Tech Meme

Financial Times: A look at changes in the UK’s CMA after its chair was forced to resign and the agency tries to reconcile its enhanced powers with government’s pro-growth focus  —  CMA chair Marcus Bokkerink was told by phone he was to resign after months of rising frustration within government Lees verder op Tech Meme

Connie Loizos / TechCrunch: A new autopsy report finds former OpenAI employee Suchir Balaji’s death was a suicide, countering his family’s suspicions, which had fueled speculation online  —  Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI employee, was found dead in his San Francisco apartment on Nov. 26; on Friday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Thompson / Stratechery: Q&A with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi about lessons from Expedia, moats, getting out of the self-driving market, Uber becoming an aggregator, Uber Eats, and more  —  This week’s Stratechery Interview is with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.  Khosrowshahi started his career on Wall Street, before going to work for Barry Diller at IAC. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: South Korea’s data protection authority says DeepSeek app downloads have been suspended in the country after DeepSeek failed to follow its personal data rules  —  South Korea’s data protection authority on Monday said it had temporarily suspended the domestic service of Chinese AI app DeepSeek since Saturday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

William Wroblewski / Rest of World: Some Bolivians, frustrated with spotty internet from a China-built satellite, are smuggling in Starlink kits despite Bolivia banning the service in August 2024  —  Bolivia, which relies on a Chinese-built satellite for some of its connectivity, banned Starlink — but that hasn’t stopped people … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: Intel’s foundry business lost $13B+ on $17.5B in revenue in 2024, while TSMC generated $41.1B in operating profit on $90B in revenue over the same period  —  While President Trump’s domestic AI focus is a good sign for Intel, easy fixes have proved elusive  —  The Trump administration … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at Apple’s and Meta’s robotics efforts; sources say Apple is working on a 27 Studio Display successor to launch by 2026 and considering monetizing Maps  —  Apple and Meta are set to go toe-to-toe in another emerging area: AI-powered humanoid robots. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gian Volpicelli / Bloomberg: Meta’s Joel Kaplan says Meta “won’t shy away” from taking up its case with President Trump if the EU uses its rules to unfairly target Meta’s digital products  —  – Kaplan says company will make case if EU singles it out  — Tension over tech rules underscores transatlantic rift Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Tencent is testing using DeepSeek for search in its messaging app Weixin, while Baidu plans to fully connect its search engine to DeepSeek and its LLM, Ernie  —  Tencent said on Sunday its (0700.HK) Weixin messaging app, China’s largest, is allowing some users to search via DeepSeek’s … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Match’s head of trust and safety, Yoel Roth, says Match is using AI in its apps, like Tinder, to detect men’s “off-color” messages and drive “behavioral change”  —  Online dating group is using the technology to detect ‘off-colour’ messages, says safety chief Yoel Roth Lees verder op Tech Meme