Tech Meme

Yiwen Lu / New York Times: Cerebras unveils the first of three supercomputers for Abu Dhabi-based G42 as part of its Condor Galaxy network; G42 trained an Arabic GPT model in April 2023  —  The new supercomputer, made by the Silicon Valley start-up Cerebras, was unveiled as the A.I. boom drives demand for chips and computing power. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: After releasing Chrome 115 on July 18, Google plans to begin gradually enabling Privacy Sandbox APIs for developers on July 24, phasing out cookies by Q3 2024  —  The first phase of Google’s long-standing plan to kill third-party cookies in Chrome is nearly complete. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Caroline Ellison’s private Google docs detail her thoughts before FTX’s collapse, including doubts over running Alameda and her breakup with Sam Bankman-Fried  —  Ms. Ellison, a top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s business empire, recorded her thoughts on private Google documents that offer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: A US House committee plans to investigate GGV’s, GSR’s, Walden International’s, and Qualcomm Ventures’ VC investments in Chinese AI, chip, and quantum companies  —  House select committee says American firms’ investments contributed to China’s military buildup and rights abuses Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Used car retailer Carvana restructures its debt to lower interest payments over at least two years and reports a $105M loss in Q2, vs. a $439M loss in Q2 2022  —  Most of the company’s bondholders have agreed to accept bonds that are worth less than what they were owed but that are secured against real estate and other assets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fanny Potkin / Reuters: Silicon Box, created by Marvell’s co-founders and CEO BJ Han, opens a Singapore-based chip foundry for chiplets, planning to spend $2B and creating 1,000+ jobs  —  Singapore-based Silicon Box opened a $2 billion advanced semiconductor manufacturing foundry in the city-state on Thursday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: GitHub releases Copilot Chat, its AI-powered coding chatbot, to all Copilot for Business users in a limited public beta via Visual Studio and Visual Studio Code  —  GitHub has announced that its new Copilot Chat feature — a ChatGPT-like experience designed to help developers with coding … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: YouTube increases YouTube Premium’s price in the US from $11.99 per month to $13.99 per month and YouTube Music from $9.99 per month to $10.99 per month  —  The price of an individual YouTube Premium subscription is increasing by $2 to $13.99 per month in the US. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Makena Kelly / The Verge: A look at Gigi Sohn’s unsuccessful FCC confirmation: Joe Biden nominated her in October 2021 and she withdrew 497 days later after a fierce opposition campaign  —  ‘Dark money’ and the never-ending election cycle kept a qualified consumer advocate out of the Federal Communications Commission. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hannah Lang / Reuters: The US Federal Reserve launches FedNow Service, its long-awaited real-time payments system, enabling individuals and businesses to instantly transfer money  —  The U.S. Federal Reserve has launched a long-awaited service which will aim to modernize the country’s payment system … Lees verder op Tech Meme