Tech Meme

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: Report: Brazil’s antitrust regulator is investigating Apple over ATT, saying Apple collects user data “under more favorable conditions”, after Meta complained  —  As we have reported in recent months, Apple has been facing scrutiny in Brazil over accusations of anti-competitive practices with the App Store. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Nvidia says its custom processor for Nintendo’s Switch 2 has a GPU with “dedicated RT Cores and Tensor Cores,” enabling DLSS support and real-time ray tracing  —  Nintendo hasn’t revealed the full Switch 2 specs, but Nvidia is providing a few more details about the power of this new console. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adam Satariano / New York Times: Sources: the EU is preparing to penalize X this summer for breaking the DSA, including via product change demands and a fine that a source says could be $1B+  —  European regulators are considering fining X more than $1 billion, after weighing the risks of further antagonizing Mr. Musk and President Trump. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Umar Shakir / The Verge: Microsoft starts selling its $350 Windows 365 Link mini PC in the US, Canada, Australia, the UK, Germany, Japan, and New Zealand, after its November 2024 debut  —  The $350 thin client-like device lets you connect to a Windows machine running on the cloud. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthias Bastian / The Decoder: Google DeepMind outlines its approach to AGI safety in four key risk areas: misuse, misalignment, mistakes, and structural risks, with a focus on the first two  —  Google Deepmind has published a comprehensive strategy paper detailing its approach to developing safe artificial general intelligence (AGI). Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jessica Hagen / MobiHealthNews: Solace, a healthcare navigation service matching patients with advocates, raised a $60M Series B led by Menlo Ventures; it raised a $14M Series A in August 2024  —  The California-based company will use the funds to expand its healthcare advocate network nationwide and accelerate its development. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: OpenAI makes ChatGPT Plus free for college students in the US and Canada through the end of May, intensifying competition with Anthropic in higher education  —  OpenAI has made its premium ChatGPT Plus subscription free for all college students in the United States and Canada through the end of May … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: A researcher says changes in X’s web app suggest that X plans to let Verified Organizations bid on abandoned X handles, with prices ranging from $10K to $500K+  —  X’s plan to boost revenue by selling off dormant usernames on its service is starting to shape up. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Qianer Liu / The Information: Sources: Intel and TSMC have reached a preliminary agreement to form a joint venture that will operate Intel’s chipmaking facilities; TSMC will take a 20% stake  —  Intel’s financial crisis may be over—with support from its biggest rival.  —  Executives from Intel and Taiwan Semiconductor … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jake Bleiberg / Bloomberg: Sources: Oracle told some clients this week that a hacker stole old login credentials, the second breach that Oracle acknowledged to clients in the past month  —  – FBI investigating the breach, software company told clients  — Oracle informed health-care customers of separate March hack Lees verder op Tech Meme