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Profiles of eight former Google research scientists who co-authored the pioneering AI paper “Attention Is All You Need” that paved the way for the rise of LLMs (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times) 23-07-2023

Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: Profiles of eight former Google research scientists who co-authored the pioneering AI paper “Attention Is All You Need” that paved the way for the rise of LLMs  —  Their paper paved the way for the rise of large language models.  But all have since left the Silicon Valley giant Lees verder op Tech Meme

Similarweb: by May-end, daily downloads for ByteDance's social media app Lemon8 fell to 6.7% of its March peak; the app hit the US App Store's top 10 in March (Caiwei Chen/Rest of World) 23-07-2023

Caiwei Chen / Rest of World: Similarweb: by May-end, daily downloads for ByteDance’s social media app Lemon8 fell to 6.7% of its March peak; the app hit the US App Store’s top 10 in March  —  Users complain the ByteDance app feels inorganic and curated, prioritizing the needs of influencers over ordinary people. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Elon Musk tweets “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand” and “if a good enough X logo is posted tonight… we'll make go live worldwide tomorrow” (Rishabh Jaiswal/Reuters) 23-07-2023

Rishabh Jaiswal / Reuters: Elon Musk tweets “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand” and “if a good enough X logo is posted tonight… we’ll make go live worldwide tomorrow”  —  Elon Musk said he was looking to change Twitter’s logo, tweeting: “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Japan adds advanced chipmaking equipment to its export control list, a move that aligns the country with US curbs meant to keep chip tech out of China's hands (Riho Nagao/Nikkei Asia) 23-07-2023

Riho Nagao / Nikkei Asia: Japan adds advanced chipmaking equipment to its export control list, a move that aligns the country with US curbs meant to keep chip tech out of China’s hands  —  Tokyo aligns with Washington to keep most advanced technology out of China’s hands  —  Japan now requires export licenses for semiconductor-manufacturing equipment. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at solid-state speakers etched from silicon and their potential applications, like helping people with hearing loss and making AR/VR objects feel real (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal) 23-07-2023

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: A look at solid-state speakers etched from silicon and their potential applications, like helping people with hearing loss and making AR/VR objects feel real  —  Speakers the size of an asterisk have the potential to change the way we reproduce sound, cope with hearing loss—and even make objects in virtual reality feel real Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wisselvallig en vrij koel zomerweer KNMI : 22-07-2023

Wisselvallig en vrij koel zomerweer Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen er zijn geen waarschuwingen van kracht Vanavond zijn er overal perioden met regen. De wind draait naar zuid tot zuidwest en is matig, vlak aan zee vrij krachtig en in het Waddengebied later krachtig. Komende nacht valt er langs de westkust en in het noordwesten en noorden regen, elders is het overwegend droog. De minimumtemperatuur ligt rond 15°C. De wind komt uit een zuidelijke richting en is meest matig, langs de kust en op het IJsselmeer vrij krachtig. Morgenochtend is het bewolkt en zijn er vooral in de noordelijke… Lees verder »Wisselvallig en vrij koel zomerweer KNMI : 22-07-2023

Twitter sets “daily limits” on the number of direct messages that accounts without Twitter Blue can send, as part of changes to reduce spam in DMs (Michael Kan/PCMag) 22-07-2023

Michael Kan / PCMag: Twitter sets “daily limits” on the number of direct messages that accounts without Twitter Blue can send, as part of changes to reduce spam in DMs  —  It looks like Elon Musk really wants users to pay for Twitter Blue. … In another controversial change, Twitter will restrict … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wiz researchers: the compromised MSA signing key could have given Chinese hackers access beyond Outlook.com and Exchange Online; Microsoft disputes the report (Jonathan Greig/The Record) 22-07-2023

Jonathan Greig / The Record: Wiz researchers: the compromised MSA signing key could have given Chinese hackers access beyond Outlook.com and Exchange Online; Microsoft disputes the report  —  Microsoft is disputing a new report that claims hackers may have had access to more parts of victims’ systems than previously known … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amazon plans to start Kuiper satellite production in Washington in the next six months, hoping to build and launch ~80 satellites per month within a few years (Stephen Clark/Ars Technica) 22-07-2023

Stephen Clark / Ars Technica: Amazon plans to start Kuiper satellite production in Washington in the next six months, hoping to build and launch ~80 satellites per month within a few years  —  Amazon unveils satellite facility in Florida, may switch prototype launch to Atlas V  —  Within a few years … Lees verder op Tech Meme