March 10, 20230CommentsA look at China’s “golden shares”, initially meant to reduce the state’s role in the economy and now being used to quietly control its biggest tech companies (Lingling Wei/Wall Street Journal)
March 10, 20230CommentsMeta is exploring a decentralized social network for sharing text updates; the app will reportedly let users log in with Instagram and is codenamed P92 (Casey Newton/Platformer)
March 10, 20230CommentsReport: Meta pauses Reels Play bonuses in the US; launched in 2021, the program promised Facebook and Instagram creators up to $35K a month based on view counts (Karissa Bell/Engadget)
March 10, 20230CommentsMatchday, a Web3 and mobile gaming startup developing casual soccer games licensed by FIFA, raised a $21M seed from Lionel Messi’s Play Time and others (Chris Morris/Fast Company)
March 9, 20230CommentsResearchers call for transparency on AI tools’ carbon footprint; training GPT-3 took an estimated 1.287 GWh of electricity, or what ~120 US homes use in a year (Bloomberg)
March 9, 20230CommentsOracle reports Q3 revenue up 18% YoY to $12.39B, vs. $12.42B est., and cloud services and license support revenue up 17% YoY to $8.9B (Reuters)