Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: PlayStation Network is experiencing a multi-hour outage, affecting account management, gaming and social, and PlayStation Video, Store, and the Direct website  —  PSN has been experiencing a multi-hour outage.  You might have trouble loading purchased digital games or seeing which friends are online. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mariella Moon / Engadget: TikTok advises its US Android users to sideload the app through APKs made available for download on its official website  —  The social media app is still not available on Apple App Store and Google Play.  —  If you need to download and install TikTok in the US, you can do so on Android … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: How Sam Altman outflanked Elon Musk to win over Donald Trump, including by telling Trump in a phone call that the tech industry will achieve AGI during his term  —  After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the country’s A.I. policies.  Then Mr. Altman sneaked into the White House. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: How Sam Altman outflanked Elon Musk to win over Donald Trump, including by telling Trump in a phone call that AGI will be achieved during his second term  —  After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the country’s A.I. policies.  Then Mr. Altman sneaked into the White House. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Deck / Nieman Lab: Tests show DeepSeek’s chatbot often hallucinates URLs in citations and admits that sharing news articles’ content could violate copyright and paywall policies  —  The DeepSeek hype cycle is in full force, but can the chatbot attribute sources more accurately than its competitors? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World: A look at the daunting task for Google and others of mapping roads and maintaining accurate maps in India, amid growing reports of misdirections in the country  —  Maintaining accurate maps is a daunting task in a country where road names and addresses are not standardized. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg: Court filing: President Trump ends legal fight over his Twitter ban after the January 6, 2021 riot; the filing doesn’t specify how the case was resolved  —  – Details about how case resolved weren’t immediately available  — Musk has become a key figure in Trump’s administration Lees verder op Tech Meme

Euan Healy / Financial Times: Investors worry about EU satellite operators Eutelsat and SES amid soaring debt and rise of Starlink, which now has 6,000+ satellites and serves ~130 countries  —  Growing competition from US rivals weighs on indebted European satellite operators  —  Investors are growing increasingly concerned … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fei-Fei Li / Financial Times: Three fundamental principles for the future of AI policymaking: have a clear view of reality, be pragmatic instead of ideological, and empower the AI ecosystem  —  It is possible to develop a model with the best intentions, and for that model to be misused later on Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hideaki Ryugen / Nikkei Asia: MediaTek reports sales up 22.4% YoY to ~$16.2B in 2024 and net profit up 38.2% YoY to ~$3.24B, posting its first sales and profit growth in two fiscal years  —  TAIPEI — Major Taiwanese chip designer MediaTek looks to apply its low-power design know-how to products geared toward artificial intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme