Techmeme
April 26, 2023, 10:40 AM

Top News

GOV.UK:
The UK CMA blocks Microsoft's $68.7B Activision acquisition, citing concerns about competition and innovation in the UK gaming market; Microsoft plans to appeal  —  The CMA has prevented Microsoft's proposed purchase of Activision over concerns the deal would alter the future …
More: Bloomberg, Activision Blizzard King, New York Post, MacRumors, The Verge, Wall Street Journal, CNBC, Financial Times, New York Times, Windows Central, BBC, GeekWire, RTÉ, Bloomberg, The Information, Android Authority, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, Forbes, PCMag, Club386, Computerworld, Silicon Republic, The Register, Thurrott, Game Developer, VentureBeat, DatacenterDynamics, Los Angeles Times, Insider, Axios, CNN, The Guardian, Ars Technica, Video Games Chronicle, Politico, AppleInsider, Engadget, Associated Press, GamesIndustry.biz, Video Games Chronicle, TechCrunch, Eurogamer.net, Variety, OnMSFT.com, TechPowerUp, Kotaku, New York Times, Gameranx, Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Coinspeaker, Gizmodo Australia, SlashGear, PC Gamer, GamingBolt, Deadline, Barron's Online, BGR, GameSpot, Tech Startups, IGN, Reuters, FOSS Patents, MCV/DEVELOP, Pocket Gamer.biz, American Economic …, Watcher Guru, Polygon, Pure Xbox, Neowin, gHacks Technology News, Dexerto, Kotaku Australia, Push Square, KitGuru, The Shortcut, Gamereactor UK, Dot Esports, TrueAchievements, GSMArena.com, TweakTown, TheGamer, City A.M., Dow Jones Newswires, Neowin, iPhone in Canada Blog, Wccftech, Destructoid, Twinfinite, Press Start, BigTechWire, Nintendo World Report Updates, and Mobilegamer.biz
Yueqi Yang / Bloomberg:
Alphabet:
Alphabet reports Q1 revenue up 3% YoY to $69.8B, net income down 8% YoY to $15.1B, Other Bets revenue down 35% YoY to $288M, and Other Bets loss up 47% YoY  —  MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - April 25, 2023 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.
Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Microsoft:
Microsoft reports Q3 revenue up 7% YoY to $52.9B, net income up 9% YoY to $18.3B, Office Commercial up 13% YoY, Dynamics 365 up 25% YoY, and LinkedIn up 8% YoY  —  REDMOND, Wash. — April 25, 2023 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 …
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on emotion tracking tools, coming to its Health app in 2023, and an AI-powered health coaching subscription service codenamed Quartz  —  Apple Inc. is working on an artificial intelligence-powered health coaching service and new technology for tracking emotions …
Rachel Metz / Bloomberg:
OpenAI now lets ChatGPT users turn off their chat histories, excluding them from the company's models, and plans to launch ChatGPT Business in the coming months  —  OpenAI is letting people opt to withhold their ChatGPT conversations from use in training the artificial intelligence company's models.
Reuters:
Inside Meta's scramble to catch up on AI: slow to adopt pricey AI-optimized systems, scrapping a custom AI chip for a more ambitious model in 2025, and more  —  As the summer of 2022 came to a close, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gathered his top lieutenants for a five-hour dissection …
Damilare Dosunmu / Rest of World:
A look at the waning crypto hype in Africa, as consumer trust fades, startups shut down, and Web3 workers reconsider their careers after FTX's fallout  —  Trust is fading, startups are shutting down, and Web3 workers are reconsidering their career choices.  —  • LAGOS, NIGERIA
Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
In the latest macOS Ventura beta, Apple removes the Virtual Scanner II app that included Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper and shipped with Mojave and newer  —  A few weeks ago, users discovered that every copy of macOS has the original Bitcoin whitepaper hidden in its internal files.
Monica Chin / The Verge:
Hands-on with Asus' ROG Ally, a handheld Windows gaming machine launching May 11 that can be a strong Steam Deck competitor depending on the price and software  —  I had a fun time testing this device, but everything's going to come down to price. … Basically everything written about Asus …
Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
Yelp announces a series of updates, including AI-powered search suggestions and review highlights and the ability to upload short videos up to 12 seconds long  —  Yelp announced today that it's introducing a series of new updates, including an enhanced AI-powered search experience and the ability to add videos to reviews.
More: Yelp and VentureBeat
Alex Thompson / Axios:
After President Biden's reelection campaign announcement, the Republican National Committee posts an attack ad featuring AI-generated images, including of Biden  —  - The video features AI-created images appearing to show Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris celebrating at an Election Day party …

Sponsor Posts

Meta:
Open Source AI: Available to all, not just the few  —  Meta's open source AI enables small businesses, start-ups, students, researchers and more to download and build with our models at no cost.
Tribe AI:
Build AI products that matter  —  Tribe AI helps organizations rapidly deploy AI solutions that have real business impact.  We bring together world class AI talent and tooling to drive differentiated results.
Zoho:
5 common accounting mistakes  —  This is a guest post by Yaali Bizappln Solutions.  A lot of businesses manage their customers and finances on separate platforms.  This disconnect often leads to missed invoices …
Hamming:
Make AI Voice Agents trustworthy  —  Hamming AI automatically tests AI voice agents and continuously monitors them in production.
Techmeme Ride Home:
Fri. 11/22 - An LLM Siri But... Only The Year AFTER Next?
The day's tech news, every day at 5pm ET. Fifteen minutes and you're up to date.
Subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or RSS.
 

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 10:40 AM ET, April 26, 2023.

The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.

More News

Madeline Ashby / Wired:

Earlier Picks

Bloomberg:
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
André Beganski / Decrypt: