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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

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple now only sells iPhone models with big screens, in 6.1-inch, 6.7-inch, and 6.9-inch sizes, after discontinuing the 4.7-inch iPhone SE  —  With the discontinuation of the iPhone SE today, Apple no longer sells any “small screen” smartphones.  —  The smallest iPhone Apple now sells is 6.1-inches … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Christoffel / 9to5Mac: Apple discontinues the iPhone SE, iPhone 14, and iPhone 14 Plus; the iPhone 16e starts at $599, significantly higher than the iPhone SE’s $429 starting price  —  Today Apple launched its first product of the year, the brand new iPhone 16e.  As part of introducing a new iPhone, however … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft unveils the Majorana 1, its first quantum processor that uses the Majorana particle instead of electrons, that can potentially fit a million qubits  —  Microsoft has spent 17 years researching a new material and architecture for quantum computing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Krystal Hu / Reuters: Lambda, which offers cloud services and computers to train AI, raised a $480M Series D, sources say at a $2.5B valuation, taking its total funding to $863M  —  Lambda, a cloud computing firm specializing in providing hardware and services to power artificial intelligence development … Lees verder op Tech Meme