Austin Carr / Bloomberg: A look at Apple’s device recycling, including shredding robots and contractor GEEP, which Apple sued in 2020 for ~$22.6M in a case that has not seen any updates  —  Apple touts its network of shredding robots and contractors as a greener way to reuse old gadgets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: The US House Speaker plans to bundle the TikTok divestiture bill, with a longer sale deadline, in a Ukraine/Israel aid bill expected to clear the House April 20  —  – Johnson to include measure in aid package for Ukraine, Israel  — Biden has said he would sign bill forcing ByteDance to divest Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Google announces internal reorganizations, including an AI-focused Platforms and Devices group overseeing Pixel, Android, Chrome, and more, led by Rick Osterloh  —  AI is taking over at Google, and the company is changing in big ways to try to make it happen even faster. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: TSMC says the April 3 Taiwan earthquake caused an estimated losses of $92.44M to the company in Q2; there were no power outages or structural damage to its fabs  —  Taiwan chipmaker TSMC (2330.TW) said the biggest earthquake in at least 25 years that struck the island on April 3 caused estimated losses … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: Meta plans to add its Meta AI chatbot to Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Facebook in 12+ countries, expanding on the US, powered by its new Llama 3 models  —  Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology, powered by Meta’s latest artificial … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Heath / The Verge: Meta details Llama 3: 8B or 70B parameters and a focus on reducing false refusals; an upcoming large Llama 3 model trained on 15T tokens and has 400B parameters  —  Meta’s AI assistant is being put everywhere across Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook.  Meanwhile, the company’s next major AI model, Llama 3, has arrived. Lees verder op Tech Meme