Tech Meme

Liam Dawe / GamingOnLinux: Steam creates an ad documentation page highlighting its ban on forcing players to watch ads, saying “developers should not utilize paid ads as a business model”  —  Turns out this was actually already a rule that Valve had (thanks SteamDB).  It was listed on their Pricing page … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Garrahan / Financial Times: An interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas on DeepSeek, why it isn’t AI’s “Sputnik moment” but is “a big deal”, how DeepSeek will “get shut down” by the US, and more  —  Rene Haas has reshaped chip designer’s business to focus on royalties rather than fees Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: OpenAI is finalizing its first in-house chip design in the next few months, to cut its Nvidia reliance, and plans to send it for fabrication at TSMC  —  OpenAI is pushing ahead on its plan to reduce its reliance on Nvidia (NVDA.O) for its chip supply by developing its first generation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Greenberg / Wired: Inside Binance compliance boss and ex-IRS agent Tigran Gambaryan’s imprisonment in Nigeria, relayed via texts from a secret phone, over money laundering charges  —  As a US federal agent, Tigran Gambaryan pioneered modern crypto investigations.  Then at Binance, he got trapped between … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Reynolds / CoinDesk: Polymarket Analytics: users put $1.1B in volume on the outcome of the Super Bowl despite regulatory hurdles; one trader made a $550K profit from Eagles bets  —  The Philadelphia Eagles won the Superbowl, but the Kansas City Chiefs were the early favorite on Polymarket.  —  What to know: Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Google, OpenAI, Roblox, and Discord raised $27M+ to provide free, open-source tools for improving child safety online, called Robust Open Online Safety Tools  —  Robust Open Online Safety Tools, or ROOST, promises to address “a critical need to accelerate innovation in online child safety … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dominic Chopping / Wall Street Journal: Nokia names Justin Hotard, who currently leads Intel’s Data Center and AI operations, as its CEO starting April 1, as it focuses on data centers to drive growth  —  The telecom company expects data centers to be its number one growth driver in the coming years Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Macron announces that companies have agreed to invest €109B in AI projects in France in the coming years, saying it’s France’s equivalent to Stargate for the US  —  French president speaks ahead of AI summit in Paris involving executives such as OpenAI’s Sam Altman Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: China is building a list of US tech firms to target in a trade war, including Broadcom and Synopsys, whose $35B acquisition needs Beijing’s approval  —  Preparing for Trump talks, Beijing starts probe of Google and keeps Apple and Broadcom in its sights Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Taiwanese government data: exports to Mexico surged 479% YoY to $2.7B in January 2025, led by GPU shipments, as Foxconn, Wistron, and more build fabs in Mexico  —  Trade wars, tariff threats and logistics shocks are upending businesses and spreading volatility.  Understand the new order of global commerce. Lees verder op Tech Meme