Tech Meme

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Sources: Mark Zuckerberg cozying up to President Trump has made employees uncertain and is part of an effort to shift antitrust scrutiny off Meta and onto Apple  —  Mark Zuckerberg kicked off 2025 with an Instagram video that outlined his vision for what he called restoring “free expression” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The European Commission’s digital chief, Henna Virkkunen, says the EU is reducing regulation to boost AI investments, not due to US Big Tech or Trump pressure  —  Henna Virkkunen says efforts to cut red tape are not prompted by US pressure  —  The EU is cutting back tech regulation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Baidu says it plans to open source its next-generation AI model, Ernie 4.5, from June 30, a major shift in strategy as competition heats up following DeepSeek  —  China’s Baidu (9888.HK) said on Friday that it would make the next-generation artificial intelligence model Ernie open-source from June 30. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: Filing: Nvidia cut its Arm stake by 43.8% to 1.1M shares in Q4, valuing its remaining stake at ~$181M as of Feb. 13, and discloses a position in China’s WeRide  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) reduced its stake in British chip firm Arm Holdings by about 44% and exited its holdings in Serve Robotics … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sophie McEvoy / GamesIndustry.biz: Ubisoft says its revenue for the nine months ending December 31, 2024 fell 31.4% YoY to €990M, with net booking down 34.8% to €944M, but is optimistic about Q4  —  Firm also experienced a 51.8% drop in net bookings during its third quarter  —  Ubisoft has released its financial results … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: President Xi will chair a symposium on February 17 to boost private sector sentiment, with Tencent CEO Pony Ma and other tech executives set to attend  —  Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to chair a symposium to boost private sector sentiment next week that will be attended … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: The doge.gov website tracking Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government pulls from a database that anyone can edit, say two sources who found the vulnerability  —  The doge.gov website that was spun up to track Elon Musk’s cuts to the federal government is insecure and pulls from a database … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple plans to launch its AI features in China as early as May 2025, using its own on-device models and Alibaba software to censor or filter the output  —  – Company to use own models, with help from Alibaba and Baidu  — Work includes system to censor or block content for government Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Bristow / Politico: UK recasting its AI Safety Institute as AI Security Institute, with bias concerns cut out, came after JD Vance’s speech criticizing “hand-wringing about safety”  —  After the U.S. VP blasted “hand-wringing about safety,” Britain’s AI institute gets a new look. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Sources: Mark Zuckerberg’s overtures to President Trump have unsettled employees and are part of an effort to shift antitrust scrutiny off Meta and onto Apple  —  Mark Zuckerberg kicked off 2025 with an Instagram video that outlined his vision for what he called restoring “free expression” … Lees verder op Tech Meme