Tech Meme

Ashley Stewart / Business Insider: Sources: Microsoft lost billions of dollars on HoloLens before discontinuing it 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 Microsoft’s Phi small language models, is leaving the company to join OpenAI  —  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

Matt Mullenweg: Matt Mullenweg responds to DHH’s claim that “Automattic is doing open source dirty”, pointing out Rails’ own trademark policy and taking some jabs at 37signals  —  I’ll just remind everyone at the start that this is a respectful debate, and DHH and I tried to get on a call but couldn’t because we were both traveling. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Victoria Kennedy / Eurogamer.net: A look at what’s changed since Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard a year ago: layoffs, exec departures, some Xbox exclusives on PlayStation and Switch, 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

Bloomberg: Sources: Tether talked to several commodities trading firms about lending to them, as it hopes to face fewer regulatory restrictions than traditional lenders  —  – Commodity traders rely on credit lines to finance shipments  — Tether CEO says any commodities work ‘in early stages’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: OpenAI’s research organization is in upheaval after the promotion of Liam Fedus to lead post-training, with several researchers asking to switch teams  —  When it comes to recruiting and retaining artificial intelligence researchers, OpenAI has faced tougher competition this year from old and new rivals. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Information: Sources: several researchers at OpenAI have asked to switch teams after Liam Fedus was promoted to lead post-training, following Barret Zoph’s departure  —  When it comes to recruiting and retaining artificial intelligence researchers, OpenAI has faced tougher competition this year from old and new rivals. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: National Public Data, the FL-based data broker that was hacked and lost hundreds of millions of SSNs and more earlier this year, 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

Asif Iqbal Shaik / SamMobile: Samsung rolls out One UI, based on Tizen 8.0, to its smart TVs that were released in 2023, after announcing plans to update the TVs at its developer conference  —  A few days ago, during the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) 2024, Samsung announced it would bring One UI to its TVs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nikou Asgari / Financial Times: A profile of Alex Gerko, who used an Icelandic supercomputer and 25K AI chips to build XTX, an algorithmic trading firm that handles $250B of daily trades  —  XTX Markets conquered foreign exchange trading and made its Russian-born founder a multibillion-pound fortune Lees verder op Tech Meme