Tech Meme

Kat Tenbarge / NBC News: Moderators for 50+ subreddits announce bans of X links in new posts and comments, with several citing Elon Musk’s recent gesture that many saw as a Nazi salute  —  The cascade of link bans came after Musk made a hand gesture at a Monday rally that many compared to a Nazi salute, which many cited in their protests, among other things. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patrick G. Eddington / Cato Institute: A US district judge rules that the FBI’s warrantless “backdoor” searches of FISA’s Section 702 databases violate the Fourth Amendment  —  Generated with ElevenLabs AI technology.  —  Sometimes when “secret law” is involved—and that is always the case with the Foreign Intelligence … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: Sam Altman told some colleagues that OpenAI and SoftBank will each commit $19B to Stargate, and OpenAI would effectively hold a 40% interest in the JV  —  OpenAI and Japanese conglomerate SoftBank will each commit $19 billion to fund a joint venture to develop data centers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg: SK Hynix reports Q4 revenue up 75% YoY to a record ~$13.7B, a ~$5.6B net profit, and a ~$5.6B operating profit, in line with estimates, as HBM chip demand soars  —  – Nvidia supplier is a big beneficiary of AI infrastructure boom  — Demand for high-end memory soaring on datacenter rollouts Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: Scale AI faces a lawsuit by six people who worked on its Outlier platform, claiming they were forced to write disturbing prompts about violence and abuse  —  Scale AI is facing its third lawsuit over alleged labor practices in just over a month, this time from workers claiming … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: An analysis of two years of episodes by nine prominent podcasters shows how they became mainstream sources for young men and rallied support for Trump’s agenda  —  Podcasters including Joe Rogan, Theo Von and Logan Paul are mobilizing America’s men to lean right.  An analysis of over 2,000 videos shows how. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: OpenAI is working on an advanced AI coding assistant that can replicate a Level 6 engineer and relies in part on the company’s o1 reasoning model  —  OpenAI’s artificial intelligence for writing software code has fueled a multibillion-dollar revenue business, with human programmers using … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: The PowerSchool hacker claims that they stole personal data of 62.4M students and 9.5M teachers; in a private customer FAQ, PowerSchool said it paid a ransom  —  The hacker who breached education tech giant PowerSchool claimed in an extortion demand that they stole the personal data of 62.4 million students and 9.5 million teachers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: EA expects net bookings of $7B to $7.15B for the FY ending March 31, below guidance of $7.5B to $7.8B, citing underperforming games; stock falls 5%+ after hours  —  Electronic Arts slashed its full-year bookings guidance on Wednesday, blaming the shortfall on underperforming games, notably its soccer franchise, EA Sports FC. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Samsung teases the Galaxy S25 Edge; an exec says it aims to sell the ultra-thin phone in the US and other markets by the middle of 2025, priced under $1,300  —  Samsung Electronics Co. plans to launch an ultrathin version of its Galaxy S25 phone in the first half of this year, beating Apple Inc. to a promising new category. Lees verder op Tech Meme