Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Google calls DOJ’s proposed Chrome sale “extreme” and at odds with the law, urging the judge to take caution to avoid stifling innovation and future investment  —  – Justice Department seeking forced sale in antitrust case  — DC federal court to hold hearing on remedy proposals in April Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Intel shortlists buyout firms for the next round of bidding for its Altera unit, including Francisco Partners, Silver Lake, and Lattice Semiconductor  —  – Company asks suitors to submit formalized bids by late January  — Intel is without a permanent CEO after Pat Gelsinger ousted Lees verder op Tech Meme

Deepa Seetharaman / Wall Street Journal: Sources: OpenAI’s GPT-5, codenamed Orion, is behind schedule and faces technical hurdles, including high computing costs and limited high-quality training data  —  OpenAI has run into problem after problem on its new artificial-intelligence project, code-named Orion Lees verder op Tech Meme

TrendForce: Global shipments of VR and MR headsets are expected to reach ~9.6M units in 2024, up 8.8% YoY; Meta remains the global leader with a 73% market share  —  TrendForce’s latest report estimates that global shipments of VR and MR headsets are expected to reach approximately 9.6 million units in 2024, representing a YoY increase of 8.8%. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Qualcomm prevails at trial against Arm’s claim that it breached a chip tech license acquired in the $1.4B Nuvia purchase in 2021; Arm plans to seek a retrial  —  – US jury finds Qualcomm didn’t violate terms of agreement  — Delaware jurors were unable to agree on Nuvia’s alleged breach Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: A US judge finds NSO Group liable for exploiting a bug in WhatsApp to spy on 1,400 users and that WhatsApp is entitled to sanctions against NSO  —  Israel-based maker of Pegasus program loses five-year-old landmark case.  —  Messaging giant WhatsApp won a landmark ruling Friday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: A study by Waymo and insurer Swiss Re finds Waymo’s vehicles were safer than those driven by humans, with a 92% reduction in bodily injury claims and more  —  Waymo’s autonomous vehicles cause less property damage and fewer bodily injuries when they crash than human-driven vehicles … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Qualcomm prevails in a trial against Arm’s claim that it breached a license for chip technology that Qualcomm acquired in the $1.4B purchase of Nuvia in 2021  —  – US jury finds Qualcomm didn’t violate terms of agreement  — Delaware jurors were unable to agree on Nuvia’s alleged breach Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kali Hays / Fortune: Sources: David Sacks’ role as WH AI and crypto czar will be limited to an adviser role, overseen by Michael Kratsios, partly because he won’t divest from Craft  —  David Sacks may already be getting a taste of how difficult it can be to get things done in Washington D.C. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Scheer / Bloomberg: Tai Mo Shan, part of Jump Trading’s crypto unit, agrees to pay $123M to settle SEC’s claims it misled investors about the stability of TerraUSD  —  Tai Mo Shan Ltd., part of Jump Trading’s crypto unit, agreed to pay $123 million to settle a US regulator’s claims it misled investors … Lees verder op Tech Meme