Tech Meme

Rochelle Raveendran / CBC News: In the wake of US tariffs on Canadian goods, the premiere of Ontario Doug Ford says he’s “ripping up” the province’s CA$100M Starlink contract  —  Musk part of President Donald Trump’s team that wants to destroy families, Ford says  —  Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford is … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Anthropic details Constitutional Classifiers, a system that aims to guard AI models against jailbreaks, monitoring both inputs and outputs for harmful content  —  Leading tech groups including Microsoft and Meta also invest in similar safety systems  —  Artificial intelligence start … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Umar Shakir / The Verge: A US district court judge denies Apple’s emergency motion to halt the remedy trial of the DOJ v. Google case, saying it hasn’t demonstrated satisfactory reasons  —  Apple won’t get to say how a Google monopoly breakup could affect its business dealings. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Meta describes what kinds of AI systems it may deem too risky to release, including ones that could aid in cyberattacks, and how such systems will be flagged  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to make artificial general intelligence (AGI) — which is roughly defined as AI that can accomplish … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Evan Weinberger / Bloomberg Law: Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent ordered the CFPB to stop all rulemaking, communications, litigation, and other activities; on X, Musk has called to “Delete CFPB”  —  Search by Topic  —  Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has shut down a wide variety of operations inside … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: The first ever native iPhone porn app, Hot Tub, arrives in the EU via the alternative app store AltStore PAL, which was made possible by the DMA  —  A native pornography app for iOS is coming to the EU via the approved alternative app store AltStore PAL, made possible by Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA). Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Orr / AppleInsider: Counterpoint: iPhone 15 led global smartphone sales in 2024, followed by iPhone 15 Pro Max, iPhone 15 Pro, Galaxy A15 5G; global smartphone revenue grew 5% YoY  —  Apple’s iPhone 15 led global sales in 2024, with Pro models close behind, as premium device demand drove a revenue rebound. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Subin / CNBC: Palantir reports Q4 revenue of $828M, up 36% YoY, vs. $776M est., US commercial revenue up 64% YoY; PLTR, which soared 340% in 2024, jumps ~15% after hours  —  Palantir shares surged more than 15% in extended trading on Monday after the software company reported fourth-quarter earnings … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Smith / Semafor: Adam Candeub, a Big Tech critic and architect of Trump’s first term effort to revoke Section 230 protections for social media, will be the FCC’s general counsel  —  The Scoop  —  A leading critic of Big Tech will take the top legal position at a key agency that could target Google, Meta, and their rivals. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Musk Watch: An OPM staffer believes a server Musk’s associates installed, with access to federal staff info like SSNs, has not undergone a Privacy Impact Assessment  —  The Musk-connected political hires include two recent high school graduates  —  Several of Elon Musk’s associates installed at the Office … Lees verder op Tech Meme