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Palantir posts a 22-point summary of Alex Karp's book, promoting hard power, AI weapons and deterrence, while denouncing pluralism and “regressive” cultures (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch) 19-04-2026

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Palantir posts a 22-point summary of Alex Karp’s book, promoting hard power, AI weapons and deterrence, while denouncing pluralism and “regressive” cultures  —  Surveillance and analytics company Palantir recently posted what it called a “brief” 22-point summary of CEO Alexander Karp’s book “The Technological Republic.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: the glowing “26” in Apple's WWDC invite is teasing a revamped Siri, memory shortages may push Mac Studio and touch MacBook Pro launches by a few months (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) 19-04-2026

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: the glowing “26” in Apple’s WWDC invite is teasing a revamped Siri, memory shortages may push Mac Studio and touch MacBook Pro launches by a few months  —  Also: Memory shortages could push back new Macs.  —  Apple’s WWDC 2026 teaser provides a glimpse of the revamped Siri interface coming in iOS 27. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to develop a memory processing unit that works alongside TPUs, and a new TPU for running AI models (Qianer Liu/The Information) 19-04-2026

Qianer Liu / The Information: Sources: Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to develop a memory processing unit that works alongside TPUs, and a new TPU for running AI models  —  Google is in talks with Marvell Technology to develop two new chips aimed at running AI models more efficiently, according to two people with direct knowledge of the discussions. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A profile of Quince, an online luxury DTC brand valued at $10B+, which has found success by using data analysis and close manufacturer ties to keep prices low (Amanda Mull/Bloomberg) 19-04-2026

Amanda Mull / Bloomberg: A profile of Quince, an online luxury DTC brand valued at $10B+, which has found success by using data analysis and close manufacturer ties to keep prices low  —  The online apparel retailer has become a $10 billion-plus e-commerce giant by mastering the art of the supply chain. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Expo, which develops an eponymous React Native framework and provides cloud services for building cross-platform apps, raised a $45M Series B led by Georgian (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE) 19-04-2026

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Expo, which develops an eponymous React Native framework and provides cloud services for building cross-platform apps, raised a $45M Series B led by Georgian  —  Expo, the developer of a popular open-source tool for building cross-platform applications, today announced that it has raised $45 million in funding. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Binance and Bitget to probe a rally in RaveDAO's RAVE token, which surged 4,500% in a week, after ZachXBT alleged RAVE insiders engineered a large short squeeze (Francisco Rodrigues/CoinDesk) 19-04-2026

Francisco Rodrigues / CoinDesk: Binance and Bitget to probe a rally in RaveDAO’s RAVE token, which surged 4,500% in a week, after ZachXBT alleged RAVE insiders engineered a large short squeeze  —  Nearly 90% of RAVE’s supply was concentrated in just three wallets, and millions of tokens were transferred to exchanges before the price surge. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at the AI nonprofit METR, whose time-horizon metrics are used by AI researchers and Wall Street investors to track the rapid development of AI systems (Kevin Roose/New York Times) 19-04-2026

Kevin Roose / New York Times: A look at the AI nonprofit METR, whose time-horizon metrics are used by AI researchers and Wall Street investors to track the rapid development of AI systems  —  A chart created by METR, a nonprofit A.I. organization, has become an industrywide obsession as it measures the rapid development of big A.I. systems. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tesla expands its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston after launching in Austin last year and starting to offer rides without safety drivers in January 2026 (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch) 19-04-2026

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Tesla expands its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston after launching in Austin last year and starting to offer rides without safety drivers in January 2026  —  Tesla is expanding its robotaxi service to Dallas and Houston, according to a social media post from the company. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Dylan Patel's SemiAnalysis, an AI newsletter and research firm that expects $100M+ in 2026 revenue from subscriptions and AI supply chain research (Abram Brown/The Information) 19-04-2026

Abram Brown / The Information: A look at Dylan Patel’s SemiAnalysis, an AI newsletter and research firm that expects $100M+ in 2026 revenue from subscriptions and AI supply chain research  —  For Dylan Patel, founder of SemiAnalysis, an influential AI industry newsletter and research firm, Nvidia deserves the kind … Lees verder op Tech Meme