Tech Meme

Harrison Smith / Washington Post: Donald Bitzer, the plasma screen’s co-inventor and the father of PLATO, a computer-based network that sparked messaging apps and more, died on December 10 at 90  —  He helped shape cyberculture as the father of PLATO, a computer-based educational network that sparked the development of plasma screens and digital messaging. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ari Levy / CNBC: A look at Broadcom’s path to a $1T+ market cap: stock up 760%+ and three deals worth $10B+ after abandoning its $120B bid to acquire Qualcomm in 2018, and more  —  When Broadcom tried to buy rival Qualcomm for $120 billion in 2018, its efforts were thwarted. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Charles Rollet / TechCrunch: Telegram says it removed 15.4M groups and channels with harmful content in 2024, and its new moderation page shows more enforcement since Pavel Durov’s arrest  —  Telegram has been under unprecedented pressure to clean up its platform this year, after its founder Pavel Durov was arrested … Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Towfighi / CNN: How Sony turned itself around by innovating its games business beyond consoles and making acquisitions to expand its IP and original entertainment content  —  The last time Sony was worth this much on the stock market, Bill Clinton was president and the PlayStation 2 was about to debut on American store shelves. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pieter Haeck / Politico: The EC pledges €750M of the €1.5B planned investment to fund AI-optimized supercomputers across seven sites to help EU startups compete with global rivals  —  BRUSSELS — The European Union has committed hundreds of millions of euros to help startups catch up in the global artificial intelligence race. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Singer / New York Times: How tech is stoking cycles of violence in US schools, with students using phones and social media to arrange, provoke, record, and spread school brawl videos  —  Ricardo Martinez, an 11th grader, was in his high school lunchroom in April when a mass brawl erupted. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Parham / Wired: A look at Blacksky, the Bluesky custom feed curated by a team of six moderators that is slowly turning into the main avenue for many Black users on the service  —  The curated feed, now run by a team of six moderators, is the meeting ground for hundreds of thousands of Black users on Bluesky. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anna Edgerton / Bloomberg: TikTok critics like Marco Rubio, Jacob Helberg, and Brendan Carr are set for senior roles in Trump’s administration, emphasizing Trump’s murky stance on the app  —  – Longtime China critic Helberg named under secretary of State  — Rubio pushed for congress’s TikTok divest-or-ban law last year Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pieter Haeck / Politico: The EC pledges €750M of the €1.5B planned investment to fund AI-optimized supercomputers across seven sites to help EU startups compete with global rivals  —  BRUSSELS — The European Union has committed hundreds of millions of euros to help startups catch up in the global artificial intelligence race. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pieter Haeck / Politico: The EC pledges €750M of the €1.5B planned investment to fund AI-optimized supercomputers across seven sites to help EU startups compete with global rivals  —  BRUSSELS — The European Union has committed hundreds of millions of euros to help startups catch up in the global artificial intelligence race. Lees verder op Tech Meme