Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: M2 Ultra Mac Studio review: a small, fast, efficient, and quiet desktop that has a good port selection and is a better deal than the new Mac Pro for most users  —  The realities of Apple Silicon make the Studio the best bet for most pros.  —  The original Mac Studio, despite the absence of … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Percepto, which sells software and hardware for industrial drone applications, raised a $67M Series C, split as ~$50M in equity and ~$16M in debt, led by KDT  —  Percepto, a drone startup that is building a sizable business with its software and hardware for industrial drone applications … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dell Cameron / Wired: A declassified ODNI report from 2022: the US has amassed troves of data, including “sensitive and intimate” info, about Americans via commercial data brokers  —  A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Laurie Clarke / Politico: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says Google DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic agreed to open their AI models to the UK government for research and safety purposes  —  LONDON — Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to open up their AI models to the U.K. government for research and safety purposes … Lees verder op Tech Meme