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

Mike Masnick / Techdirt: A California judge lets a lawsuit against Snap from relatives of dead kids move forward, saying Section 230 doesn’t apply due to disappearing messages and more  —  from the this-is-not-how-this-is-supposed-to- work dept  —  Well, this is dumb.  As detailed by NBC News … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brendan McCord / Cosmos Institute: A look at the current AI philosophy landscape of existential pessimism vs. accelerationism, and the need for a balanced, enterprising optimism as the third way  —  We need a balanced, enterprising optimism—an ambitious and clear vision for what constitutes the good in technology, coupled with the awareness of its dangers 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

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: Hackers are hijacking X accounts of governments and businesses marked with gold and gray checkmarks, including Google’s Mandiant, to promote crypto scams  —  Hackers are increasingly targeting verified accounts on X (formerly Twitter) belonging to government and business profiles and marked … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ali Jones / GamesRadar: SteamDB: PC game developers released a record 14,531 titles on Valve’s Steam in 2023, or 39+ per day, breaking 2022’s record by just under 2,000 games  —  That’s around 40 new games every single day  —  2023 was another record-breaking year for Steam, as more titles released on Valve’s platform … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Steinberg / Variety: GroupM forms a consortium with Disney, Roku, NBCU, YouTube, and others to push for standardized measurements and ad formats for use across streaming services  —  One of the nation’s biggest investors of ad dollars wants to push big large streamers to work together when it comes to commercials. Lees verder op Tech Meme