Category Archives: Tech News

A look at "liquid" neural nets, which change their underlying algorithms based on observed inputs, making them more flexible than standard ML neural networks (Steve Nadis/Quanta Magazine)

Steve Nadis / Quanta Magazine: A look at “liquid” neural nets, which change their underlying [...]

12
Feb
Lagos-based Jumia, once hailed as the "Amazon of Africa", has seen its stock drop ~70% since its 2019 IPO amid stalling customer growth and mounting losses (David Adeleke/Rest of World)

David Adeleke / Rest of World: Lagos-based Jumia, once hailed as the “Amazon of Africa”, [...]

11
Feb
JD.com plans to launch an "industrial version" of a ChatGPT-like tool called ChatJD focused on retail and finance, following similar moves by Alibaba and Baidu (Arjun Kharpal/CNBC)

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: JD.com plans to launch an “industrial version” of a ChatGPT-like tool [...]

10
Feb
UK CMA data on cloud gaming market share in 2022: Xbox had 60%-70%, Nvidia GeForce had 10%-20%, PlayStation had 10%-20%, Stadia had 0%-5%, and Luna had 0%-5% (Kyle Bradshaw/9to5Google)

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: UK CMA data on cloud gaming market share in 2022: Xbox [...]

09
Feb
A live blog of the House Oversight Committee hearing with ex-Twitter executives Vijaya Gadde, James Baker, and Yoel Roth on Hunter Biden laptop "censorship" (Washington Post)

Washington Post: A live blog of the House Oversight Committee hearing with ex-Twitter executives Vijaya [...]

08
Feb
Google plans to blur explicit images in search results by default "in the coming months", though signed-in users over 18 will be able to turn off the feature (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Google plans to blur explicit images in search results by [...]

07
Feb
Samsung executive Raju Pullan says the company has started making its Galaxy Fold, Flip, and S23 smartphones in India, seeking to surpass Xiaomi in the market (Sankalp Phartiyal/Bloomberg)

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Samsung executive Raju Pullan says the company has started making its [...]

06
Feb
How 1M female health care workers in India are using WhatsApp to fight dangerous medical misinformation and combat the country's high maternal mortality rates (Sanket Jain/MIT Technology Review)

Sanket Jain / MIT Technology Review: How 1M female health care workers in India are [...]

05
Feb
Interviews detail the Conti ransomware group's 2021 attack on Ireland's public health system; Conti seemingly called off the hack without receiving a ransom (Ryan Gallagher/Bloomberg)

Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: Interviews detail the Conti ransomware group’s 2021 attack on Ireland’s public [...]

04
Feb
Ex-staffers say Google's Jigsaw saw its workforce of 50 cut by at least 20 and fear Google is phasing out the altruistic division as it isn't profit oriented (Forbes)

Forbes: Ex-staffers say Google’s Jigsaw saw its workforce of 50 cut by at least 20 [...]

03
Feb