Jessica Lyons Hardcastle / The Register: US DHS OIG report covering April 27 to August 17: “thousands” of apps installed on ICE-managed devices, likely including TikTok, puts government info at risk  —  Audit: Craptastic security could potentially put govt info in hands of enemies  —  America’s immigration cops … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Anthropic plans to use Google’s Cloud TPU v5e chips to help power its LLM, Claude; sources say Anthropic agreed to spend $3B+ on Google Cloud over four years  —  Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic will be one of the first companies to use new chips from Alphabet Inc.’s Google … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matthew Gooding / Tech Monitor: US chip company Vishay plans to acquire Newport Wafer Fab, the UK’s largest chip plant, for $177M, from Chinese-owned Nexperia, after the UK forced its sale  —  The UK’s biggest chip plant is getting new owners after the government forced its sale on national security grounds. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Sources: Microsoft plans to add Windows Copilot to Windows 10, still on ~1B monthly active devices, after adding the AI assistant to Windows 11 in September  —  Microsoft wants to get Windows Copilot in front of as many users as possible.  —  Microsoft began rolling out its new AI assistant … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: Google expands its Search Generative Experience to 120+ new countries and territories and adds support for Spanish, Portuguese, Korean, and Indonesian languages  —  Google is bringing its Search Generative Experience (SGE) to more than 120 new countries, including Mexico, Brazil, South Korea … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alex Riehl / BetaKit: Vancouver-based Photonic, which is building a fault-tolerant quantum computer, raised $100M from Microsoft, BCI, and others, taking its total funding to $140M  —  Photonic has an “audacious” five-year plan to build a fault-tolerant quantum computing platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kif Leswing / CNBC: Arm reports Q2 revenue up 28% YoY to $806M, vs. $744.3M est., and license revenue up 106% YoY to $388M, but its Q3 guidance falls short of expectations  —  – Arm reported second fiscal quarter earnings on Wednesday.  — It’s the semiconductor technology company’s first report since its September IPO. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Akash Sriram / Reuters: Lyft reports Q3 revenue up 10% YoY to $1.16B vs. $1.14B est., a $12.1M net loss, active riders up 10% to 22.4M, and forecasts Q4 adjusted core profit above est.  —  Lyft (LYFT.O) reported third-quarter revenue slightly higher than estimates and forecast current-quarter revenue largely in line … Lees verder op Tech Meme