Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Google claims its 4th-gen TPU-based supercomputers, used for AI training, are up to 1.7x faster and 1.9x more power-efficient than Nvidia’s A100 systems  —  Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday released new details about the supercomputers it uses to train its artificial intelligence models … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jeff Mason / Reuters: Biden says tech companies have a responsibility to ensure AI products are safe before making them public and whether AI is dangerous remains to be seen  —  U.S. President Joe Biden said on Tuesday it remains to be seen whether artificial intelligence is dangerous, but underscored … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Chinese regulators have slowed merger approvals of deals by US firms, asking some to make products that they sell in other countries available in China  —  The U.S. encouraged China to set up a robust antitrust regime.  Now, Beijing is holding back its required green light for mergers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adnan Bhat / Rest of World: How sound boxes, small speakers that read out payment confirmations, have become a lucrative revenue stream for Paytm and other digital payment firms in India  —  Vegetable carts, flower shops, mom-and-pop stores: Small speakers that read out digital payment receipts are making fintech companies big money. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wired: A look at Amazon’s struggle to clear technical and regulatory hurdles for US drone deliveries, like not being certified to fly over active roadways and people  —  The tech giant dreams of filling the skies with package-bearing drones.  But it has repeatedly failed to clear technical and regulatory hurdles. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Google claims its 4th-gen TPU-based supercomputers it uses for AI training are up to 1.7x faster and 1.9x more power-efficient than Nvidia’s A100-based systems  —  Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google on Tuesday released new details about the supercomputers it uses to train its artificial intelligence models … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Strivacity, which helps companies build secure customer login flows and identity management, raised a $20M Series A2 led by SignalFire  —  Identity and access security issues are increasingly top of mind for companies.  According to a recent Verizon survey, 61% of all breaches now involve credentials … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ethan Shanfeld / Variety: Nintendo designer Shigeru Miyamoto says “mobile apps will not be the primary path of future Mario games” after two moderately successful but dwindling iOS games  —  As Nintendo takes its shot at the box office with “The Super Mario Bros. Movie,” the first animated film featuring … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: Twitter’s new API tiers are useless for researchers; the $100/month plan is much worse than the old free plan, and the $42K-$210K/month plans are too expensive  —  Access to Twitter’s API has been mostly free to researchers for more than a decade.  So how does $210,000 a month sound? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Everstream Analytics, a provider of predictive insights for supply chain management, raised a $50M Series B co-led by Morgan Stanley’s 1GT Fund and StepStone  —  Just short of a year after raising $24 million from backers including DHL, Everstream Analytics, a company that provides predictive insights … Lees verder op Tech Meme