Friday, February 3, 2023
Big Tech earnings face more heat as cloud cover fades
YouTube rolls out "Go Live Together", which lets creators with 50 or more subscribers co-host livestreams with one guest at a time, on its iOS and Android apps (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
YouTube rolls out “Go Live Together”, which lets creators with 50 or more subscribers co-host livestreams with one guest at a time, on its iOS and Android apps — YouTube is rolling out a collaboration feature that allows two users to livestream together.
Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, and Microsoft will collectively incur more than $10B in charges related to mass layoffs, real estate, and other cost savings (Dave Lee/Financial Times)
Amazon, Meta, Alphabet, and Microsoft will collectively incur more than $10B in charges related to mass layoffs, real estate, and other cost savings — Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft reveal hefty price tag as they rein in spending — Amazon, Meta, Alphabet and Microsoft …
As the spat between Binance and WazirX escalates, Binance invites the Indian exchange to withdraw its assets held in Binance wallets after February 3 (Amitoj Singh/CoinDesk)
As the spat between Binance and WazirX escalates, Binance invites the Indian exchange to withdraw its assets held in Binance wallets after February 3 — The solution ostensibly ends worries about what would happen to customer funds if Binance and WazirX end their collaboration.
A group of MEPs launches a website for European parliament staff and EU officials to warn about "shady lobbying" by Big Tech and other interest groups (Jennifer Rankin/The Guardian)
A group of MEPs launches a website for European parliament staff and EU officials to warn about “shady lobbying” by Big Tech and other interest groups — Exclusive: Dutch MEP hopes site will give early warning of suspicious tactics such as use of front organisations
Thursday, February 2, 2023
A brief look at several lawsuits challenging generative AI tools and what music labels suing Napster but making peace with Spotify tells us about the future (Peter Kafka/Vox)
A brief look at several lawsuits challenging generative AI tools and what music labels suing Napster but making peace with Spotify tells us about the future — What can Napster tell us about the future? — That was quick: Artificial intelligence has gone from science fiction to novelty to Thing We Are Sure Is the Future.
Chainalysis plans to cut under 5% of its staff as part of a reorganization; in January, its CEO said the company plans to grow staff by 11% and expand globally (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)
Chainalysis plans to cut under 5% of its staff as part of a reorganization; in January, its CEO said the company plans to grow staff by 11% and expand globally — Chainalysis Inc., a company that specializes in tracking crypto transactions and the entities behind them, said it's made layoffs affecting less than 5% of staff.
Sony announces a beta version of Discord for the PlayStation 5 in the US, Canada, Japan, and the UK, adds Variable Refresh Rate support for 1440p, and more (Tom Warren/The Verge)
Sony announces a beta version of Discord for the PlayStation 5 in the US, Canada, Japan, and the UK, adds Variable Refresh Rate support for 1440p, and more — Beta testers will be able to join Discord voice calls on a PS5 console in the US, Canada, Japan, and UK starting today.
Netflix Japan used AI art in the anime short "The Dog & The Boy", citing a "labor shortage" in the industry, which has long faced labor abuses and poor wages (Samantha Cole/VICE)
Netflix Japan used AI art in the anime short “The Dog & The Boy”, citing a “labor shortage” in the industry, which has long faced labor abuses and poor wages — A new short film called ‘The Dog & The Boy’ uses AI-generated art for its backgrounds. — Samantha Cole
Sony reports Q3 sales rose 13% YoY to ~$26.4B as operating profit drops 8% YoY to ~$3.3B, beating analyst estimates; PS5 sales were 7.1M, up from 4M YoY (Bloomberg)
Sony reports Q3 sales rose 13% YoY to ~$26.4B as operating profit drops 8% YoY to ~$3.3B, beating analyst estimates; PS5 sales were 7.1M, up from 4M YoY — Sony Group Corp. revised up its full-year profit outlook after earnings beat estimates and the company had its best quarter of PlayStation 5 sales.
Wednesday, February 1, 2023
An interview with Chris Miller, a Tufts professor and author of the book Chip War, on EUV lithography, ASML's role in global chip manufacturing, TSMC, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)
An interview with Chris Miller, a Tufts professor and author of the book Chip War, on EUV lithography, ASML's role in global chip manufacturing, TSMC, and more — Professor Chris Miller's new book Chip War explains the complicated global politics inside your iPhone.
A look at Spanish-language livestreaming growth on Twitch; the platform's audience for Spanish, its fastest-growing language, grew sixfold from 2019 to 2022 (Cecilia D'Anastasio/Bloomberg)
A look at Spanish-language livestreaming growth on Twitch; the platform's audience for Spanish, its fastest-growing language, grew sixfold from 2019 to 2022 — Samantha Rivera was studying engineering in Mexico in 2020 when a group of friends convinced her she could draw an audience …
A report by the White House's NTIA describes Apple and Google as "gatekeepers" of mobile app stores and suggests legislation to improve competition and choice (Ashley Gold/Axios)
A report by the White House's NTIA describes Apple and Google as “gatekeepers” of mobile app stores and suggests legislation to improve competition and choice — A new Biden administration report describes Apple and Google as “gatekeepers” of mobile app stores and suggests legislation …
Meta's Ready at Dawn studio plans to shutter Echo VR, one of the best-rated and most popular free Quest games, after layoffs, to focus on "our next project" (Ben Lang/Road to VR)
Meta's Ready at Dawn studio plans to shutter Echo VR, one of the best-rated and most popular free Quest games, after layoffs, to focus on “our next project” — As a parting gift, players can claim lots of premium cosmetic items for free — The Entire VR Industry in One Little Email
Sources: the UK's semiconductor plan, which missed a publication deadline last fall, has suffered from government disarray, as the US and EU move forward (Politico)
Sources: the UK's semiconductor plan, which missed a publication deadline last fall, has suffered from government disarray, as the US and EU move forward — The UK's long-awaited chips strategy remains mired in Whitehall wrangling. — LONDON — As nations around the world scramble …
UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published what it called the world's first guidance on auditor AI usage (Ellesheva Kissin/Financial Times)
Ellesheva Kissin / Financial Times : UK accountancy regulator FRC says auditors can't blame AI for audit failures, after it published...
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