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Nicholas Yong / Rest of World: Some Singaporean writers resist the government’s request to use their works to train a multilingual LLM, citing little clarity on compensation and other issues  —  Singapore’s literary community is pushing back against an official effort to train LLMs using their published works, part of a growing global resistance. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Town hall: Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty discussed wanting small and prestigious games, after closing the studio behind small, prestigious hit Hi-Fi Rush  —  Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shahram Mokhtari / iFixit News: Huawei Pura 70 Pro teardown: the 7nm Kirin 9010 is only marginally better than Kirin 9000S, and the majority of the chips are designed and manufactured in China  —  Huawei released the Pura 70 line of smartphones in April 2024 and it’s already made a bit of a stir. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nicholas Yong / Rest of World: Some Singaporean writers are resisting their government’s request to use their works to train a multilingual LLM, citing little clarity on compensation and more  —  Singapore’s literary community is pushing back against an official effort to train LLMs using their published works, part of a growing global resistance. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikkei Asia: SIA and BCG: by 2032, the US will have the capacity to manufacture 28% of chips below 10nm, while China is expected to make only 2% of the most advanced chips  —  U.S. set to triple its semiconductor manufacturing capacity due to CHIPS Act  —  LOS ANGELES — The U.S. is set to more than triple … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Town hall: Xbox Game Studios head Matt Booty discussed wanting small and prestigious games, after closing the studio behind a small, prestigious hit Hi-Fi Rush  —  Today, one day after Microsoft announced that it would shut down four of its games studios, Matt Booty, head of Xbox Game Studios … Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Thomason / VentureBeat: RunPod, which offers a globally distributed GPU cloud platform for developing and deploying AI, raised a $20M seed co-led by Intel Capital and Dell Technologies  —  RunPod’s platform attracts over 100,000 developers with focus on iteration speed and ease of use Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: Bumble reports Q1 revenue up 10.2% YoY to $267.8M, vs. $265.5M est., total paying users of ~4M, up from 3.5M a year ago, and expects Q2 revenue below estimates  —  Bumble (BMBL.O) beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter revenue on Wednesday helped by growth in its paying users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: Sources: Microsoft plans more cuts after closing several game studios, as the massive Activision acquisition has ramped up scrutiny on the Xbox division  —  Xbox is offering voluntary severance agreements to producers, quality assurance testers and other staff at ZeniMax as part of a broader cost-cutting initiative Lees verder op Tech Meme

AJ Vicens / CyberScoop: Boeing confirms that LockBit attempted to extort a $200M ransom in October 2023; the company reportedly didn’t pay any ransom after ~43GB of its data was posted  —  That attempt was one of multiple “extremely large” ransom demands made by LockBit over the years, authorities said. Lees verder op Tech Meme