Tech Meme

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: An analysis of nearly 4,000 public datasets finds that over 90% of AI training datasets came from Europe and North America, and fewer than 4% came from Africa  —  AI is all about data.  Reams and reams of data are needed to train algorithms to do what we want, and what goes into the AI models determines what comes out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: An analysis of nearly 4,000 public datasets finds that over 90% of AI training datasets came from Europe and North America, and fewer than 4% came from Africa  —  AI is all about data.  Reams and reams of data are needed to train algorithms to do what we want, and what goes into the AI models determines what comes out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Congress approves $3B in funding for a project to remove Huawei and ZTE equipment from US networks nationwide; Trump’s FCC started the initiative in 2020  —  Legislative and executive branch actions highlight concerns that phone and internet networks are vulnerable to Beijing-sponsored hackers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Business Insider: How Bengaluru, the “Silicon Valley of India”, is under pressure as rapid growth tests local infrastructure; its population jumped from 8M in 2010 to ~14M now  —  A city straining under the pressure of rapid growth  —  Silicon Valley is the undisputed global tech hub. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jef Feeley / Bloomberg: Arm v. Qualcomm: Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon described Arm’s Nuvia license cancellation and demand for Qualcomm to destroy IP after buying Nuvia as “outrageous”  —  – Tech firms are sparring in weeklong jury trial in Delaware  — Closing arguments are expected Thursday in federal court Lees verder op Tech Meme

Melissa Heikkilä / MIT Technology Review: An analysis of nearly 4,000 public datasets finds that over 90% of AI training datasets came from Europe and North America, and fewer than 4% came from Africa  —  AI is all about data.  Reams and reams of data are needed to train algorithms to do what we want, and what goes into the AI models determines what comes out. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: The US finalizes a $458M grant for SK Hynix under the CHIPS Act and $500M in loans to build a $3.87B chip packaging facility in Indiana  —  – Money will help build a plant and research facility in Indiana  — Initial agreement for Chips Act money was announced in August Lees verder op Tech Meme

S.E. Smith / The Verge: A look at the quickly disappearing web, as digital decay and link rot erase all kinds of media; a Pew study says 38% of webpages accessible in 2013 are now gone  —  The internet is forever.  But also, it isn’t.  What happens to our culture when websites start to vanish at random? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters: Sony buys ~$320M of shares in Japanese media powerhouse Kadokawa, which owns FromSoftware, taking its stake to ~10% and becoming Kadokawa’s top shareholder  —  Sony Group (6758.T) said on Thursday it will invest about 50 billion yen ($320 million) to acquire new shares of Kadokawa (9468.T) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Arnold / Reuters: Swiss tech advisory SoftwareOne to buy Norwegian rival Crayon in a cash and stock deal valuing Crayon at ~$1.4B; the combined firm will have ~$1.8B in revenue  —  Swiss technology firm SoftwareOne Holding (SWON.S) said on Thursday it would acquire Crayon Group Holding (CRAYN.OL) … Lees verder op Tech Meme