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@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-04 05:55:37

Reddit surpasses TikTok as the fourth most-visited social media service in the UK, likely driven by changes to Google's search algorithms and AI deals (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/technology/202

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-04 16:50:51

Condé Nast licenses its content for use across Microsoft Copilot experiences and hires Vasanth Williams as its new chief product and technology officer (Mark Stenberg/Adweek)
adweek.com/media/conde-nast-va

@fgraver@hcommons.social
2026-01-03 09:25:48

‘Just an unbelievable amount of pollution’: how big a threat is AI to the climate? theguardian.com/technology/202

@theodric@social.linux.pizza
2026-01-03 17:39:11

Only vanilla

flopro

neverkink FRUSTRATION FREE HOSE

NTS NEVER KINK TECHNOLOGY
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-12-03 12:51:52

Great documentary about Demis Hassabis working on AGI. Really about history and humans, working on a hard problem, less about the technology itself. But that makes it interesting to watch for everybody. Also it contains a clear warning about coming AGI.
youtu.be/d95J8yzvjbQ?si=BsfJDJ

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-03 12:21:16

Sources and docs: Palantir's Immigration OS helps ICE track undocumented immigrants and deport them; a decade ago, Alex Karp said Trump's plans made "no sense" (Eva Dou/Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/technology/

@hansaplast42@social.wastedalpaca.wtf
2026-01-03 22:09:47

Walmart Precision Bombing
instagram.com/reel/DNJlzKWSKob/

@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2025-12-03 00:30:02

Moody Urbanity - Life Details ⚜️
情绪化城市 - 生活细节 ⚜️
📷 Nikon FE
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF)

English Alt Text: A black-and-white image of a white bowl filled with thin, triangular wood or bark fragments, along with fine dust particles. The bowl sits on a wooden surface. The monochrome tone emphasizes texture and contrast, giving the scene a rustic, artistic feel. No text is visible in the image.

中文替代文字: 这是一张黑白照片,画面中一个白色碗里装着细小的三角形木片或树皮碎片,还有一些细微的粉尘。碗放在木质表面上。黑白色调突出了材质的纹理和对比,营造出一种质朴而艺术的氛围。图中没有任何文字。
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF)

English Alt Text: A cozy black-and-white photo of a windowsill scene. A white mug with a face design, a glass spray bottle, and a cactus-shaped watering can sit on the sill. Below is a wooden slatted table holding a smartphone and a Nikon lens cap. The phone screen shows a login interface with “Log In” and “Sign Up” buttons. Sunlight casts soft shadows across the table.

中文替代文字: 这是一张温馨的黑白照片,描绘了窗台上的一幕。窗台上放着一个带有脸部图案的白色杯子、一瓶玻璃喷雾器和一个仙人掌形状的浇水壶。下方是一个木质条纹桌面,桌上有一部智能手机和一个尼康镜头盖。…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF)

English Alt Text: A black-and-white photo of a quiet urban sidewalk. Two wooden benches sit against a weathered wall with peeling paint. Beside them are two parked scooters and a bicycle. Dappled sunlight filters through tree leaves above, casting intricate shadows on the wall and pavement. The license plate on the nearest scooter reads “SS2963.” The scene feels still and everyday, evoking a sense of calm in a city setting.

中文替代文字: 这是一张黑白照片,描绘了城市街道的一角。两张木质长椅靠着一面斑驳的墙壁,…
Ilford HP5 Plus 400 (FF)

English Alt Text: A monochrome photo of a glass door with a metal handle and lock. A small package rests on the ground in front of the door. Business hours are printed in both Chinese and English on the glass: “Opening Hours 9:30 am - 5:40 pm, Tuesday to Saturday.” Reflections of trees are visible in the glass. The package has Chinese text promoting adhesive technology.

