Tech Meme

Reuters: Some US ride-hailing drivers are using Teslas with FSD as makeshift robotaxis, saying it lets them work longer hours by reducing stress, amid safety concerns  —  A self-driving Tesla carrying a passenger for Uber (UBER.N) rammed into an SUV at an intersection in suburban Las Vegas in April … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Some ride-hailing drivers are using Teslas with FSD as makeshift robotaxis, saying it lets them work longer hours by reducing stress, amid safety concerns  —  A self-driving Tesla carrying a passenger for Uber (UBER.N) rammed into an SUV at an intersection in suburban Las Vegas in April … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anton Shilov / Tom’s Hardware: Amkor and TSMC sign an MOU to collaborate on advanced chip packaging for AI, HPC, PC, and mobile processors at Amkor’s planned ~$2B facility in Peoria, Arizona  —  Apple and Nvidia rejoice.  —  When Amkor announced plans to build a $1.6 billion chip test and packaging facility near Peoria … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Isabel Hilton / Yale E360: Taiwan, which is highly dependent on imported fossil fuels, is struggling to meet energy demands from its chip industry; TSMC uses ~9% of Taiwan’s electricity  —  As the world’s largest producer of advanced computer chips, Taiwan is struggling to meet demand for electricity. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: eMarketer: Google’s share of the US search ad market is expected to drop below 50% in 2025 for the first time in 10+ years, as Amazon, TikTok, and others rise  —  A flurry of new offerings for advertisers is hitting the market  —  Google’s grip on the nearly $300 billion search advertising business is loosening. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matteo Wong / The Atlantic: Q&A with UCLA’s Terence Tao, widely considered the world’s greatest living mathematician, on OpenAI’s o1, how AI might be useful to mathematicians, and more  —  Terence Tao, the world’s greatest living mathematician, has a vision for AI.  —  Terence Tao, a mathematics professor at UCLA, is a real-life superintelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jeff Stone / Bloomberg: Cyber Crimes Center, a division of the US DHS, says it has disrupted 500+ ransomware attacks and seized $4.3B in crypto since 2021, including $180M in 2023  —  Homeland Security Investigations is stopping hacks before they occur.  —  A cybercrime-focused division of the US Department … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Experian agrees to acquire Brazilian fraud detection provider ClearSale for $350M; Brazilian regulators would have to approve, and are expected to in H1 2025  —  Credit data company Experian (EXPN.L) has agreed to buy Brazilian cyber security firm ClearSale (CLSA3.SA), it said on Friday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Mullenweg says WordPress.org “belongs to me personally”, as his WP Engine feud blurs the lines between WordPress.org, the WordPress Foundation, and Automattic  —  The lines between the WordPress open-source project, the nonprofit backing it, and the commercial arm owned by Automattic are blurring. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wency Chen / South China Morning Post: How Beixiazhu, a Chinese village where merchants struck gold during the livestream ecommerce boom on Douyin, Kuaishou, and other apps, became a ghost town  —  To the unsuspecting outsider, Beixiazhu looks like any unremarkable Chinese village.  But for years, this was the place … Lees verder op Tech Meme