Tech Meme

Dwarkesh Patel / Dwarkesh Podcast: Q&A with Satya Nadella on Microsoft’s AGI plan, the quantum breakthrough with Majorana 1, how Muse will change gaming, legal barriers to AI, and more  —  AGI is not the real benchmark: 10% economic growth is  —  Satya Nadella on:  — Why he doesn’t believe in AGI but does believe in 10% economic growth, Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andy Chalk / PC Gamer: Valve releases the Team Fortress 2 SDK with the game’s source code, allowing users to build new games based on Team Fortress 2, licensed for non-commercial use  —  Valve has also released major updates to all Source-engine multiplayer games adding 64-bit support, scalable HUDS, “and a lot of other improvements.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Keegan / Sherwood News: Perplexity open sources R1 1776, a version of the DeepSeek R1 model that CEO Aravind Srinivas says has been “post-trained to remove the China censorship”  —  But shortly after its release, attention turned to how compliant the model was with Chinese censorship laws. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Filings: US Army soldier Cameron John Wagenius pleads guilty to hacking AT&T and Verizon and stealing a massive trove of phone records from them last year  —  Cameron John Wagenius pleaded guilty to hacking AT&T and Verizon and stealing a massive trove of phone records from the companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Axios: Sources: NIST plans to cut 497 people, including 74 postdocs and most staff at its Chips for America program; the AI Safety Institute faces an uncertain future  —  Exit Content Preview … – The cuts come at a time when the U.S. is looking to lead in AI development and stave off competition from China. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple unveils the $599+ iPhone 16e with a 6.1 display, A18, 48MP camera, Apple Intelligence, the C1 cellular modem, USB-C, and no MagSafe, shipping February 28  —  Apple has officially taken the wraps off of the all-new iPhone 16e.  The device features an all-new design paired with the A18 chip inside … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max A. Cherney / Reuters: AheadComputing, a startup co-founded by former Intel execs and engineers that aims to build RISC-V chip technology, raised a $21.5 seed led by Eclipse Ventures  —  Newly formed chip startup AheadComputing on Wednesday said it had raised $21.5 million in seed funding. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: Apple unveils its first in-house cellular modem, the C1, with 5G support, to replace Qualcomm modems, saying it’s the most power-efficient iPhone modem ever  —  After years of development, Apple has unveiled what it calls C1, its first-ever in-house cellular modem. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adamya Sharma / Android Authority: Google is bringing Circle to Search-like visual searches to its Chrome and Google iOS apps, without the Circle to Search branding  —  The feature will work within the Chrome and Google iOS apps via Lens.  —  •  —  •  —  •  —  TL;DR  — Google is bringing Circle … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple unveils the $599+ iPhone 16e with a 6.1 display, A18, 48MP camera, Apple Intelligence, and Apple-designed 5G cellular modem, the C1, shipping February 28  —  Apple has officially taken the wraps off of the all-new iPhone 16e.  The device features an all-new design paired with the A18 chip inside … Lees verder op Tech Meme