Tech Meme

Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: Analysis: three X users who used to receive hundreds of thousands of views daily have seen their reach collapse after feuding with Elon Musk in December 2024  —  Note: Five-day moving average.  Views are only shown up to 400,000.  Source: X  —  When Mr. Musk purchased X in 2022 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

SemiAnalysis: A deep dive on AMD 2.0: a new sense of urgency, rapid AI software stack progress, a critical talent retention challenge, ROCm lags Nvidia’s CUDA, and more  —  – What’s New Since our December AMD Article?  — AMD’s Culture Shift – A Renewed Sense of Urgency  — What Makes CUDA Great? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Bonk / Engadget: WhatsApp rolls out Advanced Chat Privacy, a new opt-in tool to block participants from sharing the contents of a conversation in traditional chats and groups  —  The opt-in setting will also stop the auto-downloading of media and AI integration.  —  WhatsApp is introducing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: How WBD rebuilt Max to focus on adult-oriented shows like The Pitt, dropping Netflix’s “more is better” approach, and expects it to hit 150M subscribers in 2026  —  Warner pivots to pared-down model instead of competing with Netflix, and forecasts 150 million subscribers in 2026 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Meta says it is opening Threads to all advertisers worldwide, but ads will only appear in select markets at launch, after testing ads in the US and others  —  Months after first testing ads in select markets, including the U.S., Meta on Wednesday announced that its Instagram Threads app … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Liszewski / The Verge: Meta rolls out live translations and other AI features to all Ray-Ban smart glasses, unveils new color lens combos, and plans an India, Mexico, and UAE debut  —  The Ray-Ban Meta Skyler frames are also now available in shiny chalky gray with sapphire Transitions lenses. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Welch / The Verge: Roku updates its $30 Streaming Stick and $40 Streaming Stick Plus, saying they are “the most compact sticks on the market”, and unveils new software updates  —  The company also introduced a pair of battery-powered smart home cameras, new Roku OS software features, and more. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyt Dotson / SiliconANGLE: Nvidia announces the general availability of its NeMo platform to build AI agents, supporting Meta’s Llama, Microsoft’s Phi, Google’s Gemma, and Mistral  —  Nvidia Corp. today announced the general availability of NeMo microservices, a set of tools designed to assist developers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Endor Labs, which scans AI-generated code for vulnerabilities, raised a $93M Series B, taking its total funding to $163M, and says it performs 1M+ weekly scans  —  AI-generated code is no doubt changing how software is built, but it’s also introducing new security challenges. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin Collier / NBC News: The FBI says cybercriminals and online scammers stole a record $16.6B in 2024, up from $12.5B in 2023; over 60s lost $4.8B, including $1.8B via investment scams  —  A new report illustrates how cybercrime is a growing problem, with older Americans hit particularly hard. Lees verder op Tech Meme