Tech Meme

Reuters: Microsoft and Google do not plan to challenge “gatekeeper” status under the EU DMA, ahead of a November 16 deadline to object; sources say TikTok may challenge  —  Microsoft (MSFT.O) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google will not challenge an EU law that would require them to make it easier … Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Somers / New Yorker: A eulogy for coding, which has always felt like an endlessly deep and rich domain, after ChatGPT swallowed knowledge and skills that take lifetimes to master  —  Coding has always felt to me like an endlessly deep and rich domain.  Now I find myself wanting to write a eulogy for it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: Counterpoint: Chinese smartphone sales grew 11% YoY in October, led by Huawei, up 83% due to the Mate 60, and Xiaomi, up 33%; iPhone sales were unusually muted  —  – Inventory glut that plagued industry now in rear view mirror  — Domestic brands picked up the slack while iPhone struggled Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Uber rolls out new tools in the US to identify riders or Uber Eats users who consistently give bad ratings to get refunds, to cut down on unfair deactivations  —  Uber is introducing new features geared toward addressing the issues of unfair deactivations that ride-hail and delivery drivers often face. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Davey Alba / Bloomberg: YouTube plans to require users to disclose when they upload realistic-looking manipulated or synthetic content, including videos made using its tools, in 2024  —  Site’s creators who repeatedly fail to disclose AI use will face penalties  —  YouTube, the video platform owned by Alphabet Inc.’s Google … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Irish Council for Civil Liberties: data brokers are collecting browsing data in much more detail than previously known, including for those in sensitive jobs  —  Campaigners warn proliferation of categories describing sensitive professions could leave users open to blackmail Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Alcorn / Tom’s Hardware: Top500: the AMD-powered Frontier remains the fastest supercomputer at 1.194 Exaflop/s, fending off the Argonne National Laboratory’s Intel-powered Aurora  —  Intel’s oft-delayed Aurora remains a work in progress.  —  The Top500 organization released its semi-annual list of the fastest supercomputers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Foxconn reports Q3 revenue down 12% YoY to ~$47.7B, net income up 11% YoY to ~$1.3B, and lowers the outlook for its components business to flat YoY  —  – It also revised down forecast for components business segment  — Company beat average profit estimate in the September quarter Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joshua Rothman / New Yorker: A profile of Geoffrey Hinton, who argues that LLMs like GPT can comprehend the meanings of words and learn how the world works by analyzing human writing  —  Geoffrey Hinton has spent a lifetime teaching computers to learn.  Now he worries that artificial brains are better than ours. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Trump Media & Technology Group SPAC partner DWA’s filing: Truth Social lost $73M on just $3.7M in net sales since its early 2022 launch and lost $23M in H1 2023  —  The company that TMTG is planned to merge with, DWAC, broke out the surprising results in a securities filing Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme