Tech Meme

Dell Cameron / Wired: A declassified ODNI report from 2022: the US has amassed troves of “sensitive and intimate information” about Americans purchased from commercial data brokers  —  A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Larry Dignan / Constellation Research: Oracle reports Q4 revenue up 17% YoY to $13.84B, vs. $13.73B est., cloud services and license support revenues up 23% YoY to $9.4B, and net income up 4% YoY  —  Oracle’s infrastructure as a service business gained momentum in the fourth quarter courtesy of generative AI workloads, according to CTO Larry Ellison. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: The US FTC files for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard  —  – The FTC on Monday filed a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction seeking to block Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dell Cameron / Wired: A declassified ODNI report from 2022: the US has amassed troves of data, including “sensitive and intimate” info, about Americans via commercial data brokers  —  A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Percepto, which sells software and hardware for industrial drone applications, raised a $67M Series C, split as ~$50M in equity and ~$16M in debt, led by KDT  —  Percepto, a drone startup that is building a sizable business with its software and hardware for industrial drone applications … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: M2 Ultra Mac Studio review: a small, fast, efficient, and quiet desktop that has a good port selection and is a better deal than the new Mac Pro for most users  —  The realities of Apple Silicon make the Studio the best bet for most pros.  —  The original Mac Studio, despite the absence of … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Laurie Clarke / Politico: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic agreed to open their AI models to the UK government for research and safety purposes  —  LONDON — Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to open up their AI models to the U.K. government for research and safety purposes … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: Sources: the EU is set to hit Google with a formal antitrust complaint regarding the company’s ad tech, with a statement of objections coming as soon as June 14  —  Google is set to be hit with a formal antitrust complaint from the European Union that could pave the way for massive fines … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tristan Cross / The Guardian: A writer who learned to code after losing his job reflects on AI chatbots, which make mistakes and lack lateral thinking, and why human skills are irreplaceable  —  Silicon Valley wants to make us believe humans are predictable and our skills replaceable.  I’ve learned that’s nonsense Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: M2 Ultra Mac Studio review: a small, fast, efficient, and quiet desktop Mac that has decent ports and is a much better deal than the new Mac Pro for most users  —  The realities of Apple Silicon make the Studio the best bet for most pros.  —  The original Mac Studio, despite the absence of … Lees verder op Tech Meme