Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Report: over a thousand international students have had US immigration statuses terminated in 2025; a Caltech ML professor says it’s harming the talent pipeline  —  An AI doctoral student in California had their SEVIS record — the digital proof of their valid student visa — terminated, putting their immigration status at risk. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Huawei plans mass shipments of its 910C chip, which combines two 910B chips and is comparable to Nvidia’s H100, to Chinese customers as early as May  —  Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) plans to begin mass shipments of its advanced 910C artificial intelligence chip to Chinese customers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Weeks / Bloomberg: Brand aggregator Upexi says it is raising $100M to accumulate Solana, causing its shares to surge over 400%, part of a trend of companies investing in crypto  —  Upexi Inc. is raising $100 million as part of a pivot that will see the company start to accumulate the cryptocurrency Solana, according to a Monday statement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Circle, BitGo, and other firms plan to apply for bank charters or licenses, as the Trump administration pushes to bring crypto into mainstream finance  —  Circle, BitGo and other crypto firms plan to apply for bank charters or licenses  —  Crypto is pushing deeper into the banking system. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Livemint: Sources: Ola’s AI venture Krutrim is looking to raise up to $300M, down from a planned raise of about $500M, after seeing poor investor appetite  —  New Delhi: Bhavish Aggarwal is looking to raise up to $300 million for his artificial intelligence venture Ola Krutrim, curtailing his ambitions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: TSMC says its role in the semiconductor supply chain limits its ability to comply with export rules, after reports its tech was used in Huawei’s Ascend 910B  —  “TSMC’s role in the semiconductor supply chain inherently limits its visibility and information available to it regarding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Wiggins / Wired: A look at the tactile devices from OneCourt, Field of Vision, and Touch2See that help visually impaired spectators follow live sports with their fingers  —  These three companies have developed tactile devices that help visually impaired spectators follow the live action playing out on the field. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with Dan Kim and Hassan Khan, former officials at the CHIPS Program Office, on subsidizing supply versus coercing demand, the program’s future, and more  —  An interview with Dan Kim and Hassan Khan about their work distributing CHIPS program money, and why they are optimistic about U.S. industrial policy going forward. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ethan Mollick / One Useful Thing: Models like o3 and Gemini 2.5 Pro feel like “Jagged AGI”: unreliable, even at some mundane tasks, but still offering superhuman capabilities in many areas  —  New models and new thresholds  —  Amid today’s AI boom, it’s disconcerting that we still don’t know how to measure how smart … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: Paul Graham likened Palantir’s ICE work to “infrastructure of the police state”; a Palantir exec said Paul’s view is like Google’s when it killed Project Maven  —  One of the founders of startup accelerator Y Combinator offered unsparing criticism this weekend … Lees verder op Tech Meme