Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Supermicro stock has jumped 430%+ since early 2023 amid an AI frenzy, outpacing Nvidia and boosting the value of its founder’s 12% stake, plus options, to $3.3B  —  – Charles Liang founded Super Micro in 1993 with wife Sara Liu  — Company’s shares gained more than 430% since the start of 2023 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Framework Laptop 16 review: the modular system offers unprecedented customization, is competent at mid-range gaming, but ran hot, froze, and glitched in testing  —  The Framework Laptop 16 is the most ambitious notebook I’ve ever touched.  There’s never been anything like it before. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google announces AI features for Chrome on Mac and Windows: Organize Similar Tabs and custom themes rolling out soon in the US, and Help Me Write in February  —  Google’s Chrome web browser is getting an infusion of AI technology in the latest release.  The company announced today it’s soon adding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Konrad / Forbes: Sources: Figma is refreshing employee equity packages and offering buyouts as the startup resets its valuation from $20B to $10B, after the scrapped Adobe deal  —  CEO Dylan Field promised to refresh employee equity packages and offered three months’ pay to any who wished to depart as Figma reset … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Clerk, which helps app developers authenticate and manage users, raised a $30M Series B led by CRV and claims to have ~1,300 paying customers managing 16M users  —  Clerk, a startup creating a suite of embeddable UIs, APIs and admin dashboards that app developers can use to authenticate and manage users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple pivots to a less ambitious design for its upcoming EV, from Level 4 autonomy to Level 2+, and pushes back its launch from 2026 to 2028 or later  —  – After board meetings, car downgraded to Level 2+ autonomy  — Company pushes back launch from 2026 to 2028 at the earliest Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Source: Brex told employees that the fintech is cutting 282 jobs, or ~20% of its staff, saying the team grew “too quickly” and its CTO and COO are stepping down  —  Brex is cutting 20% of its workforce and shaking up senior management ranks in a new effort to slash its cash burn … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Sin / XDA Developers: A review of the $800+ OnePlus 12, launching on February 6: specs that rival the $1,300+ S24 Ultra’s, but no AI features and the curved display feels outdated  —  – OnePlus 12: Pricing and Availability  —  The OnePlus Open stole a lot of thunder from the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 last fall … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Source: Brex told employees it is cutting 282 jobs, or about 20% of its staff, saying it grew too quickly and its CTO and COO are giving up their positions  —  Brex is cutting 20% of its workforce and shaking up senior management ranks in a new effort to slash its cash burn, as the fintech firm grapples with slower revenue growth. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Kessler / CoinDesk: A bug in Ethereum’s Nethermind client took down ~8% of Ethereum’s validators on January 21, raising concerns about Geth, which powers ~85% of ETH validators  —  The lion’s share of Ethereum’s validators rely on the same piece of software to power their operations.  According to some experts, this could be a big risk. Lees verder op Tech Meme