Bloomberg: Sources: US officials are investigating whether DeepSeek bought advanced Nvidia chips from third parties in Singapore, circumventing US restrictions on AI chips — – Nvidia says it ‘insists’ that customers comply with laws — Singapore accounts for about 20% of Nvidia’s revenue Lees verder op Tech Meme
Business Insider: In a leaked recording of an all-hands meeting, Mark Zuckerberg said Meta was slow to respond to TikTok’s rise because “we didn’t think TikTok was social” — – Mark Zuckerberg addressed several recent policy changes in a company all-hands meeting on Thursday. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Sources: Samsung’s 8-layer HBM3E was cleared by Nvidia in December for use in Nvidia’s less powerful AI processors tailored for the Chinese market — – Company’s 8-layer HBM3E was cleared by Nvidia in December — Samsung is still behind SK Hynix, supplier of 12-layer HBM3E Lees verder op Tech Meme
Rebecca Szkutak / TechCrunch: Interim co-CEO David Zinsner says Intel has already received $2.2B in federal grants through the CHIPS Act, of the $7.86B awarded to build chips in the US — Semiconductor giant Intel Corporation has already received $2.2 billion in federal grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce through … Lees verder op Tech Meme
CRN: Intel says it no longer plans to sell its next-gen Falcon Shores AI accelerator chip, which was set to launch in late 2025, to focus on its Jaguar Shores chip — Interim Intel co-CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus discloses the pivot in its AI data center strategy as Nvidia forges ahead … Lees verder op Tech Meme
MK Manoylov / The Block: Tether plans to bring USDT to the Bitcoin base layer again and to the Layer 2 protocol Lightning Network, following USDT expansions to Celo and other networks — – The integration is supported by Taproot Assets, a network that enables interoperability between stablecoins and other assets on the Bitcoin network. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jamie Crawley / CoinDesk: Elastos, a decentralized infrastructure provider building a Bitcoin DeFi protocol called BeL2, raised $20M from private investment company Rollman Management — Another project looking to turn Bitcoin into a more fruitful base for DeFi has raised $20 million in funding toward that goal — What to know: Lees verder op Tech Meme
Todd Bishop / GeekWire: Amazon sues Washington state to limit the release of public records to The Washington Post about Jeff Bezos’ Amazon Project Kuiper satellite facility in Seattle — In-depth Amazon coverage from the tech giant’s hometown, including e-commerce, AWS, Amazon Prime, Alexa, logistics, devices, and more. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dylan Butts / CNBC: Samsung reports Q4 revenue up 12% YoY to ~$52.2B, vs. ~$51.9B est., operating profit up 132% YoY to ~$4.5B, vs. ~$4.7B est., and FY 2024 revenue of ~$207B — Samsung Electronics on Friday reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter revenue and operating profit, though its operating profit sharply dropped from last quarter. Lees verder op Tech Meme
CNBC: Apple Services revenue reached an all-time high of $26.34B in Q1, up 14% YoY, beating estimates and helping lift the company’s gross margin to a record 46.9% — Apple is struggling to squeeze growth out of its flagship iPhone unit, but its profit margin keeps going up thanks to a flourishing services business. Lees verder op Tech Meme