Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma plans to buy 10.3% stake in Paytm from Ant, an unusual deal to make him Paytm’s largest shareholder without paying any cash  —  Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and chief executive of Paytm, has entered into a deal with Ant Financial to acquire a 10.30% stake … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Josh Zumbrun / Wall Street Journal: Researchers show how ChatGPT 3.5 performs better than ChatGPT 4.0 in several tasks, often math related, highlighting the issue of “drift” in improving AI models  —  AI chatbots have stoked fears that they could spin out of control, but they also suffer from a type of deterioration called ‘drift’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: UK researchers train a deep learning model that can steal data from keyboard keystrokes recorded using a microphone with 95% accuracy overall and 93% on Zoom  —  A team of researchers from British universities has trained a deep learning model that can steal data from keyboard keystrokes recorded using … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Pacheco / Bloomberg: China’s Hua Hong Semiconductor raises $2.96B in its Shanghai IPO, the largest in the Asia Pacific region in 2023; the company is already listed in Hong Kong  —  – Company raised nearly $3 billion through the share sale  — It is the largest listing in the Asia Pacific region this year Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Indiana is converting 10K acres of corn and bean fields into an innovation park, hoping to transform the state into a microchip manufacturing and research hub  —  The state has little experience with semiconductors, but the Biden administration has promised to unleash opportunity in … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Casey Newton / Platformer: Some US lawmakers are quickly advancing an anti-sex, anti-speech agenda in the name of kids’ online safety, which could soon entangle every adult internet user  —  Today let’s talk about a right we currently take for granted that may soon disappear: the ability to browse and post to most websites anonymously. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meduza.io: Meduza, an outlet covering Russian news, says Apple Podcasts removed its flagship podcast and then restored the show two days later without providing reasons  —  Meduza has received a notice from Apple, informing our media that our flagship podcast “What Happened” has been removed from the Apple Podcasts streaming platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Yang Hyang-ja, a South Korean lawmaker and former Samsung executive, says US-led China chip curbs risk damaging South Korea’s relations with its Asian allies  —  Former Samsung executive Yang Hyang-ja warns of risk of damaging relations with Asian allies  —  An influential South Korean legislator … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Filipe Pacheco / Bloomberg: China’s Hua Hong Semiconductor raises $2.96B in its Shanghai listing, the largest in the Asia Pacific region this year; the firm is already listed in Hong Kong  —  – Company raised nearly $3 billion through the share sale  — It is the largest listing in the Asia Pacific region this year Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meduza.io: Meduza, an outlet covering russian news, says Apple Podcasts has removed its flagship podcast and then restored it two days later without providing reasons  —  Meduza has received a notice from Apple, informing our media that our flagship podcast “What Happened” has been removed from the Apple Podcasts streaming platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme