1br0wn

1br0wn, 8 hours ago to ai

‘The idea of #AI wearables is not new. Enough time may have passed for Silicon Valley to forget the debacle of Google #Glass, the AI-powered headset that the search company launched in 2013 but largely abandoned just two years later. But the reaction to #Humane will only fuel suspicion that the latest attempts to reboot Glass are just another manifestation of an AI funding bubble.’ https://www.ft.com/content/ccec597d-11bb-4105-858f-78580d4331a1

1br0wn, 8 hours ago to random

‘The cabinet of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida recently approved landmark legislation aimed at preventing the largest online platforms from using their dominance in mobile software to thwart the entry of new rivals.

‘The rules — a narrower version of the EU’s sweeping Digital Markets Act — seek to offer more choices for consumers, such as by making it easier to switch between mobile operating systems and allowing users to download apps from other sources.’
https://on.ft.com/4ajcSbA

1br0wn, 19 hours ago to random

‘British broadcasters have warned that terrestrial television is in danger of becoming economically unviable as more people opt to watch online, according to a UK government-commissioned report about the future of TV.’ https://www.ft.com/content/0bb4f0a2-c31d-4479-b268-b84dc88fc341

1br0wn, 20 hours ago to random

Really ironic to hear this from Jobs, when sadly the company he built then rejuvenated has become a monopoly no longer focused on customers or product improvement 🤷🏻‍♂️
https://chaos.social/@obrhoff/112369907442905273

DanielRThomas, 21 hours ago to random

I now have an official work S/MIME certificate for signing my email :-) (and digitally signing documents). Possibly one of only 2 or 3 people across the uni with this (I needed it to sign a letter for someone from a country where digital signatures on documents are normal). #SMIME #EmailSecurity #Certificate

1br0wn, 1 day ago to random

‘the adoption of 🇺🇸 #ChipsAct in 2022, which provided $39bn of grant incentives to support the semiconductor industry, had primed a torrent of private sector investment. An additional $447bn of investment has since been announced in 83 separate projects across 25 states. The report forecasts that the US will now increase its share of global manufacturing capacity for leading edge chips (below 10 nanometres) to 28% of the total by 2032 from 0% today.’ https://www.ft.com/content/0d39e8f0-38ba-40aa-8ec8-d04e82afb690

nysmill, 1 day ago to Signal French

Aucune nouvelle de l'intéropérabilité entre #whatsapp et #signal ?

#dma #Europe

1br0wn, 2 days ago to meta

‘#Meta’s ad tools are formidable, for everyone from your neighbourhood takeaway to multinational giants, and it’s a mammoth effort to stop the gap from widening further. It’s too soon to say whether #Snap’s efforts to close it will be successful – but it’s the things hidden from the normal users, as much as anything they can see on their phones, that will decide the next decade for the company.’ #Facebook #Snapchat https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/may/07/techscape-newsletter-snapchat

mikarv, 2 days ago to random

absolute chaos on a new unmoderated listserv this week as tens of people used the ‘thumbs up’ feature in outlook, which apparently now sends an email, causing an unstoppable torrent

1br0wn, 5 days ago to random

‘Despite the new hopes, experts such as IBM’s Jay Gambetta admit that their plans to get to full quantum computing could still be derailed. Predicting when necessary algorithmic breakthroughs will be made to make error correction practical is harder to predict than creating a road map for scaling up hardware, he said.’
https://on.ft.com/4a4TNd1

robin, 6 days ago to random

Hey look, we're in The Guardian with @mariafarrell!
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/04/the-internet-is-in-decline-it-needs-rewilding

1br0wn, 7 days ago to random

“Federated systems…promise a different kind of model for how social media…might re-emerge. A social media that is adaptive, not reliant on a small team of people to address its challenges (safety being a principle one, that even well funded and well intentioned teams struggle with, and which within corporations ultimately takes a backseat to the whims of CEOs and needs of shareholders, as we’ve seen to pretty devastating effect with Twitter’s demise).”
https://toot.cafe/@bkardell/112377185871931075