中文替代文字: 这是一张黑白照片,展示了一扇带金属把手和锁的玻璃门。门前地上放着一个小包裹。玻璃上印有中英文营业时间:“开放时间 9:30 - 17:40,周二至周六。”玻璃上可见树木的倒影。包裹上…
@brichapman@mastodon.social
2025-12-05 01:20:00

Sweden just invested $12M in solar cells that work indoors.
Exeger's Powerfoyle technology could eliminate disposable batteries in everyday electronics by harvesting energy from indoor and outdoor light. The flexible solar cells reduce dependence on critical raw materials while offering high conductivity.
This funding will help scale production and move us closer to a battery-free future for consumer devices.

@carlos@social.perceptiveconstructs.com
2026-01-03 09:21:42
@…

Unfortunately I don't expect much. Some calls for restraint. Maybe some polite condemnation. The more likely the further west but nothing with teeth.

We are not getting independent (of the US) foreign policies until we have taken charge of our security and of critical financial and technology infrastructure.
@grumpybozo@toad.social
2026-01-05 00:07:44

The most important lesson that one can learn about technology writ large. RTFM. @… eigenmagic.net/@daedalus/11583

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-01-03 00:18:53

💢 Partisan X posts boost political polarisation among users, research finds
theguardian.com/technology/202

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2026-02-02 15:02:18

The "prove you're not human" challenge?
What is Moltbook? The strange new social media site for AI bots
theguardian.com/technology/202

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2026-02-02 15:02:18

The "prove you're not human" challenge?
What is Moltbook? The strange new social media site for AI bots
theguardian.com/technology/202

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-01-04 05:55:52

Reddit surpasses TikTok as the fourth most-visited social media service in the UK, likely driven by changes to Google's search algorithms and AI deals (Michael Savage/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/technology/202

@mlawton@mstdn.social
2026-01-04 21:16:35

I still think Wirtz was offside and hearing the commentators say that the semi-automated offsides technology is not in the same room as VAR and that they have to relay back and forth the assisting player and scoring player's numbers... is bananas!
Different company because of partnership constraints, but the SAOT at other major tournaments is instantaneous. Now we eventually get an image, but not vision of the ball at the moment the image purports to represent. PGMOL incompetence👏 …

@gwire@mastodon.social
2026-02-03 23:16:07

Why is the data in the Epstein email dumps full of errors? "=" all over the place (and apparently not as an artefact of quoted-printable encoding). Did the FBI not have digital preservation technology... six years ago?
Ah, it's a combination of QP and then another process that doesn't understand it.

@carlos@perceptiveconstructs.com
2026-01-03 09:21:42
@…

Unfortunately I don't expect much. Some calls for restraint. Maybe some polite condemnation. The more likely the further west but nothing with teeth.

We are not getting independent (of the US) foreign policies until we have taken charge of our security and of critical financial and technology infrastructure.
@cdamian@rls.social
2026-02-03 17:22:51

Blog Roll and Podcast Roll
I have been meaning to do this for a while. Finally, @… made me do it.
I added a blog roll and a podcast roll to this site.
Both pages will be updated as my subscriptions change … if I remember.
<…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-04 20:55:51

Sources: Meta does not plan to abandon building the metaverse, and expects to shift the savings from the layoffs into investments in its AR glasses (Mike Isaac/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/12/04/technol

@fgraver@hcommons.social
2025-11-05 07:06:53

Emojis get no love. I am, I’m afraid, a curmudgeon and will use whatever emojis I damn well please whenever I damn well please. Used with intent, they enrich written communication and anyone who disagrees needs to chill. 😇

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-03 21:25:52

AI Forensics: 354 AI-focused TikTok accounts pushed 43K posts made with GenAI tools that hit 4.5B views, including posts with anti-immigrant and sexual material (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/technology/202

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-04 01:50:39

Fueled partly by US tech companies, governments worldwide are racing to deploy GenAI in schools and universities, even as agencies such as UNICEF urge caution (Natasha Singer/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/0…

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2026-01-31 14:00:50

"Waste heat from data centres ‘could help millions of UK households’"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Technology

