Bloomberg: ByteDance board member Bill Ford says ByteDance is exploring alternatives to selling TikTok US, including a change of control to comply with US legislation — – Firm’s options with Trump team include change of control — Bill Ford runs General Atlantic, which owns stake in ByteDance Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kevin Roose / New York Times: CAIS and Scale AI release “Humanity’s Last Exam”, a new evaluation that they claim is the hardest-ever AI test, consisting of ~3,000 multiple-choice questions — If you’re looking for a new reason to be nervous about artificial intelligence, try this: Some of the smartest humans … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Andy Greenberg / Wired: Researchers detail Subaru’s now-fixed web vulnerabilities that let them track millions of Subarus via its Starlink features in the US, Canada, and Japan — Now-fixed web bugs allowed hackers to remotely unlock and start millions of Subarus. More disturbingly, they could also access at least … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg: France says David Balland, co-founder of French crypto wallet startup Ledger, was kidnapped on January 21 and freed on January 22 after a police operation — A co-founder of French crypto wallet startup Ledger SAS who was kidnapped in central France has been released, the Paris prosecutor’s office said in a statement. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Lily Hay Newman / Wired: An interview with ex-CISA Director Jen Easterly, appointed in 2021, on leaving the agency, Trump, China’s Salt Typhoon, Russia, unfinished business, and more — Chinese hacks, rampant ransomware, and Donald Trump’s budget cuts all threaten US security. In an exit interview with WIRED … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Sources: Trump’s aides and Elon Musk became annoyed with Vivek Ramaswamy’s outspokenness and some were angered by his H-1B comments, leading to his DOGE ouster — Biotech company founder departs DOGE after his goal of trimming regulations was overtaken by Musk’s priority of cutting spending Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kate Knibbs / Wired: Q&A with Stanford professor and IP lawyer Mark Lemley on deciding to quit representing Meta in AI copyright case Kadrey v. Meta, Trump, DEI, Elon Musk, and more — In an exclusive interview with WIRED, celebrated intellectual property lawyer Mark Lemley elaborates on why he quit and what he makes of the AI copyright battlefield. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Muyao Shen / Bloomberg: Vitalik Buterin and the Ethereum Foundation back Etherealize, a NYC-based startup to market Ethereum to financial firms, as ether lags behind bitcoin’s gains — – Ethereum is facing heat for underperforming competitors — Startup hopes to become Ether’s sales team to Wall Street Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ryan Browne / CNBC: The UK CMA opens investigations into Apple’s and Google’s mobile ecosystems, including OSes, app stores, and browsers, to see the impact on users and businesses — LONDON — Britain’s competition regulator on Thursday launched an investigation into Apple and Google’s huge mobile ecosystems … Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: A profile of Chinese AI lab DeepSeek, which says its new open-source DeepSeek-V3 model rivals US models while using fewer AI chips to train, costing just $6M — The company built a cheaper, competitive chatbot with fewer high-end computer chips than U.S. behemoths like Google and OpenAI, showing the limits of chip export control. Lees verder op Tech Meme