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Source: ex-Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has approached ByteDance to express interest in buying TikTok and floated the idea of partnering to Sam Altman and others — Legislation forcing a sale or shutdown of the popular app has rekindled interest in possible deal
More: PCMag, Engadget, Dexerto, Daily Mail, Forbes, Newsmax, and The Information
Threads: @msbertenthal. Mastodon: @jalefkowit@octodon.social. X: @jchengwsj, @dgwbirch, @jchengwsj, @jchengwsj, @tomwarren, @jchengwsj, and @florian4gamers. LinkedIn: Joshua Brown
Forums: r/kindafunny and r/technology
| Washington Post: |
A look at the challenges of academic AI research, as costs to develop generative AI models grow rapidly and tech companies' salaries drain academia of talent — With eye-popping salaries and access to costly computing power, AI companies are draining academia of talent
More: Cryptopolitan. Threads: @paul_rietschka. Mastodon: @Mer__edith@mastodon.world. X: @vijarkohli, @mer__edith, @mer__edith, @carnage4life, @mer__edith, and @mer__edith
LinkedIn: Stuart Shulman, Prof. Dr. Patrick Glauner, Russell Wald, and Catherine Breslin
| Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: |
Roku faces a backlash after it appears to lock devices of users who don't agree to its new Dispute Resolution Terms, asking them to write a letter to opt out — Users are opted in automatically unless they write a letter to Roku by March 21. — Roku customers are threatening to stop using …
More: TechCrunch, ZDNet, The US Sun, FlatpanelsHD, 9to5Google, BGR, Android Authority, Tom's Guide, PCMag, Lifewire, and Gizmodo
Mastodon: @kim_harding@mastodon.scot, @lilithsaintcrow …, and @Cloudscout@oldbytes.space
X: @carnage4life, @richontech, @nash076, @rloewe65, and @davezatz
LinkedIn: Emil Protalinski and Jesse Redniss
Forums: Hacker News, Hacker News, Hacker News, and r/StallmanWasRight
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at the design options Apple considered for its car, including one by Jony Ive that resembled a modern reincarnation of the 1950s Volkswagen microbus — The Apple car was a case study in what happens when corporate indecision, technological challenges and market realities combine …
More: 9to5Mac, iMore, PhoneArena, AppleInsider, Benzinga, PCMag, MobileSyrup, Yanko Design, SlashGear, and Spokesman.com
| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Q&A with ex-PlayStation boss Shawn Layden about his support for Web3 gaming company Readygg, blockchain games, mass layoffs, AI, controlling costs, and more — Shawn Layden used to run Sony Interactive Entertainment's Worldwide Studios, a position that gave him unique insight into the whole industry and triple-A games.
More: GameSpot, GamingBolt, Game Rant, Forbes, Video Games Chronicle, Push Square, and Wccftech
X: @deantak, @realph, @nextgenplayer, @garethpbarry, @redgamingtech, @matpiscatella, @realph, @playtr0n, and @realph. Forums: r/PS5
| Gary Marcus / Marcus on AI: |
Looking back at “Deep Learning is Hitting a Wall”, a 2022 article ridiculed by many, and how it still seems that a paradigm shift is needed to attain AGI — Report card on an infamous paper. — Two years ago today I published my most infamous article:
Bluesky: @marypcbuk.bsky.social and @alanrew.bsky.social
LinkedIn: Eduardo César Garrido Merchán and Gary Marcus
| Boone Ashworth / Wired: |
A look at AI-enabled dolls, such as those made by South Korea's Hyodol and Israel's Intuition Robotics, which offer companionship and assistance to older adults — Social robots for older adults might not be new, but now they're recording, listening—and talking back.
Forums: Hacker News
| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
An interview with Slack CEO Denise Dresser about bringing her own personality to the job, plans to use generative AI, competing with Microsoft Teams, and more — Three chief executives in one year will do that — It's not often you see an established company burn through three CEOs in less than a year.| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
More: San Francisco Examiner. X: @anshublog, @jordannovet, @rogoswami, and @jordannovet
LinkedIn: Joe Williams, Jordan Novet, and Bill Corbett
| Sophia Cai / Axios: |
A look at Trump's TikTok flip-flop, as he recognizes the app's appeal to younger voters and repairs his relation with ByteDance investor and GOP donor Jeff Yass — I don't want Facebook, who cheated in the last Election, doing better. They are a true Enemy of the People!" Trump posted on Truth Social Thursday.
More: OSnews, Politico, The Tech Basic, Newsmax, News, Politics …, Newsweek, The National Pulse, CBS News, HuffPost, Fox News, InsideHook, New York Post, New York Magazine, Political Wire, Asia Financial, International Business Times, The News International, Mashable, Independent.ie, Business Insider, The Hill, Oneindia, Reuters, Livemint, Malay Mail, The Information, The Register, Washington Post, Engadget, Rolling Stone, Australia & World, The Daily Caller, Deadline, The Olympian, South China Morning Post, BGR, and JURIST
Threads: @atiredcliche, @11thjeff, @jordy.lawson.7, and @realrossi
X: @luke_metro, @randpaul, @sunnyright, @micsolana, @sunnyright, @bonchieredstate, @vivekgramaswamy, @noahpinion, @sonnybunch, @sophiacai99, @shehzadyounis, @binarybits, @maggienyt, @micsolana, and @mattyglesias
Forums: r/usanews, r/politics, and r/neoliberal
| Louise Matsakis / Wired: |
Influencers on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and other sites are promoting Chinese ecommerce sites like Pandabuy and DHGate that sell cheap counterfeit products — Influencers on TikTok and Reddit earn a cut of the counterfeit goods trade by promoting high-quality “replicas” sourced from ecommerce sites in China.| Jeremy Gray / PetaPixel: |
How Google rolled out Street View in Germany after 10+ years of resistance, as Street View's utility trumped privacy concerns in Europe's most private country — For residents and tourists alike, Google Maps Street View is an exceptionally useful navigational tool.| Lindsay Clark / The Register: |
Palantir wins a US Army contract worth $178.4M to provide battlefield AI systems for the TITAN ground station, the Army's first “AI-defined vehicle” — US spy-tech firm at center of UK health data systems applies its technology to altogether different ends
More: Palantir, DefenseScoop, C4ISRNET, Bloomberg Television on YouTube, Anduril, Interesting Engineering, Proactive, Investor's Business Daily, Decrypt, Breaking Defense, Barron's Online, InvestorPlace, and Benzinga
Mastodon: @AAKL@noc.social. X: @cnbcovertime, @amitisinvesting, @elianoayounes, @wendyranderson, @anduriltech, @ssankar, @amitisinvesting, @hayleyinvests, @kurtosiscapital, and @palantirtech
Forums: r/technews and Slashdot
| Steve Nadis / Quanta Magazine: |
In two recent papers, researchers detail a new breakthrough to speed up matrix multiplication, potentially leading to savings in computational power and money — By eliminating a hidden inefficiency, computer scientists have come up with a new way to multiply large matrices that's faster than ever.
More: Ars Technica, New.blicio.us, arXiv, and SIAM
Forums: Hacker News, r/technology, r/technews, r/math, r/MachineLearning, r/Julia, and Ars OpenForum
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