Ash Parrish / The Verge: How Sweet Baby, a small video game narrative development company, became the focus of Gamergate 2.0, a harassment campaign against “forced” diversity in gaming  —  A group of gamers has mobilized a harassment campaign against a story consultant company, marginalized developers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: France fines Google €250M for failing to broker deals with media outlets over content linking and using press content to train AI, after a €500M fine in 2021  —  – Firm accused of failing to meet past commitments in dispute  — Watchdog says it plundered content to train its AI technology Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The US awards Intel $8.5B in CHIPS Act funding and $11B in loans to expand in Arizona, Ohio, New Mexico, and Oregon; Intel plans to spend $100B over five years  —  Preliminary agreement under US Chips Act also includes $11bn loan as company expands capacity in Arizona and other states Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Samsung expects revenue of $100M or more in 2024 from an advanced chip packaging unit that the company set up as a separate business in 2023  —  Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) expects $100 million or more of revenue from its next batch of advanced chip-packaging products this year, co-CEO Kye-Hyun Kyung said on Wednesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: Sources: the Biden admin is considering blacklisting a number of Chinese chip firms linked to Huawei, after the company used an advanced 7nm chip in Mate 60 Pro  —  – Huawei last year revealed an advanced 7-nm chip in a new phone  — Raimondo has vowed ‘strongest’ action to protect US security Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: Canada and the UAE have lobbied leading European and UK AI startups, including Aleph Alpha, Synthesia, and Stability AI, to move their headquarters  —  Canada and UAE lobby companies amid global competition over developing cutting-edge technology  —  Leading European … Lees verder op Tech Meme