Tech Meme

New York Times: Caroline Ellison’s private Google Docs detail her thinking before FTX’s collapse, including doubts over running Alameda and her breakup with Sam Bankman-Fried  —  Ms. Ellison, a top executive in Sam Bankman-Fried’s business empire, recorded her thoughts on private Google documents that offer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: A US House committee plans to investigate GGV, GSR, Walden International, and Qualcomm Ventures over their VC investments in China in AI, chips, and quantum  —  House select committee says American firms’ investments contributed to China’s military buildup and rights abuses Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Used car retailer Carvana reaches a deal to restructure its debt to lower interest payments and reports a $105M loss in Q2, down from a $439M loss in Q2 2022  —  Most of the company’s bondholders have agreed to accept bonds that are worth less than what they were owed but that are secured against real estate and other assets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fanny Potkin / Reuters: Silicon Box, created by Marvell’s co-founders and CEO BJ Han, plans to spend $2B to build a Singapore-based chip foundry for chiplets, creating 1,000+ jobs  —  Singapore-based Silicon Box opened a $2 billion advanced semiconductor manufacturing foundry in the city-state on Thursday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Netflix brings its password-sharing crackdown to India and other markets and says an “extra member” option won’t be offered in places with its new restrictions  —  Netflix is bringing password-sharing crackdown to consumers in India and every other market starting today … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: A study claims GPT-4’s outputs became worse between March and June 2023, but some experts are not convinced and urge OpenAI to be less opaque with its AI models  —  Either way, experts think OpenAI should be less opaque about its AI model architecture.  —  On Tuesday, researchers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Sources: Google tests an AI tool to produce news stories, pitching the service to the NYT, WaPo, News Corp, and other outlets as a helpmate for journalists  —  The product, pitched as a helpmate for journalists, has been demonstrated for executives at The New York Times, The Washington Post and News Corp … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: The US Army says Microsoft plans to deliver improved goggles by July 31 for intensive testing ahead of a decision on their deployment or cancelation by 2025  —  – Delivery by July 31 would start three rounds of soldier tests  — Device based on HoloLens may yield a $21.9 billion program Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikkei Asia: TSMC reports Q2 revenue down 10% YoY to ~$15.68B and net profit down 23.3% YoY to ~$5.9B, the first quarterly decline since 2019, as all non-AI chip sales lag  —  Taiwan chipmaker logs quarterly net profit drop on consumer electronics slump  —  Sluggish demand for smartphones … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hibaq Farah / The Guardian: Ofcom survey: TikTok is the top news source for 12- to 15-year-olds in the UK, followed by YouTube and Instagram; 16- to 24-year-olds prefer Instagram for news  —  Algorithm-driven viral video app overtakes YouTube and Instagram as most used single source of news for young teenagers Lees verder op Tech Meme