Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Microsoft says it has a new deal with OpenAI that gives Microsoft “right of first refusal”, meaning it’s no longer OpenAI’s exclusive cloud provider  —  Microsoft was once the exclusive provider of data center infrastructure for OpenAI to train and run its AI models.  No longer. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg: MrBeast joins an investor group led by Employer.com founder Jesse Tinsley in an all-cash bid to acquire TikTok US operations; several groups have shown interest  —  – YouTube star is part of investor group run by Jesse Tinsley  — TikTok has less than three months to sell or face a US ban Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Netflix reports Q4 revenue up 16% YoY to $10.2B and 301.6M global subs, adding 18.9M subs, more than doubling Wall Street estimates; NFLX jumps 13%+ after hours  —  – Netflix is raising subscription prices in its biggest market  — Report marks the end of regular quarterly customer updates Lees verder op Tech Meme

Drew Lerner / Awful Announcing: Nielsen: Netflix captured 8.5% of all US streaming viewership in December 2024, its highest share since July 2023, in part due to NFL games; YouTube had 11.1%  —  Netflix’s Christmas Day NFL experiment seems to have paid off.  —  According to data released by Nielsen’s “The Gauge” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

MK Manoylov / The Block: Crypto.com launches its institutional exchange service for US customers; it had closed the service in June 2023 due to “limited demand”  —  – Crypto.com Exchange gives users access to over 300 cryptocurrencies and 480 trading pairs, acting as a complement to the existing retail-focused Crypto.com App for U.S. customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Tencent unveils Hunyuan3D 2.0, an AI system that turns single images or text prompts into 3D models in seconds, and open sources it on HuggingFace and GitHub  —  Tencent has unveiled “Hunyuan3D 2.0,” an AI system that turns single images or text descriptions into detailed 3D models within seconds. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Netflix reports Q4 revenue of $10.2B, up 16% YoY, an operating income of $2.3B, and 301.6M global subs, adding 18.9M subs, more than doubling Wall St. estimates  —  – Netflix is raising subscription prices in its biggest market  — Report marks the end of regular quarterly customer updates Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Perplexity debuts Sonar, an API service to let devs build AI search tools into their apps, with a base tier costing $5/1K searches and a pricier Sonar Pro tier  —  Perplexity on Tuesday launched an API service called Sonar, allowing enterprises and developers to build the startup’s generative AI search tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Meta aims to debut glasses with a built-in display and new Oakley-branded smart glasses for athletes in 2025; it has resumed work on watches, earbuds  —  – Company resumes work on smartwatch and develops AirPods rival  — First real AR glasses, dubbed ‘Artemis,’ are planned for 2027 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nicole Sperling / New York Times: Netflix raises prices in the US, Canada, Portugal, and Argentina; the standard US plan rises from $15.49 to $17.99, standard with ads jumps a dollar to $7.99  —  The company said those results were buoyed by programming in recent months that exceeded internal expectations. Lees verder op Tech Meme