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-02-01 20:12:27

"Evolving the 3-2-1 backup rule for more resilient data"
#RDM

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-03 09:35:47

A look at startups like AGI and Plato, which build replicas of websites to let AI agents learn to navigate and complete specific tasks, like booking flights (Cade Metz/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/12/02…

@brichapman@mastodon.social
2026-01-03 19:26:00

Oklahoma is crashing the green hydrogen party with some serious innovation.
Startup Tobe Energy just landed $1.8M for their membrane-free electrolysis system that could slash production costs by up to 75%. Their secret? LED technology that simplifies the process and cuts waste heat.
With strong renewables and business-friendly policies, Oklahoma is positioning itself as a major player in the energy transition.

@ber@social.tchncs.de
2026-02-02 11:29:26

"human fracking
The use of information technology to exploit human attention in ways that are net counterproductive to the persons thus exploited
" en.wiktionary.org/wiki/human_f

Just learned about the term, reading

@markhburton@mstdn.social
2026-01-31 17:08:47

I strongly recommend this new book. It is well informed and written well and persuasively.
If you think green tech is the future, that massive deployment of renewables is the answer, then take a look.
99th Day: A Warning About Technology | Gerry McGovern
gerrymcgovern.com/books/99th-d

@kurtsh@mastodon.social
2026-01-01 05:19:16

Trump is recruiting a massive GOON SQUAD of racist NRA members... with taxpayer money.
Because the courts won't let him use the National Guard.
☑️ ICE plans $100 million recruitment push targeting gun shows, military fans - The Washington Post
washingtonpost.co…

@stefan@gardenstate.social
2026-01-30 20:43:21

You are being misled about renewable energy technology. by Technology Connections
#technology

@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu
2026-01-03 01:58:28

I realise now GPU tech is way too powerful to be sold at a bargain to normy gamers, hence the enormous price ramp up. Think about the high tech inventions that came DOWN from the space programs into our everyday lives. AI capable hardware came UP from the gaming space, and is now used in crime, research, financing, national security, and the military. Which is alarming for an off-the-shelf technology that is within the reach of every sicko grokking in Muskland.

@UP8@mastodon.social
2026-02-02 20:09:27

🫥 How astronauts will fix their gear using thin air
#materials

@burger_jaap@mastodon.social
2025-11-28 15:26:07

The German love for combustion is a perpetuum mobile.
68.5% of Germans believe that their car makers are not fully committed to electric mobility.
Furthermore, 47.8% believe that politicians do not view electric mobility as the technology of the future.

Do you agree with the statement: German politicians consider electric mobility to be the most important technology of the future in the transport sector?
47,8% no
In your opinion, how strongly are German car manufacturers committed to electric mobility?
68,5% without conviction
@privacity@social.linux.pizza
2025-12-01 14:35:56

FPF Holiday Gift Guide for AI-Enabled, Privacy-Forward AgeTech
fpf.org/blog/fpf-holiday-gift-
@…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-03 11:45:46

AI Forensics: 354 AI-focused TikTok accounts pushed 43K posts made with GenAI tools that hit 4.5B views, including posts with anti-immigrant and sexual material (Dan Milmo/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/technology/202

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2025-12-02 14:45:13

How soon before LLMs replace the laborers?
Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
theguardian.com/technology/202

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2025-12-02 14:45:13

How soon before LLMs replace the laborers?
Age of the ‘scam state’: how an illicit, multibillion-dollar industry has taken root in south-east Asia
theguardian.com/technology/202

@pbloem@sigmoid.social
2026-02-01 14:05:51

Moltbook is to AI as NFTs are to Bitcoin.
It primarily shows how unserious and uncritical the community is around a technology that is not in itself worthless, but requires a very careful and critical attitude.
NFTs showed that nobody was interested in the fundamentals that made bitcoin interesting as a technology. Moltbook shows that all the AI Kool Aid crowd is more than happy to be taken in by parlor tricks.

