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Eric Geller / Wired: Memo: CISA halts election security work and reviews related activities conducted since 2017, to comply with Trump’s January 20 EO on “ending federal censorship”  —  The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has frozen efforts to aid states in securing elections, according to an internal memo viewed by WIRED Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Perplexity releases Deep Research, offering five queries daily to free users and 500 to subscribers, available now on the web and soon on iOS, Android, and Mac  —  Perplexity shattered the artificial intelligence market’s status quo today by launching Deep Research, a tool … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Perplexity releases Deep Research, offering five queries daily to free users and 500 to subscribers, available now on the web and soon on iOS, Android, and Mac  —  Perplexity shattered the artificial intelligence market’s status quo today by launching Deep Research, a tool … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: Sources: Spotify hopes to launch a Music Pro tier in 2025, a $6/month add-on that will include higher-quality audio, early access to concert tickets, and more  —  – Spotify is hoping to roll out its new Music Pro this year  — Customers may get early access to concert tickets, other perks Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources detail Sam Altman and Elon Musk’s disintegrating relationship and how Altman secretly worked around Musk to blindside him with the Stargate announcement  —  On the first full day of the second Trump presidency, Elon Musk was in the White House complex when he got word that his nemesis … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Kadrey v. Meta: Meta paused some AI-related book licensing efforts in April 2023 after contacting publishers and seeing “slow uptake” and logistical setbacks  —  New court filings in an AI copyright case against Meta add credence to earlier reports that the company “paused” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Source: TSMC is considering taking a controlling stake and fully running Intel’s US factories after a Trump team request, as Trump aims to boost manufacturing  —  – TSMC would take controlling stake in potential partnership  — Administration aims to boost manufacturing of advanced chips Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Perplexity releases Deep Research, offering five queries daily to free users and 500 to subscribers, available now on the web and soon on iOS, Android, and Mac  —  Perplexity shattered the artificial intelligence market’s status quo today by launching Deep Research, a tool … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Sources: Intel has spoken with the Trump administration and TSMC over the past few months about a deal for TSMC to take control of Intel’s foundry business  —  The Silicon Valley giant is trying to cut a deal it hopes would help it pull out of a yearslong slump. Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: OpenAI’s board rejects the $97.4B bid by Elon Musk and a consortium of investors, saying they reject “Musk’s latest attempt to disrupt his competition”  —  Bret Taylor, the chairman of OpenAI’s board, said the artificial intelligence company was “not for sale.” Lees verder op Tech Meme