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Kif Leswing / CNBC : Nvidia reports Q1 revenue down 13% YoY to $7.19B, vs. $6.52B est., Data Center revenue up 14% YoY, and a Q2 revenue forecast above estimates; NVDA jumps 20%+   —  - Nvidia reported first-quarter earnings for its fiscal 2024 on Wednesday, with a stronger-than-expected forecast that drove shares up 25% in extended trading. source http://www.techmeme.com/230524/p29#a230524p29

Rohan Goswami / CNBC : Microsoft says Chinese state-sponsored hackers compromised “critical infrastructure” across various industries in the US, with a focus on gathering intelligence   —  Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT  —  Microsoft warned on Wednesday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers … source http://www.techmeme.com/230524/p28#a230524p28

Katharine Gemmell / Bloomberg : Microsoft formally files its appeal against the UK CMA's decision to block its $69B Activision deal; the judicial process could take as long as nine months   —  Microsoft Corp. formally filed its appeal against the UK antitrust watchdog's decision to block its $69 billion Activision Blizzard Inc. deal. source http://www.techmeme.com/230524/p27#a230524p27

Bloomberg : Sources: some Meta employees say important work has been stalled, including its product roadmap, as the final round of layoffs announced in March wraps up   —  Meta Platforms Inc. employees received news Wednesday of the final round of previously announced job cuts, which affected thousands … source http://www.techmeme.com/230524/p26#a230524p26

Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch : Windows 11 adds native support for rar, 7-zip, gz, and other archive formats   —  It's 1999, and my friends and I are surfing warez sites using Internet Explorer on our 98SE gaming rig.  Finally we push past the scams and porn to find a list of files on an FTP server, labeled “.rar, .r00, .r01, r.02...” But what the hell are these? source http://www.techmeme.com/230523/p47#a230523p47

Vjeran Pavic / The Verge : Review of Final Cut Pro for iPad: touch-friendly design and accessible pricing but limited Mac interoperability and lacks the blade tool, stabilization, more   —  The long-awaited iPad version of Final Cut Pro is here and, with it, a touch-friendly design and accessible pricing. source http://www.techmeme.com/230523/p44#a230523p44

NBC News : Sources: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to launch his presidential bid on Twitter Spaces on May 24, in a conversation with Elon Musk moderated by David Sacks   —  The Florida governor will announce he is running for president on Twitter Wednesday evening in a conversation with Musk. source http://www.techmeme.com/230523/p43#a230523p43

Bloomberg : A rise in memecoins and NFTs on the Bitcoin blockchain, thanks to the Ordinals protocol, has spurred record transactions and an ensuing fee windfall for miners   —  An eruption of memecoins and nonfungible tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain has reshaped the revenue profile of miners … source http://www.techmeme.com/230521/p9#a230521p9

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica : Researchers reveal many low-cost Android phones and smart TVs from lesser-known brands, sold in the US and owned by millions, come with malware preinstalled   —  The bane of low-cost Android devices is showing no signs of going away.  —  Overall, Android devices have earned a decidedly mixed reputation for security. source http://www.techmeme.com/230521/p8#a230521p8

Peter Funt / Wall Street Journal : Service robots like Moxi, which delivers medicines in hospitals, and Jesper, which serves food in restaurants, are in high demand despite job loss concerns   —  The pandemic may be over, but the demand for nonhuman workers in health care, food service and other fields is here to stay source http://www.techmeme.com/230521/p7#a230521p7

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC : How crypto hunters help those going through divorce find their spouse's hidden crypto stashes, following the trail of tokens as they “hop” across blockchains   —  - Financial infidelity has become increasingly sophisticated, as investors “hop” coins across blockchains and sink their cash into metaverse properties. source http://www.techmeme.com/230520/p10#a230520p10

Kellen Browning / New York Times : Unable to turn a profit amid a fall in views, some US esports organizations are laying off staff, ending player contracts, or even selling their teams at a loss   —  At least two organizations in America's most prominent league for professional video game players are selling their teams, underscoring the industry's uncertain future. source http://www.techmeme.com/230520/p9#a230520p9

Neeva : Neeva, founded by ex-Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy, plans to shut down its ad-free search engine, citing a “vastly changed search environment” and more   —  We started Neeva with the mission to take search back to its users.  Having worked on search and search ads for over a decade … source http://www.techmeme.com/230520/p8#a230520p8

Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg : After Niantic's latest AR game Peridot got negative app store reviews and few downloads, a look at the company's metaverse games struggling to find an audience   —  Just a few years ago, tech evangelists were hailing Niantic Inc., the maker of the hit game Pokémon Go … source http://www.techmeme.com/230519/p19#a230519p19

Financial Times : A look at the proliferation of fake LinkedIn profiles; LinkedIn's transparency report says the company blocked 58M+ accounts in H2 2022, up from 22M in H1   —  On the internet, nobody knows you bought a dog  —  William Grace-Hunter doesn't exist, though this may not be immediately obvious from his LinkedIn profile. source http://www.techmeme.com/230519/p18#a230519p18

Wall Street Journal : Sources: Apollo Global and Fortress Investment are each spending ~$50M to back competing groups that aim to restart Celsius under new management   —  Investors that buy and turn around downtrodden companies have largely shunned crypto  —  Two Wall Street heavyweights are locked in a bidding war … source http://www.techmeme.com/230519/p17#a230519p17

Financial Times : Sources: Revolut is locked in a fight with top shareholder SoftBank after UK regulators told the company it must simplify its ownership to win a banking license   —  Minister to meet payment group's bosses amid fears UK's biggest tech group will leave the country source http://www.techmeme.com/230519/p16#a230519p16

SemiAnalysis : A look at AmpereOne, Ampere's new third-generation data center CPU, the company's first to use an in-house architecture, and its disingenuous performance claims   —  Chiplets, Advanced Packaging, and Disingenuous Performance Claims  —  Ampere Computing specializes in CPUs for the cloud datacenter market. source http://www.techmeme.com/230518/p28#a230518p28

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica : OpenAI launches a free ChatGPT app for iOS in the US, offering the web version's features plus history sync across devices and speech input via OpenAI's Whisper   —  App brings popular AI assistant to an official mobile client app for the first time.  —  On Thursday, OpenAI released … source http://www.techmeme.com/230518/p27#a230518p27

Mark Hachman / PCWorld : A look at Sightful's Spacetop, a $2,000 laptop that replaces the screen with an AR headset, giving users a 100" display, available to 1,000 early adopters   —  Sightful's Spacetop AR laptop is brought to you by the chief executive behind the Microsoft Kinect.  —  Laptops have a problem: their screen. source http://www.techmeme.com/230518/p26#a230518p26