@netzschleuder@social.skewed.de
2026-01-30 08:00:07

slashdot_zoo: Slashdot Zoo friend-foe network (2009)
A network of interactions among users on Slashdot (slashdot.org), a technology news website. Users name each other as friends or foe. The friend label increases the scores of post, and the foe label decreases the score.
This network has 79120 nodes and 515397 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Signed

slashdot_zoo: Slashdot Zoo friend-foe network (2009). 79120 nodes, 515397 edges. https://networks.skewed.de/net/slashdot_zoo
@leftsidestory@mstdn.social
2026-02-01 00:30:01

Different Corners II ▶️
不同的角落 II ▶️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Fujifilm NEOPAN SS, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

NEOPAN SS 100 (FF)
English Alt Text:
A close-up black and white photo of a public smoking area sign. The sign features a cigarette with smoke inside a circle, indicating smoking is allowed. The surface is worn, with dark smudges and burn marks. The background is blurred, showing trees and structures. The image highlights the wear and usage of designated smoking zones.

中文替代文字:
这是一张黑白特写照片,展示了一个公共吸烟区标志。标志上画有一支冒烟的香烟,圈在圆形中,表示此处允许吸烟。标志表面有明显的污渍和烧痕。背景模糊,可见树木和建筑结构。画面突出了吸烟区长期使用后的磨损痕迹。
NEOPAN SS 100 (FF)
English Alt Text:
A black and white image showing a grid of red diamond-shaped papers, each with the Chinese character “囍” meaning “double happiness.” These are traditionally used in weddings. The papers are mounted on a wooden pallet. Behind them is a mural of cartoon-style people at a market stall. Tall grass grows at the bottom and side of the scene. The image blends cultural symbolism with artistic presentation.

中文替代文字:
这是一张黑白照片,展示了一排红色菱形纸张,每张纸上都写着“囍”字,象征中国传统婚礼中的双喜。纸张贴在木…
NEOPAN SS 100 (FF)
English Alt Text:
A black and white photo of an electric vehicle charging station. The station has a thick cable and connector plugged into it. Around its base, wild plants grow freely, with one pale flower in full bloom standing out against the darker tones. The ground is paved, and a sidewalk runs behind the station. The image contrasts modern technology with natural growth, suggesting themes of sustainability and coexistence.

中文替代文字:
这是一张黑白照片,展示了一个电动车充电站。充电线连接在设备上,底部周围长满了…
NEOPAN SS 100 (FF)
English Alt Text:
A black and white photo of a partially open glass door leading into a building. Metal folding chairs are stacked against the wall to the left. The floor has a mix of textures: a mat, black marble tiles, and light-colored tiles. A large planter with driftwood sits on the right. Shadows from the door and chairs stretch across the floor, adding depth and contrast.

中文替代文字:
这是一张黑白照片,展示了一扇半开玻璃门通向建筑内部。左侧墙边堆放着几把金属折叠椅。地面由多种材质组成,包括地垫、黑色大理石瓷砖和浅色瓷砖。右侧有一个大型花盆,里面放着一块漂流木。…
@datascience@genomic.social
2026-01-31 11:00:01

Extract tables from pdfs with {tabulapdf} #rstats #datasciece

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-04 23:55:54

Two studies suggest AI chatbots can shift political views more effectively than TV campaign ads, especially by presenting many claims, regardless of accuracy (Will Oremus/Washington Post)

@brichapman@mastodon.social
2026-01-03 19:28:00

Guangzhou is quietly becoming a blueprint for sustainable cities.
The Chinese megacity has transformed urban living with vertical gardens replacing concrete, parks built over malls, and green spaces woven throughout. They're prioritizing clean transit and renewable energy while proving dense cities can actually improve quality of life.

