Journals

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Twitch changes the Prime Gaming subscription payout model to a fixed rate, expands the Partner Plus Program, and removes the $100K cap for 70/30 revenue share  —  Twitch is making big monetization changes again in… Read More »Twitch changes the Prime Gaming subscription payout model to a fixed rate, expands the Partner Plus Program, and removes the $100K cap for 70/30 revenue share (Ash Parrish/The Verge)

Richard Nieva / Forbes: The US National Science Foundation partners with OpenAI, Meta, Nvidia, and others to launch NAIRR, a pilot program to increase researchers’ access to AI tools  —  The pilot program, called the National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource,… Read More »The US National Science Foundation partners with OpenAI, Meta, Nvidia, and others to launch NAIRR, a pilot program to increase researchers’ access to AI tools (Richard Nieva/Forbes)

Matt Day / Bloomberg: Ring plans to stop letting police request footage from users’ video doorbells and cameras via its tool next week; police and fire services will need a warrant  —  – Move dials back company’s longtime public-safety stance … Read More »Ring plans to stop letting police request footage from users’ video doorbells and cameras via its tool next week; police and fire services will need a warrant (Matt Day/Bloomberg)

Reuters: A Massachusetts court filings shows Google reached a settlement in an AI chip patent lawsuit filed by Singular Computing, which sought $1.67B in damages  —  Google (GOOGL.O) on Wednesday reached a settlement in a patent infringement lawsuit over chips… Read More »A Massachusetts court filings shows Google reached a settlement in an AI chip patent lawsuit filed by Singular Computing, which sought $1.67B in damages (Reuters)

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: London- and Tallinn-based VC firm Plural, led by some of Europe’s best known startup founders, raised a €400M fund to invest in early-stage “deep tech” startups  —  The firm offers a Silicon-Valley approach to backing… Read More »London- and Tallinn-based VC firm Plural, led by some of Europe’s best known startup founders, raised a €400M fund to invest in early-stage “deep tech” startups (Tim Bradshaw/Financial Times)

Bloomberg: EquiLend, which processes $2.4T of securities-lending transactions per month, goes down after a January 22 cyberattack and says restoration may take a few days  —  – EquiLend says it may take days to recover from cyber incident  — Firm… Read More »EquiLend, which processes $2.4T of securities-lending transactions per month, goes down after a January 22 cyberattack and says restoration may take a few days (Bloomberg)

Alexander Martin / The Record: The UK NCSC releases an all-source intel assessment warning that ransomware attacks will increase in both volume and impact over the next two years due to AI  —  Ransomware attacks will increase in both volume… Read More »The UK NCSC releases an all-source intel assessment warning that ransomware attacks will increase in both volume and impact over the next two years due to AI (Alexander Martin/The Record)

Kate Knibbs / Wired: Originality AI: 88%+ of the top US news outlets now block AI companies’ web crawlers; leading right-wing outlets, like Breitbart and Newsmax, mostly permit them  —  Nearly 90 percent of top news outlets like The New… Read More »Originality AI: 88%+ of the top US news outlets now block AI companies’ web crawlers; leading right-wing outlets, like Breitbart and Newsmax, mostly permit them (Kate Knibbs/Wired)

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: BeReal plans to let brands and celebrities join, starting on February 6, and says the app now has 23M DAUs, up from 20M DAUs in August 2023  —  BeReal, a rising social media app that emphasizes… Read More »BeReal plans to let brands and celebrities join, starting on February 6, and says the app now has 23M DAUs, up from 20M DAUs in August 2023 (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)