Tech Meme

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE: Meta releases its Segment Anything Model and Segment Anything 1-Billion mask dataset, hoping to help researchers with computer vision and object identification  —  Artificial intelligence researchers at Meta Platforms Inc. said today that they’re hoping to democratize a key aspect of computer vision. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources detail Apple’s gamble to shift production from China, including wooing other countries and assembling “tiger teams” to address supply chain weaknesses  —  In late March, when Tim Cook made his first public appearance in China since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google says Play Store apps that allow account creation will soon need to offer an option to let users delete accounts and data from within the app and online  —  Google is continuing its work on Data safety in the Play Store by requiring that developers provide a way for users to delete their account data. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Deutsche Telekom announces that it now holds a majority stake in T-Mobile US  —  Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) now holds a majority in T-Mobile U.S. (TMUS.O), the chief executive of the German telecoms company said on Wednesday.  —  The company reached a majority stake in T-Mobile U.S late Tuesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Stripe processed $817B of transactions in 2022, up 26% YoY, vs. a 60% growth from 2020 to 2021; new customers grew 19% YoY, of which 55% were outside the US  —  Stripe, the payments and fintech giant currently valued at $50 billion, sometimes feels like it has been forever on the brink of a public listing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian Allison / CoinDesk: Source: Binance rejected buying Tron founder Justin Sun’s stake in Huobi due to Sun’s alleged China ties; Sun’s Huobi involvement has been shrouded in secrecy  —  Binance has no interest in buying Huobi due to its rumored ties to China, according to a person familiar with the situation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Roberts / New York Times: Bing Newcomb, who co-founded E*Trade in 1982, bringing stock trading to personal computers, and took the company public in 1996, died in January at 79  —  He wrote a program that allowed people to buy and sell stocks on their home computers and co-founded a company that reaped its benefits. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Mojo Vision, which pivoted from smart contact lenses to making microLED display tech with up to 28K PPI and 1M+ nits brightness, raised a $22.4M “new Series A”  —  News of Mojo Vision’s pivot rather poetically dropped during CES.  After years of trying out the latest iteration … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D review: highly efficient and impressive gaming performance, sometimes above the Ryzen 9 7950X3D, but middling-to-average compute performance  —  In February, AMD released the first parts in its highly anticipated Ryzen 7000X3D series.  This new line combines AMD’s 3D V-Cache packaging … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian King / Bloomberg: AWS’ Center for Quantum Networking partners with De Beers’ Element Six division to grow artificial diamonds, hoping they can revolutionize computer networks  —  Amazon.com Inc. is teaming up with a unit of De Beers Group to grow artificial diamonds, betting that custom-made gems could could help revolutionize computer networks. Lees verder op Tech Meme