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

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

Jef Feeley / Bloomberg: Arm v. Qualcomm: Qualcomm CEO Christian 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

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Tracxn: Indian startup funding rounds fell 32% YoY to 1,448 in 2024, but overall funding rose 6% YoY to $11.3B; 40+ startups completed IPOs, up 80% YoY  —  Indian startups raised 32% fewer funding rounds in 2024 compared to last year, per new numbers from data intelligence platform Tracxn … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vince Dioquino / Decrypt: El Salvador plans to scale back its bitcoin efforts under an IMF deal for a $1.4B loan; bitcoin acceptance will no longer be mandatory for the private sector  —  Under the agreement, El Salvador will make Bitcoin acceptance voluntary for the private sector while restricting public sector involvement. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joel Khalili / Wired: A look at Truth Terminal, an AI bot on X that was created to spark debate about AI alignment, as its crypto wallet swells to ~$40M after boosting memecoins  —  Truth Terminal started as a techno-modernist art project meant to invite discussion about the applications and potential dangers of autonomous AI agents. 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

Ryan Vlastelica / Bloomberg: Analysis: Alphabet’s shares have jumped about 30% from a September 2024 low, with a chunk of those gains coming after Google unveiled its Willow quantum chip  —  – Breakthrough isn’t a revenue driver but showed tech prowess  — The shares are up 40% this year and are trading near a record Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christian Elliott / MIT Technology Review: A look at BirdVoxDetect, an ML-powered open-source software that ornithologists can use and adapt to detect flight calls from songbirds in audio recordings  —  A small songbird soars above Ithaca, New York, on a September night.  He is one of 4 billion birds, a great annual river of feathered migration across North America. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Apple is in early-stage talks with Tencent and ByteDance about integrating their AI models into iPhones sold in China; ChatGPT is unavailable in China  —  Apple (AAPL.O) is in talks with Tencent (0700.HK) and TikTok owner ByteDance about integrating their artificial intelligence models … Lees verder op Tech Meme