TechMeme - Inxa.inSearch.cc

TechMeme

Virginia's Loudoun County hosts more than 250 data centers generating huge tax revenues, as it moves to slow construction in response to pushback from residents (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)

Virginia's Loudoun County hosts more than 250 data...

2 months ago 34 Add to circle

A look at Backstory, an experimental AI image authentication tool from Google DeepMind, offered for testing to journalists, researchers, and other fact checkers (Andrew Deck/Nieman Lab)

A look at Backstory, an experimental AI image auth...

2 months ago 32 Add to circle

China's humanoid robot makers derive much of their revenue from government-backed training centers that sell training data back to them, raising demand concerns (William Langley/Financial Times)

China's humanoid robot makers derive much of their...

2 months ago 31 Add to circle

Sources: China is restricting or delaying exports to Taiwan of germanium- and quartz-based materials used in fiber optics, photonics, and chip manufacturing (Nikkei Asia)

Sources: China is restricting or delaying exports ...

2 months ago 31 Add to circle

How Unitree's Go series, which helped the company dominate the quadruped robot market, drew on openly published US university research funded by the US military (Michael Martina/Reuters)

How Unitree's Go series, which helped the company ...

2 months ago 29 Add to circle

Pornhub says the UK's new internet age checks have boosted non-compliant porn sites, which occupied seven of the top 10 search results for "free porn" in June (Daniel Thomas/Financial Times)

Pornhub says the UK's new internet age checks have...

2 months ago 28 Add to circle

The EU appears to be shifting from outsized regulatory fines against Big Tech to technical DMA orders that force compliance, such as sharing search data (Jacob Parry/Politico)

The EU appears to be shifting from outsized regula...

2 months ago 36 Add to circle

Hyperliquid Strategies shares jumped 31% after Trump said CFTC Chair Michael Selig is working to bring crypto platform Hyperliquid onshore in a compliant manner (Bloomberg)

Hyperliquid Strategies shares jumped 31% after Tru...

2 months ago 36 Add to circle

The US Army is phasing out its drone assault battalion, as part of a "back-to-basics" approach; it was created in January to learn from the conflict in Ukraine (Wall Street Journal)

The US Army is phasing out its drone assault batta...

2 months ago 38 Add to circle

Samsung announces a virtual Galaxy event for August 27 at 8am ET, where the Galaxy S26 FE is expected (Alan Friedman/PhoneArena)

Samsung announces a virtual Galaxy event for Augus...

2 months ago 27 Add to circle

German insurance giant Munich Re agrees to acquire cyber insurance provider At-Bay for $575M; At-Bay has raised $276M and was last valued at $1.35B in 2021 (Meir Orbach/CTech)

German insurance giant Munich Re agrees to acquire...

2 months ago 31 Add to circle

Trump urges Congress to pass the Clarity Act at a White House event with execs including the CEOs of Coinbase and Robinhood; the bill has stalled in the Senate (Bloomberg)

Trump urges Congress to pass the Clarity Act at a ...

2 months ago 40 Add to circle

Sources: YouTube is offering top creators millions to post videos exclusively on YouTube for a period and will penalize those that post to Netflix concurrently (Lucas Shaw/Bloomberg)

Sources: YouTube is offering top creators millions...

2 months ago 25 Add to circle

Former Meta engineering director Arturo Béjar testifies that Mark Zuckerberg prioritized growth and engagement over child safety on Facebook and Instagram (Reuters)

Former Meta engineering director Arturo Béjar test...

2 months ago 25 Add to circle

Google announces new study tools, including a student hub, notebooks, and interactive 3D visualizations in Gemini, plus student offers for Google AI plans (Amanda Caswell/Tom's Guide)

Google announces new study tools, including a stud...

2 months ago 29 Add to circle

Letter: Stripe told investors January 1 marked the "beginning of the singularity", a major inflection point in long-term trends, and H1 revenue rose 41% YoY (Axios)

Letter: Stripe told investors January 1 marked the...

2 months ago 21 Add to circle

Sources: SpaceX approached AI coding startup Cognition about a potential acquisition; deal talks are inactive, but the companies are discussing working together (Bloomberg)

Sources: SpaceX approached AI coding startup Cogni...

2 months ago 17 Add to circle

Sources: OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told employees at an all-hands that OpenAI "will be a public company in 2027", or sooner if "our business continues to inflect" (CNBC)

Sources: OpenAI CFO Sarah Friar told employees at ...

2 months ago 32 Add to circle