Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta begins a “limited, early test” of ads in Threads in the US and Japan, with the goal of making the ads “as interesting as organic content” — Meta’s X rival Threads said Friday that it is now testing ads with select brands in the U.S. and Japan. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple moved Kim Vorrath, a company veteran known for fixing troubled products, to its AI group to help improve Siri and Apple Intelligence — – Kim Vorrath previously worked on Vision Pro, iPhone software — The company is racing to catch up in artificial intelligence Lees verder op Tech Meme
Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: Zuckerberg says Meta is building an AI engineer that will “start contributing increasing amounts of code to our R&D efforts” and is planning a 2GW+ data center — Social-media giant to spend between $60 billion and $65 billion, Zuckerberg says Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: Instagram suspended the accounts of two abortion pill providers and Facebook removed their posts; Meta blamed “over-enforcement” and restored some accounts — Some posts related to obtaining abortion pills were recently hidden on Instagram and Facebook and some accounts were suspended, before being later restored. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Chan / High Capacity: How China’s progress across overlapping industries like lidar, drones, robotics, smartphones, AI, EVs, and batteries forms a mutually reinforcing feedback loop — EVs, batteries, lidar, drones, robotics, smartphones, AI. China’s progress across a range of overlapping industries creates a mutually reinforcing feedback loop. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Sources: Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance is buying Nvidia’s AI chips and plans to build a 3GW data center in Jamnagar, India, set to be the world’s largest by capacity — – Reliance joins rush of tech companies building data centers … Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Group is building what may become … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: X refuses to remove a video of the stabbing of a Sydney bishop watched by Axel Rudakubana minutes before murdering three kids in UK’s Southport last summer — Axel Rudakubana was able to view Australian clip before murdering three young children despite pleas from authorities Lees verder op Tech Meme
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: The US SEC revokes SAB 121, a controversial accounting rule added in 2022 that forced banks to treat BTC and other tokens as a liability on their balance sheets — After years of lobbying by the crypto industry, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has rescinded an accounting rule … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: The CMA says Google has agreed to curb UK businesses using fake reviews to boost star ratings and must report to the CMA on its efforts for the next three years — Google will take firmer action against British businesses that use fake reviews to boost their star ratings on the search giant’s reviews platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Sources: OpenAI faces obstacles to becoming a for-profit company, including struggling to value Microsoft’s stake; its new charitable arm could be worth $30B — ChatGPT-maker in complex talks over splitting from its non-profit arm in move opposed by Elon Musk Lees verder op Tech Meme