Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: AWS says it plans to invest “at least” $11B to expand data center infrastructure in Georgia, which is becoming a popular state for data centers in the US  —  On Tuesday, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon’s cloud computing division, said that it plans to invest “at least” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yuan Gao / Bloomberg: Indonesian e-commerce pioneer Bukalapak will stop sales of physical goods to focus on virtual goods like mobile credits, amid competition from Shopee and others  —  – Online retailer exits physical goods to focus on virtual ones  — Revamp comes as TikTok Shop gains traction in the country Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Mark Zuckerberg demanded a review at Meta after his 2023 knee surgery post on Facebook initially got anemic attention; Meta downplays the significance  —  Meta follows in X’s footsteps by letting users fact-check each other with ‘Community Notes’  —  Social-media companies never wanted … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Maxwell Zeff / TechCrunch: Jensen Huang says Nvidia’s AI chips are improving faster than Moore’s Law, claiming that today’s Nvidia AI chips are 1,000x better than those made 10 years ago  —  Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the performance of his company’s AI chips is advancing faster than historical rates set by Moore’s Law … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Atlanta-based HR and payroll software startup OnPay raised a $63M Series B led by Carrick Capital Partners, taking its total raised to $165M+ in equity and debt  —  In 2007, Jesse Burgess joined his family’s payroll business.  He quickly noticed that the business’ six payroll clerks … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says that MediaTek will be able to sell the CPU chip that the two companies unveiled for Project DIGITS, Nvidia’s first desktop computer  —  Nvidia (NVDA.O) Chief Executive Jensen Huang said on Tuesday that MediaTek (2454.TW) will be able to sell the desktop central processor chip … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Global venture funding rose 3% YoY to ~$314B in 2024; venture funding to US companies totaled $178B, out of which $90B was invested in Bay Area startups  —  Global venture funding in 2024 edged above 2023’s totals, with AI showing the biggest leap in amounts year to year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Ex-Facebook director Katie Harbath says Mark Zuckerberg’s team uses elections to take stock of “where society is, to readjust how they’re approaching content”  —  – Meta CEO accused fact checkers of bias and destroying trust  — Facebook and Instagram continue fact-checking outside US Lees verder op Tech Meme

Casey Newton / Platformer: Ten current and former Meta employees share frustrations over Meta’s surrender to the right on speech issues; one called the changes “a precursor for genocide”  —  “I really think this a precursor for genocide,” a former employee tells Platformer  —  I. The past Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times: Meta’s fact-checking partners PolitiFact and FactCheck.org say they had no role in deciding what the company did with fact-checked content, denying Meta’s claim  —  Fact-checking groups that worked with Meta said they had no role in deciding what the company did with the content that was fact-checked. Lees verder op Tech Meme