The Verge: A live blog of Apple’s “Wonderlust” event, where four iPhone 15 models with USB-C, the Apple Watch Series 9, and more are expected — We’re on the ground in Cupertino for the launch of Apple’s next phones and watches — and the big, long-awaited change from Lightning to USB-C. Lees verder op Tech Meme
SemiAnalysis: A look at the Huawei Kirin 9000S, the impact on Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek, SMIC’s 7nm and future 5nm chips, and what the West can do to limit China’s chips — Huawei, SMIC, 7nm, H800, Domestic AI Capabilities, ASML, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Apple, RF Capabilities, Potential Sanctions Lees verder op Tech Meme
New York Times: A live blog of the US et al v. Google trial, as the DOJ argues that the company illegally protected its internet search monopoly via smartphone maker deals — Here is the latest on the Google antitrust trial. Opening statements are underway in a major antitrust case against Google … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Hartley Charlton / MacRumors: Apple unveils the Apple Watch Series 9, featuring the S9 chip with a four-core neural engine, 30% faster CPU, Double Tap gesture, and on-device Siri requests — Apple today unveiled the Apple Watch Series 9, featuring significantly improved performance thanks to the S9 Apple silicon chip … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Morgan Meaker / Wired: How Finnish AI startup Metroc, which helps construction companies find projects, uses prison labor paid €1.54/hour to label data, with widespread public support — In high-wage Finland, where clickworkers are rare, one company has discovered a novel labor force—prisoners. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kellen Browning / New York Times: Lyft announces Women+ Connect, a feature that prioritizes matching female and nonbinary drivers and riders, falling back to men when no other people are nearby — The company said it hoped to improve safety and encourage more female drivers. — Lyft said on Tuesday that it was introducing … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Max A. Cherney / Reuters: MLCommons’ MLPerf benchmark, based on a 6B-parameter LLM that summarizes CNN articles: Nvidia’s H100s perform best, followed by Intel’s Gaudi2 at ~10% slower — An artificial intelligence benchmark group called MLCommons unveiled the results on Monday of new tests that determine how quickly top-of-the-line hardware can run AI models. Lees verder op Tech Meme
SemiAnalysis: A look at the Huawei Kirin 9000S, the impact on Apple, Qualcomm, and MediaTek, SMIC’s 7nm and future 5nm chips, and potential Western responses to curtail China — Huawei, SMIC, 7nm, H800, Domestic AI Capabilities, ASML, MediaTek, Qualcomm, Apple, RF Capabilities, Potential Sanctions Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dan Primack / Axios: Bio: before buying Twitter, Elon Musk promised Jack Dorsey that, if Dorsey ever needed money, Musk would buy Dorsey’s stock at the $54.20/share takeover price — Jack Dorsey had second thoughts about supporting Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, so Musk made Dorsey a secret offer he couldn’t refuse … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Dan Primack / Axios: Bio: before the Twitter takeover, Musk promised Jack Dorsey that, if Dorsey ever needed cash, he would buy Dorsey’s Twitter stock at the $54.20 takeover price — Jack Dorsey had second thoughts about supporting Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter, so Musk made Dorsey a secret offer he couldn’t refuse … Lees verder op Tech Meme