Tech Meme

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: Sources: TechInsights took apart at least one of Huawei’s latest AI chips and found an Ascend 910B made by TSMC, which says it stopped Huawei shipments in 2020  —  – Ascend 910B is made with TSMC’s 7-nm process, per TechInsights  — The chip was first spotted in servers in China in 2022 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Anthropic releases a new Claude 3.5 Sonnet model that can interact with desktop apps by imitating mouse and keyboard input via a “computer use” API, now in beta  —  In a pitch to investors last spring, Anthropic said it intended to build AI to power virtual assistants that could perform research … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sam Tobin / Reuters: A UK court says prominent Saudi dissident Yahya Assiri can sue Saudi Arabia in London court over claims of targeting him with NSO Group’s Pegasus  —  A prominent Saudi dissident who accuses Saudi Arabia of targeting him with spyware can sue the kingdom in London, his lawyers said on Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Epic launches its Fab marketplace, a unified place to get digital assets like environments and animations, offering an 88% revenue share to creators  —  Epic Games’ Fab marketplace, which is designed to serve as a unified place to get digital assets like environments and animations, is now live, the company announced today. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: iPad mini (2024) review: fast A17 Pro chip, delightful size, and Pencil Pro support, but less powerful than other iPads, outdated Touch ID and camera placement  —  Apple’s smallest tablet got an upgrade — but it won’t feel like much of one unless Apple Intelligence is better than it seems. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kathrin Hille / Financial Times: TSMC says it alerted the US to a potential attempt to have it manufacture AI chips for Huawei, circumventing export controls; sources: the chips resembled 910Bs  —  Chipmaker reported having received order for processor resembling that of Chinese company Huawei Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: WhatsApp plans to let users save contacts in the app soon, after previously relying on the local contact book, and developed a new IPLS encrypted storage system  —  WhatsApp announced today a new feature that will allow users to save contacts within the app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vittoria Elliott / Wired: X data: Elon Musk-backed America PAC spent $166K between July 8 and October 1 to run 59 ads on X targeting swing voters in six states, yielding 32M+ impressions  —  America PAC purchased ads yielding tens of millions of impressions on X between July 8 and October 1, according to the platform’s ad disclosure data. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Document: Chinese startup Horizon Robotics, which makes autonomous driving software and hardware, raised $696M in a Hong Kong IPO, before its October 24 listing  —  – Company prices deal at top of its marketed range: terms  — Autonomous-driving technology firm’s shares to trade Thursday Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Jack Sweeney says Meta suspended Instagram and Threads accounts tracking celebrities’ private jets, including Zuckerberg’s; Meta cites a “risk of physical harm”  —  Instagram and Threads accounts that track the private jets of celebrities – including Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk … Lees verder op Tech Meme