Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Elon Musk has tapped Steve Davis, who oversaw Twitter’s cost-cutting, former US CTO Michael Kratsios, and others to interview potential DOGE candidates  —  – Executive from Boring, ex-Trump aide help in hiring push  — Musk’s DOGE initiative seeks to cut government spending, size Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian King / Bloomberg: Micron reports Q1 revenue up 84% YoY to $8.71B, in line with est., Q2 revenue forecast below est. due to sluggish phone and PC demand; MU drops 15%+ after hours  —  – Strong AI growth isn’t offsetting a slowdown elsewhere  — Micron CEO cites weakness in consumer-oriented markets Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: GitHub offers Copilot in VS Code for free with 2,000 code completions and 50 chat messages per month; GitHub now has 150M developers, up from 100M in early 2023  —  Microsoft-owned GitHub today announced a free version of its popular Copilot code completion/AI pair programming tool … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hayden Field / CNBC: OpenAI debuts a way to talk to ChatGPT by dialing 1-800-CHATGPT for 15 minutes of free access per month in the US or messaging the number via WhatsApp globally  —  OpenAI on Wednesday rolled out a new way to talk to its viral chatbot: 1-800-CHATGPT.  —  By dialing the U.S. number … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Melissa Quinn / CBS News: SCOTUS says it will hear a challenge from TikTok, ByteDance, and TikTok users on January 10 to the law that could lead to the US banning the app on January 19  —  Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it will take up a challenge to a new law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Judd / Eurogamer.net: Sony details the PS5 Pro’s specs, including an AMD RDNA 2-based GPU with 16.7TF of performance and ray tracing improvements, and announces an AMD partnership  —  Plus: what this all means for future PlayStation hardware.  —  When Sony revealed the PlayStation 5 Pro, it did so in a very different manner … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The European Commission has pressed Apple to rework iOS so that it’s more compatible with smartwatches, earbuds, headsets, and other devices from competitors  —  – Apple cites concerns that Meta access may undermine privacy  — EU watchdog has pressed company to rework iOS operating system Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Apple says Meta has made 15 interoperability requests under the EU’s DMA, more than any other company, and that these could affect users’ privacy and security  —  Apple (AAPL.O) on Wednesday hit out at Meta Platforms (META.O), saying its numerous requests to access the iPhone maker’s software tools … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Judd / Eurogamer.net: Sony details PS5 Pro specs, including its GPU based on AMD RDNA 2 with 16.7TF of performance and ray tracing improvements, and announces a partnership with AMD  —  Plus: what this all means for future PlayStation hardware.  —  When Sony revealed the PlayStation 5 Pro … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian King / Bloomberg: Micron reports Q1 revenue up 84% YoY to $8.71B, in line with est., Q2 revenue forecast below est. due to sluggish phone and PC demand; MU drops 13%+ after hours  —  – Strong AI growth isn’t offsetting a slowdown elsewhere  — Micron CEO cites weakness in consumer-oriented markets Lees verder op Tech Meme