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Financial Times: How machine learning could have transformative effects on Africa’s developing economies and societies, as some critics worry over a deepening digital divide  —  Machine learning could have transformative effects on developing economies and societies.  But some fear a deepening digital divide Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: UK study: employers running grad schemes received an average of 140 applications for each job in 2024, a record and up 59% YoY, as AI makes applying easier  —  Fierce competition for roles has been sharpest in highly paid sectors such as IT and consulting  —  UK graduates face … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: An interview with Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi on autonomous cars, lobbying regulators to get more EVs on the road, flying taxis, climate goals, and more  —  “We think that the future for Uber is electric, shared, autonomous and ultimately multimodal as well,” Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi says on this week’s episode of Zero. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Patrick Kho / Rest of World: Support groups in the Philippines blame GCash, the country’s most popular payment app with 90M+ active users, for a rise in gambling addiction in the country  —  The GCash app is ubiquitous in the Philippines, and is being blamed for rising gambling addiction in the country, particularly among women. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Accel expects 2024 VC funding for cloud startups in the US, Europe, and Israel to rise 27% YoY to $79.2B, with 40% of the money going to generative AI startups  —  Generative artificial intelligence startups are getting 40% of all the venture capital funding that flows into cloud companies, according to venture investors Accel. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Richard Waters / Financial Times: The Open Source Initiative says Meta is “polluting” the term open-source by using it for Llama, and plans to publish its open-source AI definition next week  —  Open Source Initiative chief accuses tech group of ‘polluting’ the term by using it to describe its Llama models Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jason Koebler / 404 Media: Hobbyists post the code for Redbox kiosk software online, and tinkerers have been probing how it works, sometimes repurposing abandoned machines to run Doom  —  The Redbox operating system has been dumped, and people are repurposing the massive DVD kiosks they’ve saved from the scrap heap. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jessie Yeung / CNN: Hong Kong police arrested 24+ members of an alleged pig butchering crime ring, which they say used deepfake AI to lure its victims across Asia and raked in $46M  —  Hong Kong CNN —  She appeared to be a beautiful woman and in the minds of men across Asia, the video calls they spoke on confirmed their newfound love was real. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Google Online Security Blog: Google projects the number of reported Android memory safety flaws to be 36 by the end of 2024, down from 220+ in 2019, after adopting memory safety in new code  —  Error-prone interactions between software and memory 1 are widely understood to create safety issues in software. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jane Lanhee Lee / Bloomberg: TSMC reports Q3 revenue up 39% YoY to ~$23.6B and net income up 54.2% YoY to ~$10.1B, both above estimates, boosted by strong sales of Nvidia AI chips  —  – The chipmaker reported a 54% rise in quarterly net income  — ADRs climb on Robinhood’s overnight trading platform Lees verder op Tech Meme