Tech Meme

Sayan Chakraborty / Nikkei Asia: Peak XV head Shailendra Singh discusses the Sequoia split, saying the move will remove potential conflicts, especially in AI and with Sequoia’s US portfolio  —  Split with American parent eliminates potential conflicts in hot sectors like AI  —  Managing Director Shailendra Singh … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nic Newman / Reuters Institute: Reuters’ 2023 Digital News Report: despite social media fragmentation, users’ dependence on platforms for news keeps growing; Facebook drops and TikTok grows  —  This year’s report comes against the backdrop of a global cost-of-living crisis, a continuing war in the heart of Europe, and further climate instability across the world. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: Vodafone and Three agree to combine to create the UK’s largest mobile network, pending regulatory approval, and will take on £6B in debt; Vodafone will own 51%  —  Vodafone Group Plc and CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. agreed to combine their UK mobile businesses in a deal that will create … Lees verder op Tech Meme

BBC: Margrethe Vestager says discrimination, not extinction, is a more pressing concern for AI due to training models and “guardrails” are needed to counter bias  —  Discrimination is a more pressing concern from advancing artificial intelligence than human extinction, says the EU’s competition chief. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adam Satariano / New York Times: The European Parliament passes the AI Act, which would curtail facial recognition, mandate data disclosures, and more; a final version should pass later in 2023  —  A draft law in the European Parliament has become the world’s most far-reaching attempt to address the potentially harmful effects of artificial intelligence. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: The European Commission issues a preliminary antitrust complaint against Google over its ad business, suggesting breaking up the unit; Google can now reply  —  The European Commission has made a formal antitrust complaint against Google and its ad business, saying that its preliminary view is that … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: Vodafone and Three agree to combine to create the UK’s largest mobile network, pending regulatory approval, and will take on £6B in debt; Vodafone will own 51%  —  Vodafone Group Plc and CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd. agreed to combine their UK mobile businesses in a deal that will create … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Amazon VP of EC2 Dave Brown says AWS is considering using AMD’s new MI300 chips and declined to use Nvidia’s DGX Cloud chips; Oracle is Nvidia’s first partner  —  Amazon Web Services (AMZN.O), the world’s largest cloud computing provider, is considering using new artificial intelligence chips … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Samsung plans to let non-factory, full-time chip staff in South Korea take one Friday off each month, after SK Hynix adopted a similar policy in 2022  —  Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest memory chipmaker, is giving staff in South Korea one Friday off each month in a bid … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Arm discusses participating in its IPO with 10+ clients, including Intel, Apple, Alphabet, TSMC, and Samsung; any decision won’t come until August  —  June 12 (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp’s (9984.T) Arm is in talks with some of its biggest customers and end users about bringing … Lees verder op Tech Meme