Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are storing, instead of selling, second-hand chipmaking machines over fears of breaking US export controls and sanctions (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: Samsung and SK Hynix are storing, instead of selling, second-hand chipmaking machines over fears of breaking US export controls and sanctions — Samsung and SK Hynix have been storing used machines in warehouses as US-China tensions rise … Continue Reading →

12/03/2024

The GPT-4 barrier has finally been broken, with Gemini 1.5, Mistral Large, Claude 3 Opus, and Inflection-2.5 benchmarking near or even above OpenAI’s model (Simon Willison’s Weblog)

<div>The GPT-4 barrier has finally been broken, with Gemini 1.5, Mistral Large, Claude 3 Opus, and Inflection-2.5 benchmarking near or even above OpenAI's model (Simon Willison's Weblog)</div>

Simon Willison’s Weblog: The GPT-4 barrier has finally been broken, with Gemini 1.5, Mistral Large, Claude 3 Opus, and Inflection-2.5 benchmarking near or even above OpenAI’s model — Four weeks ago, GPT-4 remained the undisputed champion: consistently at the top… Continue Reading →

09/03/2024

X’s audio and video calls, which are enabled by default, are peer-to-peer, revealing users’ IP addresses to each other, unless they enable a privacy setting (TechCrunch)

<div>X's audio and video calls, which are enabled by default, are peer-to-peer, revealing users' IP addresses to each other, unless they enable a privacy setting (TechCrunch)</div>

TechCrunch: X’s audio and video calls, which are enabled by default, are peer-to-peer, revealing users’ IP addresses to each other, unless they enable a privacy setting — The new X calling feature can hurt your privacy — In his quest… Continue Reading →

05/03/2024

A US judge says Google must face advertisers’ antitrust lawsuit, but dismisses some claims, including those focused on ad-buying tools used by large advertisers (Reuters)

<div>A US judge says Google must face advertisers' antitrust lawsuit, but dismisses some claims, including those focused on ad-buying tools used by large advertisers (Reuters)</div>

Reuters: A US judge says Google must face advertisers’ antitrust lawsuit, but dismisses some claims, including those focused on ad-buying tools used by large advertisers — Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google must face advertisers’ proposed class action lawsuit claiming that it monopolizes… Continue Reading →

02/03/2024

Sources: the BlackCat ransomware gang is behind the outage at UnitedHealth’s technology unit that has disrupted services at pharmacies in the US for six days (Reuters)

<div>Sources: the BlackCat ransomware gang is behind the outage at UnitedHealth's technology unit that has disrupted services at pharmacies in the US for six days (Reuters)</div>

Reuters: Sources: the BlackCat ransomware gang is behind the outage at UnitedHealth’s technology unit that has disrupted services at pharmacies in the US for six days — Figurines with computers and smartphones are seen in front of the words “Cyber… Continue Reading →

27/02/2024

Three years after Spotify’s original announcement that it would launch a higher-quality audio subscription, the company has yet to roll out the feature (Chris Welch/The Verge)

<div>Three years after Spotify's original announcement that it would launch a higher-quality audio subscription, the company has yet to roll out the feature (Chris Welch/The Verge)</div>

Chris Welch / The Verge: Three years after Spotify’s original announcement that it would launch a higher-quality audio subscription, the company has yet to roll out the feature — I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to do this again. … Continue Reading →

24/02/2024

Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company plans to invest $2.1B in Spain in the next two years to expand its AI and cloud infrastructure in the country (Reuters)

Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company plans to invest .1B in Spain in the next two years to expand its AI and cloud infrastructure in the country (Reuters)

Reuters: Microsoft President Brad Smith says the company plans to invest $2.1B in Spain in the next two years to expand its AI and cloud infrastructure in the country — U.S. software giant Microsoft (MSFT.O) will expand its artificial intelligence… Continue Reading →

20/02/2024

Google stopped notifying publishers of “right to be forgotten” removals, after a Swedish court ruled that informing webmasters is a breach of privacy (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

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Google stopped notifying publishers of "right to be forgotten" removals, after a Swedish court ruled that informing webmasters is a breach of privacy (Alex Hern/The Guardian)

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Alex Hern / The Guardian: Google stopped notifying publishers of “right to be forgotten” removals, after a Swedish court ruled that informing webmasters is a breach of privacy — Move after Swedish court rules that informing webmasters about delisted content… Continue Reading →

17/02/2024

Q&A with Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko on the state of the platform, its future, collaborating with Meta on ActivityPub, Bluesky’s AT protocol, and more (Zoë Schiffer/Platformer)

<div>Q&A with Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko on the state of the platform, its future, collaborating with Meta on ActivityPub, Bluesky's AT protocol, and more (Zoë Schiffer/Platformer)</div>

Zoë Schiffer / Platformer: Q&A with Mastodon founder Eugen Rochko on the state of the platform, its future, collaborating with Meta on ActivityPub, Bluesky’s AT protocol, and more — Founder Eugen Rochko on helping Threads federate, dodging venture capital, and… Continue Reading →

13/02/2024

Elon Musk switches the location of Neuralink’s incorporation from Delaware to Nevada, after a Delaware judge struck down Musk’s $55B Tesla pay package last week (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)

<div>Elon Musk switches the location of Neuralink's incorporation from Delaware to Nevada, after a Delaware judge struck down Musk's B Tesla pay package last week (Sarah McBride/Bloomberg)</div>

Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: Elon Musk switches the location of Neuralink’s incorporation from Delaware to Nevada, after a Delaware judge struck down Musk’s $55B Tesla pay package last week — – Billionaire has fraught history with Delaware legal system —… Continue Reading →

10/02/2024

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