AMD agrees to buy New Jersey-based ZT Systems, founded in 1994 to design and make servers, server racks, and other infrastructure, for $4.9B, closing in H1 2025
ZT Systems produces servers, other equipment used in data centers for artificial intelligence
Raspberry Pi launches a Raspberry Pi 5 with 2GB of RAM for $50, alongside the existing 4GB model for $60 and 8GB for $80, and may release a future 1GB model
Will a $50 Raspberry Pi 5 2GB be enough? — The Raspberry Pi 5 is still the single board computer against which all others are measured …
Procreate CEO James Cuda says the iPad illustration startup is “not going to be introducing any generative AI into our products”, drawing praise from creatives
Many Procreate users can breathe a sigh of relief now that the popular iPad illustration app has taken a definitive stance against generative AI.
A look at Apple's work on its in-house modem chip, which may debut in select iPhones in 2025 to replace Qualcomm's chip, with a full rollout taking a few years
Apple's move to drop Qualcomm modem chips won't have a payoff at the outset, but it could set the stage for bigger things later.
Source: GM is cutting over 1,000 software engineers, including 600+ in Michigan, as the automaker moves to lean up its software and services organization
- Job reductions follow company push to bolster digital prowess — Company has faced technology glitches in Blazer, Lyriq models
How Worldcoin is building its World ID identity system, trying to counter government and privacy advocates' concerns about its iris scanning and data processing
More than a dozen jurisdictions have either suspended the project's operations or looked into its data processing
X says it is ending its operations in Brazil, claiming a judge threatened “arrest if we do not comply with his censorship orders”; X's service remains available
X says it's closing operations in Brazil, because Brazil would arrest legal representatives of companies not complying with their laws. … X: @globalaffairs : Last night, Alexandre de Moraes threatened...
Girls In Tech, Women Who Code, and other groups that aimed to diversify Silicon Valley are closing or rebranding to stay afloat, as critics attack DEI efforts
Groups like Girls In Tech and Women Who Code promised to attract women and people of color to the tech industry.
Since 2018, Roblox has grown rapidly and consistently and now has an estimated average of 80M+ daily and 380M+ monthly users, over 2x that of Steam or Minecraft
Everyone knows Roblox is huge. But as COVID receded into memory, Roblox shifted from “new” to “familiar,” … X: @ballmatthew , @timsweeneyepic , and @ballmatthew . LinkedIn: Chris Heatherly Forums: Ha...
FOI documents: data center water consumption in Virginia, home to the world's largest cluster of data centers, hit 1.85B+ gallons in 2023, up from 1.13B in 2019
Usage has increased by almost two-thirds since 2019 in the world's largest concentration of computing infrastructure
Waymo unveils its cheaper “generation 6” self-driving tech that's integrated with Geely Zeekr vehicles, with 13 cameras and 4 lidar sensors, down from 29 and 5
Alphabet-owned Waymo revealed details about its newest “generation 6” self-driving technology on Monday.
What comes after Google's antitrust loss is not clear, besides the court ordering Google to stop or reduce its TAC payments; Apple could build a search engine
A search engine is a vast mechanical Turk - a reinforcement learning engine that uses human activity to understand the web.
Carta says 254 of its VC-backed clients went bust in Q1 2024 and the startup bankruptcy rate is over 7x that of 2019, as funds from the 2021-2022 boom run out
Private company shutdowns jump compared with last year despite AI funding frenzy, threatening millions of jobs at VC-backed firms
South Korean AI chip makers Rebellions and Sapeon agree to merge; Rebellions has raised $225M+, and Sapeon's shareholders include SK Telecom and SK Hynix
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Dating apps are struggling as users seek organic ways to meet; Match Group reported a decline in its total number of paying users for seven straight quarters
and getting addicted to — AI voices Punisheddonjuan / Don Juan in Hell : ‘Bumble fumble’: online dating apps struggle as people swear off swiping … Bluesky: @chickenpuppet.bsky.social : Wow it turns o...
Arize AI: 56% of Fortune 500 companies cited AI as a “risk factor” in their recent annual reports, up from 9% in 2022; 86% of software firms cited AI as a risk
What matters is speed to change and adoption, this remains one of the biggest challanges, enabling innovation culture …
A profile of Palmer Luckey, who sold Oculus to Facebook, was fired after donating to a pro-Trump troll group, and now imagines a new age of warfare at Anduril
NO A “radical Zionist” 🇮🇱 Palmer is patriot🇺🇸, pure ally and is only anti-idiots + anti-naive illiberal identity ideologues —oh and also anti-despots + evil dictators. [image] Maddie Rowley / @maddie_...
A survey of 2,012 people in Germany finds ~50% wouldn't use the digital euro over privacy fears; the European Central Bank will decide on a rollout in late 2025
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Walmart says its US ad business grew 30% in the past year from Q2; eMarketer says Walmart will claim 6.8% of 2024 US retail media spending, for $3.7B in revenue
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South Korea's plan to introduce tablets with AI features in schools faces backlash from parents and academics concerned about children's overexposure to devices
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