Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Western Digital refused to answer questions about how its portable SanDisk Extreme SSDs might lose all the data; the company is being sued over data-loss issues  —  Eleven days ago, we sent these questions to Western Digital’s head of PR and published them publicly on The Verge: Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Western Digital refused to answer questions about how its portable SanDisk Extreme SSDs might lose all the data; the company is being sued over data-loss claims  —  Eleven days ago, we sent these questions to Western Digital’s head of PR and published them publicly on The Verge: Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Cruise is complying with a California DMV request to cut its fleet by 50% as the regulator probes “recent concerning incidents” involving Cruise robotaxis  —  Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM, has been asked to reduce its robotaxi fleet by 50% in San Francisco following a crash Thursday night with a fire truck. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter: A district court judge upheld a US Copyright Office finding that artwork created by AI isn’t eligible for copyright protection because it lacks human authorship  —  A federal judge on Friday upheld a finding from the U.S. Copyright Office that a piece of art created by AI is not open to protection. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Simon Sharwood / The Register: Private equity firm EQT plans to take German software company SUSE private at €16/share, below its 2021 IPO’s €30 price but above August 17’s €9.6 closing price  —  Buyout offer is at €16 per share, compared to €30 at its 2021 IPO  —  Linux-loving software house SUSE … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Simon Sharwood / The Register: Private equity firm EQT plans to take German software company SUSE private at €16/share, below its 2021 IPO’s €30 price but above August 17’s €9.6 closing price  —  Buyout offer is at €16 per share, compared to €30 at its 2021 IPO  —  Linux-loving software house SUSE … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Ljunggren / Reuters: Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge demands that Meta lift its “reckless” news ban on Facebook and Instagram for the safety of people fleeing wildfires  —  The Canadian government on Friday demanded that Meta (META.O) lift a “reckless” ban on domestic news from its platforms … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Simon Sharwood / The Register: Private equity firm EQT plans to take German software company SUSE private at €16/share, below its 2021 IPO’s €30 price but above August 17’s €9.6 closing price  —  Buyout offer is at €16 per share, compared to €30 at its 2021 IPO  —  Linux-loving software house SUSE … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Simon Sharwood / The Register: Private equity firm EQT plans to take German software company SUSE private at €16/share, below its 2021 IPO’s €30 price but above August 17’s €9.6 closing price  —  Buyout offer is at €16 per share, compared to €30 at its 2021 IPO  —  Linux-loving software house SUSE … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Simon Sharwood / The Register: Private equity firm EQT plans to take German software company SUSE private at €16/share, below its 2021 IPO’s €30 price but above August 17’s €9.6 closing price  —  Buyout offer is at €16 per share, compared to €30 at its 2021 IPO  —  Linux-loving software house SUSE … Lees verder op Tech Meme