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NewsWhip data on 300K influential X users suggests X is throttling posts linking to the NYT, with “weekly average shares per article” down ~75% from July's peak (Max Tani/Semafor) 11-09-2023

Max Tani / Semafor: NewsWhip data on 300K influential X users suggests X is throttling posts linking to the NYT, with “weekly average shares per article” down ~75% from July’s peak  —  X, Elon Musk’s social media platform formerly known as Twitter, appears to be attempting to limit its users’ access to The New York Times. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Meta plans to begin training an LLM in Q1 2024 on its own infrastructure that it hopes will be roughly as capable as OpenAI's GPT-4 (Wall Street Journal) 10-09-2023

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Meta plans to begin training an LLM in Q1 2024 on its own infrastructure that it hopes will be roughly as capable as OpenAI’s GPT-4  —  Parent of Facebook and Instagram wants artificial-intelligence system to be as capable as OpenAI’s most advanced model  —  Platforms is setting its sights on OpenAI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group CEO Daniel Zhang steps down, after assuming the role in June 2023; Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu becomes the unit's acting chair and CEO (Brenda Goh/Reuters) 10-09-2023

Brenda Goh / Reuters: Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group CEO Daniel Zhang steps down, after assuming the role in June 2023; Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu becomes the unit’s acting chair and CEO  —  China’s Alibaba Group (9988.HK) said on Sunday that Daniel Zhang will step down from its cloud business, in a surprise move … Lees verder op Tech Meme

An expected high-end iPhone price increase and features like iPhone 15 Pro Max's periscope lens show Apple is getting more aggressive with its premium strategy (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) 10-09-2023

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: An expected high-end iPhone price increase and features like iPhone 15 Pro Max’s periscope lens show Apple is getting more aggressive with its premium strategy  —  Apple is set to unveil the iPhone 15 on Tuesday, alongside updated watches and AirPods.  And once again, the company … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Research: ChatGPT uses an estimated 500ml of water for every five to 50 prompts; Microsoft disclosed the company's water use spiked 34% YoY in 2022, Google 20% (Associated Press) 10-09-2023

Associated Press: Research: ChatGPT uses an estimated 500ml of water for every five to 50 prompts; Microsoft disclosed the company’s water use spiked 34% YoY in 2022, Google 20%  —  The cost of building an artificial intelligence product like ChatGPT can be hard to measure.  But one thing Microsoft-backed OpenAI needed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dennis Austin, PowerPoint's principal developer who continued to lead the presentation software's team until he retired in 1996, died on September 1 at age 76 (Michael S. Rosenwald/Washington Post) 10-09-2023

Michael S. Rosenwald / Washington Post: Dennis Austin, PowerPoint’s principal developer who continued to lead the presentation software’s team until he retired in 1996, died on September 1 at age 76  —  The program was the digital successor of the overhead projector.  It became one of the most ubiquitous and scorned programs of modern office life. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: US chipmakers and companies, including Intel, GlobalFoundries, and Google, plan to attend a September 11 meeting in Hanoi as Biden visits to boost ties (Reuters) 10-09-2023

Reuters: Sources: US chipmakers and companies, including Intel, GlobalFoundries, and Google, plan to attend a September 11 meeting in Hanoi as Biden visits to boost ties  —  Top U.S. semiconductors and digital companies including Intel, GlobalFoundries and Google are expected to attend a business meeting … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniel Zhang steps down as the CEO of Alibaba's cloud unit, after assuming the role in June 2023; Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu will serve as the acting head of the unit (Brenda Goh/Reuters) 10-09-2023

Brenda Goh / Reuters: Daniel Zhang steps down as the CEO of Alibaba’s cloud unit, after assuming the role in June 2023; Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu will serve as the acting head of the unit  —  China’s Alibaba Group (9988.HK) said on Sunday that Daniel Zhang will step down from its cloud business, in a surprise move … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vitalik Buterin's X account was hacked to promote a crypto scam, leading to an estimated $650K+ of assets being stolen; the tweet was deleted within 20 minutes (Molly White/Web3 is Going Just Great) 10-09-2023

Molly White / Web3 is Going Just Great: Vitalik Buterin’s X account was hacked to promote a crypto scam, leading to an estimated $650K+ of assets being stolen; the tweet was deleted within 20 minutes  —  The Twitter account belonging to Vitalik Buterin, inventor and effective leader of the Ethereum project, was hacked to promote a crypto scam. Lees verder op Tech Meme