@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.de
2025-11-29 08:31:05

A distressing story about how #car battery #recycling (not of the electric car ones!) poisons workers and people across the planet, and companies have known this for 3 decades.
Lead, the ignored matter.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-04 05:10:53

Global fintech VC funding rose 27% YoY in 2025 to $51.8B; Y Combinator was the most active investor in the space, participating in 151 deals, up 24.8% YoY (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)
news.crunchbase.com/venture/mo

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-12-03 17:00:08

"Solar energy protects German vineyards from climate change"
#Germany #Climate #ClimateChange #SolarPower

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-03 13:25:37

Q&A with Valve executive Pierre-Loup Griffais, who helped build SteamOS and the Steam Deck, on quietly funding open-source tech to play Windows games on Arm (Sean Hollister/The Verge)
theverge.com/report/820656/val

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2026-01-02 22:45:36

"Google said the vast majority of its AI Overviews were factual and helpful, and it continuously made quality improvements. The accuracy rate of AI Overviews was on a par with its other search features like featured snippets, which had existed for more than a decade, it added."
So Google admits that it's AI AND OTHER SOFTWARE PRODUCTS actually provide #misinformation. Mi…

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2026-01-02 22:45:36

"Google said the vast majority of its AI Overviews were factual and helpful, and it continuously made quality improvements. The accuracy rate of AI Overviews was on a par with its other search features like featured snippets, which had existed for more than a decade, it added."
So Google admits that it's AI AND OTHER SOFTWARE PRODUCTS actually provide #misinformation. Mi…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-04 04:45:40

OpenAI is testing training LLMs to produce "confessions", or self-report how they carried out a task and own up to bad behavior, like appearing to lie or cheat (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
technologyreview.com/2025/12/0<…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-03 10:30:34

A deep dive into co-packaged optics, long promised to transform data center connectivity, covering benefits, challenges, architecture, key companies, and more (Dylan Patel/SemiAnalysis)
newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/

@gwire@mastodon.social
2026-01-31 08:42:44

Ah, the absolute moral clarity gained by a scheduling clash that meant you didn't attend a wild party on Epstein Island.
theguardian.com/technology/202

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-12-04 17:00:33

"Crickets munch on microplastics—especially if they have a big mouth"
#Crickets #Animals #Plastic #Microplastics

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-03 16:30:54

Russia's Roskomnadzor blocks access to Roblox, claiming that it is "rife with inappropriate content" and spreading "LGBT propaganda" (Reuters)
reuters.com/technology/russia-

@burger_jaap@mastodon.social
2025-11-29 09:51:18

Until 2013, this Volkswagen model, which was essentially a 1984 car, was sold (successfully) in China.
Years, decades in which countries such as China were good at giving outdated German technology a longer life.
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/VW_Jetta

@PaulWermer@sfba.social
2025-12-02 16:50:50

From the article: "He added: “It’s something where it’s moving very quickly and people don’t necessarily have time to absorb it or figure out what to do.”"
That impersonal, natural "it" is moving - Not the people developing the models and selling them (or inflicting them), not the wealthy investors demanding market share, not the sci-fi addled techbros (Muskrats?) imagining that if only we get AGI all problems will be solved tomorrow, - all wanting to be first. Oh…

@paulwermer@sfba.social
2025-12-02 16:50:50

From the article: "He added: “It’s something where it’s moving very quickly and people don’t necessarily have time to absorb it or figure out what to do.”"
That impersonal, natural "it" is moving - Not the people developing the models and selling them (or inflicting them), not the wealthy investors demanding market share, not the sci-fi addled techbros (Muskrats?) imagining that if only we get AGI all problems will be solved tomorrow, - all wanting to be first. Oh…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-03 21:35:42

Microsoft says "aggregate sales quotas for AI products have not been lowered", following a report that some units lowered sales growth targets for AI products (Reuters)
reuters.com/technology/microso

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-01 13:50:33

Source: Steven Bartlett, the UK entrepreneur who hosts the Diary of a CEO podcast, plans to launch Founded.com in December to cover UK and US tech companies (City A.M.)
cityam.com/steven-bartlett-hir<…

