Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: Broadcom is sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, to get them to buy VMware product bundles  —  Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Alibaba researchers detail ZeroSearch, a technique allowing LLMs to develop advanced search capabilities via simulation, claiming it cuts costs by up to 88%  —  Researchers at Alibaba Group have developed a novel approach that could dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of training AI systems … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Meta rolls out its Account Status feature to Threads, letting users see when the company has removed or demoted posts or handed out other penalties  —  Threads will finally start giving users more visibility into when their accounts are penalized for breaking its rules. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Cameron / New York Times: Trump threatens to end the Digital Equity Act, a Biden-era law aimed at expanding high-speed internet access, calling it “racist” and “totally unconstitutional”  —  President Trump denounced the Biden-era Digital Equity Act as “woke handouts based on race,” … Lees verder op Tech Meme