Tech Meme

Thomas Rid / Foreign Affairs: An FBI affidavit and European media leaks show how Russia’s Doppelganger disinformation project operated and give insights into the Kremlin’s online tactics  —  The Country’s Propagandists Target the West—but Mislead the Kremlin, Too  —  In early September, the infamous Russian disinformation project known … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Epic files a CA lawsuit accusing Samsung and Google of colluding to deter users from rival app stores via Samsung’s Auto Blocker, and plans to speak to the EU  —  “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games on Monday accused Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) and Samsung (005930.KS) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: AT&T agrees to sell its majority stake in DirecTV to private equity firm TPG for $7.6B in cash, including $1.7B in pre-tax quarterly distributions in H2 2024  —  – DirecTV is holding advanced talks to merge with rival Dish  — AT&T and TPG are owners of DirecTV, which was founded in 1994 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paresh Dave / Wired: A look at the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, created by Meta, Microsoft, YouTube, and X in 2016 to share info; X quietly left the board this month  —  X has left the board of GIFCT, an organization through which tech companies exchange information to keep violent content off the web. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Google’s lawyers wrapped up their defense of the company in the US DOJ ad tech antitrust trial last week; a judge’s ruling is expected in the coming months  —  The tech giant, which wrapped up its arguments in the federal monopoly trial, simply says it has the best product. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Les Pounder / Tom’s Hardware: Raspberry Pi AI Camera review: the new $70 kit has a smart camera with performance that will cover 99% of basic user projects, and works as a standard Pi camera  —  Smarter Pi  —  Tom’s Hardware Verdict … It may not come as a big surprise.  After all, the $70 Raspberry Pi AI Camera … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with Huawei Ascend 910B chips, which it already uses for less intensive inference tasks  —  TikTok’s Chinese parent ByteDance plans to develop an AI model trained primarily with chips from compatriot Huawei Technologies (HWT.UL) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Antenna: Netflix cancellations spiked for a few days in late July 2024 after Reed Hastings endorsed Kamala Harris and announced a $7M super PAC donation  —  Rate of cancellations almost tripled after Trump backers called for action against the streaming service.  —  Say goodbye to another tough week in Hollywood. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoes AI safety bill SB 1047, saying it applies only to large AI models and doesn’t account for if deployment is high risk  —  Governor seeks more encompassing rules than the bill opposed by OpenAI, Meta and supported by research scientists Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple considers options for its headsets, including moving compute to iPhone, and is working on homeOS; Masimo’s new CEO could enable a deal with Apple  —  Meta’s latest AR glasses and cheaper mixed-reality headset add pressure on Apple to make its Vision push work. Lees verder op Tech Meme