@fgraver@hcommons.social
2026-01-29 11:01:40

What technology takes from us – and how to take it back theguardian.com/news/ng-intera

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-11-28 20:01:01

"How Batteries, Not Natural Gas, Can Power the Data Center Boom"
#Batteries #Energy #Technology

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-02 12:15:40

Inside Elon Musk's bet to hook X users that turned Grok into a porn generator; sources say xAI's AI safety team was just two or three people for most of 2025 (Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/technology/

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-31 09:01:08

Nielsen streaming data: none of 2025's 10 most-watched shows were new, Tubi and Roku are almost twice the size of HBO Max and Peacock, and more (Bloomberg)

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-03 00:05:51

The SpaceX-xAI merger further intermingles Musk's companies, creates the most valuable private company in the world, and provides a financial lifeline to xAI (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/02/02/technol

@brichapman@mastodon.social
2026-01-01 06:42:00

Credo just dropped its 2025 ESG report, and it's all about making AI infrastructure greener.
The connectivity tech company is tackling one of AI's biggest challenges: massive energy consumption in data centers. Their solution? High-speed connectivity hardware designed for lower power use and reduced waste.
Beyond products, they're investing in education, health, and local communities.

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-02 17:35:38

Uber rewrote its UK driver contracts to act as an agent rather than a supplier of taxi services outside London, to avoid UK's new 20% "taxi tax" on total fares (Simon Goodley/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/technology/202

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-02 09:30:39

SEC complaint: a whistleblower alleges Google broke its ethics rules in 2024 to help an Israeli military contractor use AI to analyze drone surveillance video (Gerrit De Vynck/Washington Post)

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-01-28 03:10:49

TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technol

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-02 22:50:47

Marvell announces a deal to buy Celestial AI for at least $3.25B, expected to close in Q1 2026; the price can rise to $5.5B if Celestial hits revenue targets (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
cnbc.com/2025/12/02/mrvl-earni

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-03 00:15:50

ServiceNow announces a deal to acquire identity security startup Veza, sources say for between $1B and $1.5B; Veza had a private valuation of $808M in March (Valida Pau/The Information)
theinformation.com/articles/se

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2025-12-29 10:20:31

A Kapwing study of the 15,000 top YouTube channels finds 278 of them have only posted AI-generated "slop" videos, amassing 63B views and 221M subscribers (Aisha Down/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/technology/202

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-02 15:30:48

Axiado, which is making a chip designed to save space and power in AI servers, raised $100M led by Maverick Silicon (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)
reuters.com/technology/axiado-

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-03 01:40:55

Filing: JD.com's JingDong Industrials, or JDi, a supply chain technology and services provider in China, aims to raise up to ~$420M in its Hong Kong IPO (Reuters)
reuters.com/world/asia-pacific

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-01 21:25:41

Dozens of US universities and colleges have announced new AI departments and programs over the last two years; an AI program is now MIT's second-largest major (Natasha Singer/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/12/01/technol

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-01 07:01:42

Anthropic positions itself as the AI sector's superego, but it's caught between the pressures to be safe, fast, and rigorous while being commercially successful (Matteo Wong/The Atlantic)

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-02-01 20:10:48

Researchers detail how AI tools for generating deepfakes proliferated on Civitai before it banned them in 2025; many tools submitted before the ban remain live (James O'Donnell/MIT Technology Review)
technologyreview.com/2026/01/3

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-30 15:35:31

A look at how David Sacks' work on AI and crypto in Trump's WH benefits his investments, those of Silicon Valley friends, and the All-In podcast he co-hosts (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/11/3…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-27 17:01:54

TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technol

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-29 13:35:27

Sources detail how JD Vance, David Sacks, and others brokered a fragile truce between President Trump and Elon Musk, who threatened to fund an America Party (Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/technology/

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-29 09:35:26

A Kapwing study of the 15,000 top YouTube channels finds 278 of them have only posted AI-generated "slop" videos, amassing 63B views and 221M subscribers (Aisha Down/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/technology/202

