The Brutalist Report - techmeme
- How AI is helping geologists identify thousands of slopes around the world at high risk of slipping by analyzing data from satellites and ground-based sensors (Chris Baraniuk/BBC) [1h]
- Large US corporations are not ditching core business software for AI yet, instead seeking better vendor deals and "vibe-coding" smaller apps and customizations (Belle Lin/Wall Street Journal) [1h]
- Sources: worsening supply constraints in CPUs made by Intel and AMD add a fresh blow to PC and server makers already hit by a severe memory chip shortage (Nikkei Asia) [2h]
- Sources: China bars Manus co-founders Xiao Hong and Ji Yichao from leaving the country as it reviews whether Meta's $2B acquisition of Manus violates FDI rules (Financial Times) [2h]
- The Trump administration settles the 2022 Murthy v. Missouri case, preventing the Surgeon General, CDC, and CISA from pressuring social media to suppress speech (Mike Scarcella/Reuters) [4h]
- Filing: Meta offers top executives stock options for the first time since its 2012 IPO to retain talent, if it hits stock-price milestones in the coming years (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg) [4h]
- Amity, a Thailand-based startup that provides generative AI tools to businesses like retail and telecom, raised $100M in a Series D as it plans for a 2027 IPO (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg) [4h]
- Neal Stephenson says he no longer believes head-mounted displays are the future, citing public discomfort with the devices and a general distrust of the users (Neal Stephenson/Graphomane) [5h]
- Sources: some Sora team members were surprised by OpenAI's sudden decision to end Sora support, just a day after OpenAI posted a blog on Sora safety standards (Reuters) [6h]
- Source: Meta's rollout of Meta Ray-Ban Display in the EU has been hampered by regulations on AI features and removable batteries, as well as supply constraints (Bloomberg) [6h]
- Source: SpaceX is aiming to file its IPO prospectus with regulators later this week or next week, and could try to raise more than $75B (The Information) [7h]
- Spotify is beta testing Artist Profile Protection, allowing artists to review releases before they go live to prevent AI tracks from being attributed to them (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch) [7h]
- SK Hynix has submitted a confidential filing to the SEC for a possible listing of American depositary receipts in 2026; it reportedly considers raising ~$10B (Reuters) [7h]
- Meta announces new shopping and ad features, including affiliate marketing tools for Instagram and Facebook creators and a "buy now" button for Facebook ads (Sydney Bradley/Business Insider) [7h]
- A US judge dismisses a lawsuit against Meta by Attaullah Baig, former head of cybersecurity at WhatsApp, who alleged Meta ignored critical security flaws (Carly Nairn/Courthouse News Service) [8h]
- Databricks launches Lakewatch, a security information and event management service, and announces acquisitions of security startups Antimatter and SiftD (Jordan Novet/CNBC) [8h]
- Sources: Anduril, Palantir, and Scale AI are part of the group developing software to run President Trump's planned $185B Golden Dome antimissile shield (Drew FitzGerald/Wall Street Journal) [8h]
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