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A look at Intel's problems, starting with 2016's 10nm node: 7/11 board members have no chip experience, most CEO options are worse than Pat Gelsinger, and more — Intel's board is incompetent and its horrible decisions over the decades are going to push it towards death.
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| Les Pounder / Tom's Hardware: |
Raspberry Pi 500 review: the Pi 5's power in a convenient keyboard form factor with awesome thermal performance, but lacks NVMe storage and camera connections — Cramming a Raspberry Pi 5 into a keyboard — Tom's Hardware Verdict … When the Raspberry Pi 400 was released … | Daniel Zuidijk / Bloomberg: |
Researchers: Meta let 25 Facebook Pages run 4,100+ ads attacking Romania's pro-EU candidate and promoting far-right figures, with 199M+ views since August 2024 — - Political ads promoted far-right figures including Georgescu — Network of Facebook pages shared similar, polarizing messaging
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A look at Donald Trump's collision course with the EU over its Big Tech crackdown: targeting Elon Musk's X under the DSA, Apple's and Meta's fines, and more — - New EU commission enters with Silicon Valley in its sights — Tech leaders court Trump as EU pursues multiple probes
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple has been working with Sony on a months long effort to add PS VR2 controller support to visionOS; Apple has sold fewer than 500K Vision Pros — Apple and Sony have discussed forging a partnership that could change gaming on the Vision Pro. Also: Apple has a three-year road map …
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| Evgeny Morozov / Boston Review: |
A look at generative AI's impact, its structural issue of concentrated power among just a few companies, and utopian questions over an alternative vision for AI — Critiques of artificial intelligence abound. Where's the utopian vision for what it could be?
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| Jeanna Smialek / New York Times: |
How FRED, a data tool created in 1991 by the St. Louis Federal Reserve, gained a major following in recent years, hitting nearly 15M website users in 2023 — From Facebook political debates to college classrooms, the St. Louis Fed's data tool has gained a major following. — Fans post about him on social media.
Bluesky: @ryanlcooper.com and @kedseconomist.com
X: @keds_economist, @justinwolfers, and @jeannasmialek
LinkedIn: Alberto G. Musalem and Carlos Garriga
| New York Times: |
Ukrainian officials worry over Telegram, which has soared in popularity during the war with Russia, questioning if its upsides outweigh the its security risks — Telegram's Air Raids Map channel. Roughly 70 percent of Ukrainians use Telegram as a main source of news, according to a recent survey.Sasha Maslov for The New York Times| Margherita Bassi / Gizmodo: |
A study involving 747,604 women finds those who paid extra for AI-enhanced mammograms were 21% more likely to have breast cancer detected than those who didn't — In a study, women who chose AI-powered mammograms were 21% more likely to have cancer detected than those who didn't.
More: TechCrunch, Business Standard, and RSNA Press Releases
| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
A look at Grand Theft Auto VI, set for release in 2025 after Rockstar started development in 2018, as Rockstar tries to improve its culture after the 2022 hack — Expectations are dangerously high for the first GTA in more than a decade. — Grand Theft Auto VI isn't just going to be the biggest video game of 2025.| Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: |
Chinese state media: the State Administration for Market Regulation opened an anti-monopoly investigation into Nvidia tied to its Mellanox acquisition in 2020 — - Probe from the market regulator is looking into Mellanox deal — Nvidia shares dropped in early trading after the announcement
More: Le Monde, CTech, New York Times, The Information, South China Morning Post, Nikkei Asia, Reuters, Proactive, Benzinga, Wall Street Pit, Financial Times, Daily Sabah, ABC7, BNN Bloomberg, Barron's Online, and Semafor. Forums: r/technology
| Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: |
GroupM expects global ad industry revenue to grow 9.5% in 2024, passing $1T for the first time, with Google, Meta, ByteDance, Amazon, and Alibaba earning 50%+ — Google, Meta, ByteDance, Amazon and Alibaba expected to earn more than half the annual total — The global advertising industry … Sponsor Posts
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