Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Piper Sandler survey of 6,020 US teens: 33% now own a VR device, up from 31% in fall 2023; Instagram was teen’s second favorite app, closing its gap to TikTok  —  The AR/VR device market has always been considered a niche.  Even with the launch of the Apple Vision Pro earlier this year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Ye / Reuters: NetEase says it is working with Microsoft to bring World of Warcraft and other Blizzard games back to China after a feud ended the partnership in January 2023  —  Chinese video games giant NetEase (9999.HK) said it is working with Microsoft (MSFT.O) to bring popular games including … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Copenhagen-based Reshape, whose AI-powered robotic imaging system helps track visual changes in lab experiments, raised a $20M Series A led by Astanor Ventures  —  Danish startup grabs $20M in funding to bring more engineering to biology  —  A Danish startup wants to help R&D teams automate lab experiments … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: Meta’s Nick Clegg says it’s surprising how infrequently AI tools are being used to subvert elections and confirms Llama’s next version will arrive by next month  —  – AI not used on “systemic basis” to subvert elections: Clegg  — Political deepfakes on the rise as voters head to polls Lees verder op Tech Meme