Tech Meme

Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch: Tokyo-based Gitai, which develops a robotic arm and a robotic rover for in-space applications, raised a ~$30M Series B extension led by Global Brain Corporation  —  There is a groundswell of commercial space initiatives focused on the moon, with established companies and newer upstarts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Nvidia announces AI products and updates, including the DGX GH200 supercomputer platform, gaming features, data center networking tools, and a robotics platform  —  In a two-hour presentation in Taiwan, Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang unveiled a new batch of products … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Gault / VICE: A look at hCaptcha, a reCAPTCHA alternative used by Discord and others that uses AI-generated captchas to train ML systems and generative adversarial networks  —  Discord’s captcha is asking users to identify a ‘Yoko,’ a snail-like object that does not exist and was created by AI.  —  Matthew Gault Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: A profile of YouTube CEO Neal Mohan, credited with bulking up its ad and subscription businesses while seeking to crack down on dangerous and misleading videos  —  Neal Mohan goofs around with creators and woos advertisers to the platform’s short videos and TV offerings Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joseph White / Reuters: MediaTek partners with Nvidia to integrate Nvidia’s GPU chiplets and software into MediaTek SoCs supplied to automakers for infotainment systems  —  Nvidia Corp (NVDA.O) and MediaTek Inc (2454.TW) on Monday said they will collaborate on technology to power advanced vehicle infotainment systems … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Kleinman / Sky News: Source: HSBC plans to rebrand Silicon Valley Bank UK, acquired for £1, as HSBC Innovation Banking and announce the change during London Tech Week in June  —  Europe’s biggest lender will next month announce that SVBUK is being renamed HSBC Innovation Banking, Sky News learns. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: An interview with Niels Provos and David Mazieres, co-inventors of the password-hashing function bcrypt, which turns 25 in 2023, on password security and more  —  The co-inventor of “bcrypt” is reflecting on the ubiquitous function’s 25 years and channeling cybersecurity’s core themes into electronic dance music. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Song Jung-a / Financial Times: South Korea-based Naver plans to offer localized versions of its LLM to governments worried about US data controls, to address political and cultural issues  —  Localised versions to address political and cultural sensitivities as well as US data controls  —  Naver, South Korea’s dominant … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sara Korolevich / Checkr: A survey of 3,000 US Boomers, Gen Xers, Millennials, and Gen Zers: 85% used AI tools to perform tasks at work; Millennials lead with 89% having used AI at work  —  Checkr surveyed American workers from four generations to uncover their feelings about adoption of generative AI tools at work … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rebecca Feng / Wall Street Journal: Analysts and others say Wind Information, described as a Chinese alternative to the Bloomberg terminal, is limiting international users’ access to some info  —  E-commerce shopping trends, satellite images are no longer available to foreign users of Wind  —  HONG KONG—A Chinese data provider … Lees verder op Tech Meme