Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: A US court denies the FTC’s bid for a preliminary injunction to stop Microsoft’s Activision deal, saying the FTC’s theories of harm were unlikely to succeed  —  – A federal judge in San Francisco ruled in favor of Microsoft and Activision Blizzard, which have been trying to complete their $68.7 billion deal by July 18. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Savvy, which helps secure SaaS apps from supply chain risks, data leaks via AI tools, and more, launches out of stealth with $30M in funding led by Canaan  —  Software-as-a-service (SaaS) apps are an essential part of how many companies do business.  But when the number of apps grows beyond … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Susan Rinkunas / Jezebel: A Nebraska woman pleads guilty to giving an abortion pill to her teen daughter after Meta complied with a warrant for messages between mother and daughter  —  Jessica Burgess faced eight years in prison for helping her then 17-year-old get abortion pills.  A plea deal brought it down to two. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Shirer / IDC: Global PC shipments declined 13.4% YoY to 61.6M in Q2 2023, the sixth consecutive quarter of decline; only Apple had positive growth, up 10.3% YoY to 5.3M units  —  Global PC shipments declined 13.4% year over year during the second quarter of 2023 (2Q23), according to preliminary results … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: Anthropic releases AI chatbot Claude 2, available in the US and the UK via claude.ai and an API for businesses; Anthropic raised $1B+, including $450M in May  —  Anthropic, an artificial intelligence startup positioning itself as the builder of a safer kind of chatbot, has released a new version of its AI bot, named Claude. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: Shutterstock announces an expanded, six-year partnership with OpenAI that grants access to its video, image, and music libraries for AI training; SSTK jumps 9%+  —  – Shares of Shutterstock popped Tuesday after the company announced an expanded, six-year partnership with ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anton Shilov / AnandTech: LLNL begins installing its El Capitan supercomputer for national security research, promising over 2 FP64 exaFLOPS, and plans the smaller Tuolumne supercomputer  —  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) started to install its El Capitan supercomputer that promises … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: A look at Nvidia’s AI chip rivals, including AMD, Intel, startups, and Amazon’s and Google’s cloud units; estimates suggest Nvidia controls 80%+ of the market  —  AMD, startups and cloud companies are looking to tap in to the rise of tools such as ChatGPT  —  Nvidia has emerged as the leader … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nitish Pahwa / Slate: A volunteer contributor for Twitter’s Community Notes details checking spam and disinformation across the platform and says the tools are far from sufficient  —  Twitter’s “Community Notes” volunteers are supposed to make the platform “the most accurate source of information about the world.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Phil Salvador / Video Game History Foundation: Study: about 13% of video games released in the US before 2010 and less than 3% of titles released before 1985 are still in print in 2023  —  Today, the Video Game History Foundation and the Software Preservation Network published a major new study which shows that 87 percent of classic games released … Lees verder op Tech Meme