Tech Meme

Tom Phillips / Eurogamer.net: Nintendo says Switch 2 preorder demand in Japan “far exceeds expectations” and 2.2M applied via a lottery; Nintendo is offering a cheaper, region-locked model  —  2.2m people applied to buy, and a “significant number” will be unsuccessful.  —  News by Tom Phillips Editor-in-Chief Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Geoffrey Hinton, other AI experts, and 10 former OpenAI staff write to the CA and DE AGs opposing OpenAI’s for-profit restructure, echoing Elon Musk’s concerns  —  Former employees and figures such as Geoffrey Hinton warn of dangers of allowing start-up to make corporate switch Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allie Garfinkle / Fortune: Chainguard, which helps companies secure software supply chains, raised a $356M Series D led by Kleiner and IVP at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.12B in 2024  —  Dan Lorenc, CEO and cofounder of Chainguard.  —  Chainguard  —  Seated at his desk in his Rhode Island home, Dan Lorenc is surrounded by things he’s built. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: On the 20th birthday of its first video, YouTube says it has had 20T+ uploads, including 20M+ daily now, and unveils app and TV updates, including new Multiview  —  YouTube is celebrating its 20th birthday with a number of stats, while previewing new features that are coming this year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Microsoft launches new OpenAI-powered AI agents, Researcher and Analyst, designed to function as digital colleagues, available via its Agent Store  —  Microsoft announced today a major expansion of its artificial intelligence tools with the “Microsoft 365 Copilot Wave 2 Spring release,” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Character.AI unveils AvatarFX, a new AI video generation model in closed beta that animates characters in diverse styles and voices, including human-like and 2D  —  Character.AI, a leading platform for chatting and roleplaying with AI-generated characters, unveiled its forthcoming video generation model, AvatarFX, on Tuesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Day / Bloomberg: Sources: Amazon’s Project Kuiper has completed just a few dozen satellites so far, far below the pace needed to reach the FCC’s 1,618 deadline by July 2026  —  Project Kuiper has completed just a few dozen satellites so far, more than a year into its manufacturing program, according to three people familiar with the situation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

IWF: In 2024, 62% of all child sexual abuse webpages found were traced to an EU country, and the Netherlands remains the most abused global location for hosting CSAM  —  Call for Member States to come together and push forward with ‘desperately needed’ child protection laws as thousands … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hadlee Simons / Android Authority: Samsung resumes rolling out One UI 7, per users on Reddit, X, and forums, after pausing it earlier in April, bringing new icons, a new camera UI, and more  —  – Samsung has resumed the One UI 7 update.  — Users in Africa, the US, and several other locales have reported that they received the new software. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: The European Commission fines Apple €500M and Meta €200M under the DMA and issues cease-and-desist orders to both companies; Apple and Meta say they will appeal  —  Fines come as European officials pursue trade talks with the Trump administration  —  BRUSSELS—The European Union fined Apple … Lees verder op Tech Meme