomberg: Intel agrees to sell a ~20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication to Bain in a deal that values IMS at $4.3B; Intel invested in IMS in 2009 before an acquisition in 2015  —  Intel Corp. agreed to sell a roughly 20% stake in IMS Nanofabrication GmbH to Bain Capital in a deal that values the company at $4.3 billion. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zosha Millman / Polygon: Ali Selim, the director and executive producer of Marvel’s Secret Invasion, says Method Studios used AI to design the opening credits scene  —  ‘It just came right out of the shape-shifting, Skrull world identity’  —  The world of Secret Invasion is decidedly sketchy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: Patreon adds a free membership tier for the first time and plans to let creators sell one-off downloadable products such as videos and podcasts, taking a 5% cut  —  Patreon built a user base with creators who wanted to charge a fee for the content they create. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maria Streshinsky / Wired: Q&A with Christopher Nolan, the director of Oppenheimer, on AI improving images in filmmaking, the parallels between nuclear weapon development and AI, and more  —  The Oppenheimer director says AI is not the bomb.  His new movie might still scare you shitless. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Dropbox debuts two AI tools: one for summarizing documents, and Dash, an ambitious universal search engine that aims to be the “Google for your personal stuff”  —  Dropbox is launching two different but related AI-powered services into its platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zosha Millman / Polygon: Ali Selim, executive producer of Marvel’s Secret Invasion, says Method Studios used AI to create the opening credits  —  ‘It just came right out of the shape-shifting, Skrull world identity’  —  The world of Secret Invasion is decidedly sketchy.  With thousands of shapeshifting Skrulls on Earth … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mia Sato / The Verge: Patreon adds free membership tiers for the first time and plans to let creators sell one-off digital products, including videos, podcasts, or downloadable files  —  Patreon built a user base with creators who wanted to charge a fee for the content they create. Lees verder op Tech Meme