Nvidia agrees to a licensing deal with Groq; CEO Jonathan Ross and other top executives will join Nvidia; Groq says it will continue operating independently
anybody who knows anything about AI chips knows groq's first gen chips aren't competitive but maybe their upcoming chips might have been able to threaten nvidia? @josephjacks_ : Overly simplistic take...
Apple will reduce its App Store cut to 15% from any developer who earns less than $1M in revenue per year from all their apps, starting January 1
but there's a catch Firstpost Tech : Apple to cut App Store commission from 30 to 15 percent for developers with up to $1 million annual revenue Stephen Warwick / iMore : Fury as Tim Sweeney compares ...
Apple announces M1, the first Apple silicon SoC for Macs, with 5nm process, 16B transistors, 8-core CPU, up to 8-core GPU, and a 16-core neural engine
unless Apple creates speed differences. Mustapha Hamoui / @beirutspring : Disappointed that Apple didn't visually differentiate silicon macs from their intel predecessors... It could have been a small...
Filing: ahead of Snowflake's IPO, Salesforce and Berkshire Hathaway both commit to buy $250M worth of Snowflake stock; IPO range to value it at ~$21B-$23.7B
Appeal of the cloud data storage platform lies not only in its triple-digit sales growth Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC : Snowflake IPO gets vote of confidence as Berkshire, Salesforce agree to buy shares...
Zoom rolls out its 5.0 update, focused exclusively on security and privacy features, including easier call management and upgrading encryption
But You Can Protect Yourself Tweets: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : 300 million people used Zoom on Tuesday. In December, their daily active users averaged 10 million. Scaling a real-time service 30x...
Sources: DOJ began work on a possible Google antitrust investigation after brokering a deal with FTC, which considered and opted not to pursue the case in 2013
on 2nd tour of duty at agency—Delrahim previously represented corporate clients incl. Google during its purchase of DoubleClick in 2007" https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Mark Bergen / @mhbergen : B...
The rise of mobile video in India is requiring YouTube and others to innovate to better serve Indian users, who average 40+ hours/month of video from data plans
Explosion of video is transforming India's media landscape, and companies are scrambling to feed demand Tweets: @jwangark , @shadmashaikh , @abhishekn , @ericbellmanwsj , @safimichael , @lavsmohan , @...
AWS introduces its own custom-designed Arm server processor, AWS Graviton Processor, and claims 45% lower costs for some workloads
The little ecommerce company has been beavering away. Tweets: James Wang / @jwangark : 6/ Vertical integration strikes again—Amazon launches its own custom ARM server CPUs for AWS. Every cloud vendor ...
Apple says it has never found malicious chips in its servers, calls Bloomberg reporters' claims unsubstantiated and untrue, says it is not under a gag order
Separating Legit Cryptocurrency Ideas From the Ponzi Schemes William White / InvestorPlace : Friday Apple Rumors: UK Backs Up Apple's Claim About China Hack Bloomberg : How China Used a Tiny Chip to I...
Interviews with ER physicians in seven US cities reveal a spike in severe injuries due to electric scooters; Bird, Lime, and Spin say apps contain safety info
They have been pouring into emergency rooms around the nation all summer, their bodies bearing a blend of injuries … Tweets: @dannyspewak , @safeselfdrive , @jwangark , @triketora , @fordvox , @teddya...