PYMNTS.com: Adobe: US online holiday sales between November 1 and December 31, 2023, reached a record $222.1B, up 4.9% YoY; BNPL contributed a record $16.6B, up 14% YoY  —  Online sales reached a new record in 2023, thanks in part to buy now, pay later options.  —  New data from Adobe, released Thursday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: OpenAI offered some media firms $1M to $5M per year to license news articles for model training; Apple offers more but wants to use content more widely  —  OpenAI has offered some media firms as little as between $1 million and $5 million annually to license their news articles … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Inbar Preiss / DL News: The European Central Bank plans to award €1.3B in contracts to help develop a digital euro; Amazon was selected in the past to help design the CBDC prototype  —  In a move that wasn’t expected so soon in 2024, the European Central Bank said Wednesday it is ready to pay €1.3 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Inbar Preiss / DL News: The European Central Bank plans to award €1.3B in contracts to help develop a digital euro; Amazon was selected in the past to help design the CBDC prototype  —  In a move that wasn’t expected so soon in 2024, the European Central Bank said Wednesday it is ready to pay €1.3 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: DeepMind Robotics researchers outline new methods for training robots, like AutoRT, which can leverage a visual language model for better situational awareness  —  2024 is going to be a huge year for the cross-section of generative AI/large foundational models and robotics. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nicole Carpenter / Polygon: Kim Kardashian says Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, her mobile game from Glu Mobile, will shut down on April 8; between 2014 and 2016, the game made $156M in revenue  —  Well played, Willow Pape  —  Kim Kardashian: Hollywood, the celebrity’s hit mobile game from Glu Mobile, is shutting down in April … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Qualcomm announces the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2, an update to the XR2 Gen 2 used in the Meta Quest 3, offering 4.3K resolution at 90fps per eye, up from 3K per eye  —  The new chipset is designed as a step up from the XR2 Gen 2 in the Meta Quest 3, capable of rendering high-resolution visuals like the ones promised by Apple’s Vision Pro. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Palazzolo / The Information: Memo: OpenAI plans to launch its GPT store next week; the store was originally slated to open in November 2023, but was delayed after OpenAI’s leadership crisis  —  OpenAI is planning to launch its “GPT store” next week, according to a memo to developers seen by The Information. Lees verder op Tech Meme