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-30 02:20:48

An interview with Google DeepMind Nobel laureate John Jumper on the creative "off-label" uses for AlphaFold, combining AlphaFold's power with LLMs, and more (Will Douglas Heaven/MIT Technology Review)
technologyrev…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-29 10:10:12

Jones Lang LaSalle projects Malaysia's operational data center capacity to increase from ~1,025 MW at the end of 2025 to ~2,100 MW by the end of 2026 (Norman Goh/Nikkei Asia)
asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-30 03:25:44

Meta says Manus, initially based in Beijing and Wuhan, will cut Chinese investor ties after the deal and "will discontinue its services and operations in China" (Nikkei Asia)
asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-11-29 00:20:47

A profile of Paulina Borsook, as her 2000 book Cyberselfish, warning about Silicon Valley's love for "techno-libertarianism", finds a resurgence in interest (David Streitfeld/New York Times)

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-29 19:20:47

A San Francisco jury finds former Google engineer Linwei Ding guilty of stealing trade secrets related to AI chip technology to build a startup in China (Isaiah Poritz/Bloomberg Law)
news.bloomberglaw.com/esg/ex-g

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-30 03:40:47

Q&A with Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis on AGI, next breakthroughs like continual learning, his vision for AI glasses, whether AI progress is slowing, more (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology)
bigtechnology.com/p/google-dee

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-26 13:30:40

How the explicit deepfake ecosystem evolved from images to high-quality video; an analysis shows 1.4M Telegram accounts signed up to 39 deepfake creation bots (Matt Burgess/Wired)
wired.com/story/deepfake-nudif

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-29 03:50:24

Big Tech got almost everything it wanted from President Trump, as he backs policies that allow the industry to grow unfettered, worrying some conservatives (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/12/28/technol<…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-27 16:41:20

A study finds that foreign direct investment accounts for 98% of Vietnam's electronics exports, "signaling limited technology spillovers" to the local economy (Lien Hoang/Nikkei Asia)
asia.nikkei.com/business/techn

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-27 18:01:40

DeepSeek launches DeepSeek-OCR 2, an upgraded optical character recognition model that replaces OpenAI-developed CLIP framework with Alibaba's Qwen2-0.5b (Ben Jiang/South China Morning Post)
scmp.com/tech/article/3341437/

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-27 11:10:48

US court filings detail Anthropic's Project Panama, an effort to "destructively scan" up to 2M books with a hydraulic "cutting machine" led by an ex-Google exec (Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/technology/

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-29 03:11:13

The UK's Advertising Standards Authority bans some Coinbase ads, finding them "irresponsible" for suggesting crypto as a solution to the cost of living crisis (Tom Knowles/The Guardian)
theguardian.com/technology/202

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-28 01:15:53

Internal documents from 2025: Microsoft expects its annual water consumption to reach 28B liters by 2030, up from 7.9B liters in 2020 and 10.4B liters in 2024 (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technol

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-01-27 23:21:06

AdImpact: Meta spent $6.4M in November and December 2025 to run TV ads in eight US state capitals and DC, aiming to change negative opinions about data centers (Eli Tan/New York Times)
nytimes.com/2026/01/27/technol

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-27 11:41:16

Sources: Peter Thiel and Larry Page may leave CA over a proposed ballot measure, opposed by Newsom, that levies a one-time 5% tax on those with $1B in assets (New York Times)
nytimes.com/2025/12/26/tec…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-28 07:01:04

Sources: Bengaluru-based quick grocery delivery startup Zepto confidentially files for a ~$1.3B India IPO; Zepto raised $450M at a $7B valuation in October 2025 (Pranav Mukul/The Economic Times)
economi…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2025-12-26 11:25:35

Internal documents: Instagram execs have waged an aggressive campaign to win back teens, boosting teen-friendly influencers, adjusting its algorithm, and more (Naomi Nix/Washington Post)
washingtonpost.com/technology/