Tech Meme

Chris Kornelis / New York Times: Lillian Schwartz, one of the first artists to use a computer to make films and who brought together art, science, and tech communities in the 1970s, died at 97  —  Early in the digital era, she worked at Bell Labs on the intersection of art and technology, making films and at one point arriving at a novel theory about the “Mona Lisa.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: The NYT sends a cease-and-desist letter to AI startup Perplexity to stop using its content; Perplexity says it is “interested in working with every” publisher  —  Publisher demands that Perplexity stop accessing its content.  Startup isn’t interested “in being anyone’s antagonist,” CEO says. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: Florida-based data broker National Public Data, which was hacked and lost hundreds of millions of SSNs and more earlier in 2024, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy  —  A Florida data broker that lost hundreds of millions of Social Security numbers and other personally identifiable information … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ashley Stewart / Business Insider: Sources: Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens before discontinuing the device, and is pulling back work on IVAS, the combat goggles for the US Army  —  – Microsoft is discontinuing HoloLens after losing billions of dollars on the project.  — The company’s 10-year IVAS contract … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Juby Babu / Reuters: Sebastien Bubeck, Microsoft’s VP of GenAI research who is known for his work on its Phi small language models, is joining OpenAI to “further his work” on AGI  —  Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Monday said that its vice president of GenAI research, Sebastien Bubeck, is leaving the company to join ChatGPT-maker OpenAI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Kennedy / Eurogamer.net: A look at what’s changed since Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal in 2023: layoffs, exec departures, some Xbox exclusives on PlayStation and Switch, and more  —  A look back at everything that’s happened over the last year.  —  Follow Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lily Hay Newman / Wired: The FIDO Alliance debuts Credential Exchange Protocol, a specification to make passkeys portable across systems, and Passkey Central, a developer resource site  —  “Passkeys,” the secure authentication mechanism built to replace passwords, are getting more portable and easier for organizations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Duolingo co-founder and CEO Luis von Ahn on gamifying language learning, how the app makes money, AI, “founder mode”, returning to the office, and more  —  The cofounder of the world’s largest education app thinks AI and gamification can supercharge language learning. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jennifer Hiller / Wall Street Journal: Google signs an deal to buy nuclear energy generated from multiple small modular reactors developed by US-based Kairos Power, targeting 500 MW by 2035  —  Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company’s data centers, in a first-of-its-kind deal in the U.S. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Deloitte expects chip industry revenue to grow 16% YoY in 2024 to a record $611B, and to reach $1T by 2030, despite the industry facing a talent shortage  —  In 2022, Deloitte expected that the global semiconductor industry would need to add a million skilled workers by 2030, or more than 100,000 annually. Lees verder op Tech Meme