Tech Meme

Dell Cameron / Wired: A declassified ODNI report from 2022: the US has amassed troves of data, including “sensitive and intimate” info, about Americans via commercial data brokers  —  A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Percepto, which sells software and hardware for industrial drone applications, raised a $67M Series C, split as ~$50M in equity and ~$16M in debt, led by KDT  —  Percepto, a drone startup that is building a sizable business with its software and hardware for industrial drone applications … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: M2 Ultra Mac Studio review: a small, fast, efficient, and quiet desktop that has a good port selection and is a better deal than the new Mac Pro for most users  —  The realities of Apple Silicon make the Studio the best bet for most pros.  —  The original Mac Studio, despite the absence of … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Laurie Clarke / Politico: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic agreed to open their AI models to the UK government for research and safety purposes  —  LONDON — Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to open up their AI models to the U.K. government for research and safety purposes … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Sources: the EU is set to hit Google with a formal antitrust complaint regarding the company’s ad tech, with a statement of objections coming as soon as June 14  —  Google is set to be hit with a formal antitrust complaint from the European Union that could pave the way for massive fines … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tristan Cross / The Guardian: A writer who learned to code after losing his job reflects on AI chatbots, which make mistakes and lack lateral thinking, and why human skills are irreplaceable  —  Silicon Valley wants to make us believe humans are predictable and our skills replaceable.  I’ve learned that’s nonsense Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: M2 Ultra Mac Studio review: a small, fast, efficient, and quiet desktop Mac that has decent ports and is a much better deal than the new Mac Pro for most users  —  The realities of Apple Silicon make the Studio the best bet for most pros.  —  The original Mac Studio, despite the absence of … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Over 7,000 subreddits have gone private or read-only to protest Reddit’s API pricing changes, and the site experienced issues for about two hours on June 12  —  Reddit went through some issues for many on Monday, with the outage happening the same day as thousands of subreddits going dark to protest the site’s new API pricing terms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tristan Cross / The Guardian: A writer who learned to code after losing his job reflects on AI chatbots, which make misakes and lack lateral thinking, and why human skills are irreplaceable  —  Silicon Valley wants to make us believe humans are predictable and our skills replaceable.  I’ve learned that’s nonsense Lees verder op Tech Meme

Monica Chin / The Verge: MacBook Air (15-inch) review: thin and relatively light chassis, excellent trackpad, keyboard, performance, and battery, but limited ports and no upgradability  —  Apple’s first big-screened MacBook Air addresses a long-standing need in the company’s laptop lineup.  And it comes with zero surprises and no sticker shock. Lees verder op Tech Meme