Category Archives: Tech News

Donald Bitzer, plasma screen co-inventor and the father of PLATO computer system, considered a precursor to messaging apps and more, died on December 10 at 90 (Harrison Smith/Washington Post)

Harrison Smith / Washington Post: Donald Bitzer, plasma screen co-inventor and the father of PLATO [...]

15
Dec
Malaysia, which has secured billions in AI and cloud infrastructure investments over the past year, launches a national AI office for policy and regulation (Ashley Tang/Reuters)

Ashley Tang / Reuters: Malaysia, which has secured billions in AI and cloud infrastructure investments [...]

14
Dec
In a strategy change, Netflix plans to make its Squid Games battle royale game available for free to non-members for a limited time after its December 17 launch (Jennifer Maas/Variety)

Jennifer Maas / Variety: In a strategy change, Netflix plans to make its Squid Games [...]

13
Dec
Microsoft says Russia-backed hacking group Secret Blizzard targeted Ukraine's military using other cybercriminals' tools, in order to make attribution harder (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)

Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / TechCrunch: Microsoft says Russia-backed hacking group Secret Blizzard targeted Ukraine’s military using [...]

12
Dec
TikTok is offering users hundreds of dollars in Shop credits to spend time in the app, invite friends to join, and purchase products, ahead of a possible US ban (Alexandra S. Levine/Bloomberg)

Alexandra S. Levine / Bloomberg: TikTok is offering users hundreds of dollars in Shop credits [...]

11
Dec
Sources: EU regulators asked Google for more info in October about a secret ads partnership with Meta which skirted Google's own rules for targeting minors (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: EU regulators asked Google for more info in October about a secret [...]

10
Dec
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 (Margherita Bassi/Gizmodo)

Margherita Bassi / Gizmodo: A study involving 747,604 women finds those who paid extra for [...]

09
Dec
Meta says there are no plans to release its AI-powered coding tool Metamate externally; Metamate lacks the more autonomous, agent-like features of rivals' tools (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Meta says there are no plans to release its AI-powered coding tool Metamate [...]

08
Dec
Galaxy Research: crypto lending via DeFi apps and centralized providers grew ~3x YoY to $36.8B in the first nine months of 2024; DeFi lender apps handled ~$31B (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Galaxy Research: crypto lending via DeFi apps and centralized providers grew ~3x YoY to [...]

07
Dec
In a recent discussion, YC partners said the incubator was deluged with applications from startups looking to develop AI agents, which could become the new SaaS (John Thornhill/Financial Times)

Enhance support agent productivity with Zoho Marketplace  —  Zoho Desk is a customer service platform [...]

06
Dec