1br0wn, 8 days ago to apple

‘In contrast to American peers such as Dell and HP, #Apple has deepened its relationship with Asia’s biggest economy, adding even more #China-headquartered companies and manufacturing sites in the country to its list of top suppliers last year.’
https://on.ft.com/3UncsLw

1br0wn, 8 days ago to TikTok

#TikTok and #UniversalMusicGroup 'said the deal would deliver improved pay terms for Universal artists, provide new promotional opportunities for recordings and songs and introduce “industry-leading protections” on #generativeAI.’ https://www.theguardian.com/music/article/2024/may/02/universal-signs-tiktok-deal-allowing-artists-back-on-platform

1br0wn, 9 days ago to ai

‘For those looking for a sign of peak #AI hype, the focus should be on the mismatch between steep valuations and the slower than expected pace of broader enterprise adoption of AI, rather than normal cyclical forces.' #chips #ASML #TSMC #Samsung #Nvidia #Arm https://www.ft.com/content/b7462460-c7bd-4231-aca5-310da6bc6517

1br0wn, 9 days ago to random

Greece's tax authority ‘uses electronic maps and live images from drones relayed on big screens to direct tax inspectors on the ground. “HY26 can you hear us?” a co-ordinator asked inspectors about to enter a flower store in central Athens.’ 😳 https://www.ft.com/content/ab38abb0-7973-4421-a359-ba446a12ad44

1br0wn, 9 days ago to AWS

‘While growth in #AWS has slowed over the past year as businesses have trimmed their spending on cloud ­services, [CEO] Andy Jassy…said that for #Amazon “there is a big opportunity in front of us” in servicing artificial intelligence (#AI) customers.

‘He said: “The combination of companies renewing their infrastructure modernisation ­efforts and the appeal of AWS’s AI capabilities is re­accelerating AWS’s growth rate now at a $100 billion annual revenue run rate.”’
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/e83a73fb-f679-46cd-b407-98cbbb530728?shareToken=d7a2d3e51a2c3cf825c85385ddd3d0a6

1br0wn, 9 days ago to random

Register now for the ECN #DigitalMarketsAct Conference on 24 June 2024 in Amsterdam! I’ll be there speaking about #interoperability, alongside @EC_Commissioner_Vestager, Spotify, Mozilla, DuckDuckGo, GetYourGuide, TomTom, Allegro, Bol.com and many others #DMA https://registraid.com/acm/participant

1br0wn, 10 days ago to France

“Overall, #Macron has not dispelled the perception that his initiatives are designed primarily to bolster #France’s military-industrial interests and shore up the waning influence of a decaying mid-size power.” 💅🏼 https://www.ft.com/content/45b44e79-bf0d-4351-bfd6-036f5f85ba05

1br0wn, 10 days ago to random

The problem with multi-homing as a "solution" to fragmented public spaces vs #interoperability: you lose very significant positive network effects from the interactions which no longer take place cross-service
https://mastodon.social/@tjmcintyre/112359298963392291

1br0wn, 10 days ago (edited 10 days ago) to random

‘Apple has poached dozens of artificial intelligence experts from Google and has created a secretive European laboratory in Zurich, as the tech giant builds a team to battle rivals in developing new AI models and products.’

‘Erik Woodring, an analyst at Morgan Stanley, said the next iPhone “could become much more of a voice-activated, smart personal assistant, led by an upgraded Siri that could for example interact with all the apps on your phone through voice control”.'https://www.ft.com/content/87054a60-dc4d-4238-a4b9-93ab48f22f56

gaufff, 10 days ago to Europe

I was excited by the #Europe #DMA news back in March, when will we finally be able to communicate with #WhatsApp users from other platforms like #Matrix ?

Does #META have a deadline they must respect?

1br0wn, 10 days ago to random

Maybe @SURF could show @EU_Commission how to do this (rather than closing down their Fedi server, despite intending to keep engaging 🤷🏻‍♂️)
https://social.edu.nl/@wlaatje/112355622831457377