Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: An interview with White House OSTP Director Michael Kratsios, a Peter Thiel protégé confirmed by the Senate on March 25, on US plans to counter Beijing on AI  —  Michael Kratsios will work to counter Beijing without disrupting U.S. businesses  —  WASHINGTON—Many Trump … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Karin Matussek / Bloomberg: Nokia and Amazon settle a long-running, global patent dispute over Amazon using Nokia’s video tech in Prime Video and its devices, without disclosing the terms  —  The agreement covers the use of Nokia video technologies in Amazon’s streaming services and devices, resolving all patent litigation globally … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin T. Dugan / Wall Street Journal: Memecoins attempting to profit from a man’s suicide highlight Pump.fun’s extreme lack of boundaries; one of the memecoins soared past $2M in total value  —  A 23-year-old man’s dark descent into crypto scams ended with shooting himself on a livestream  —  Arnold Haro held up a single bullet … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: Huawei reports FY 2024 revenue up 22.4% YoY to ~$118.2B, near its ~$123B record in 2020, net profit down 28% YoY to ~$8.63B, and R&D spend rising to ~$25B  —  Huawei on Monday reported a sharp jump in 2024 revenue as its core telecommunications and consumer businesses accelerated. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Nasdaq-listed Chinese self-driving company WeRide, which reported a ~$260M loss in 2023 and a ~$344M loss in 2024, warns profitability is “difficult to predict”  —  Nasdaq-listed autonomous vehicle company says government regulation and local partners are key to ending years of losses Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources detail tensions between Apple and Elon Musk’s SpaceX over expanding satellite cellphone services; Apple discussed linking iPhones to SpaceX satellites  —  The iPhone maker and SpaceX are competing in the race to eliminate cellphone dead spots, a rift that is set to intensify Lees verder op Tech Meme

Isaac Schultz / Gizmodo: Study: 79% of 475 AI experts believe current public perceptions of AI do not match R&D realities, while 76% said scaling current approaches will not yield AGI  —  An extensive report on the future of AI research indicated that there’s skepticism about current approaches to AGI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Chinese startup Manus, whose AI agent service is still in beta, announces a $39 per month Manus Starter plan and an upgraded $199 per month Pro tier  —  The Beijing-based startup behind Manus has set up a $39-per-month tier and a $199 upgraded option, the latter in line with OpenAI’s ChatGPT Pro. Lees verder op Tech Meme