Carmen Reinicke / Bloomberg:
Super Micro hires BDO USA as its new independent auditor and files a plan to come into compliance with Nasdaq listing requirements; SMCI jumps 29%+ pre-market — – The company filed a plan to stay listed on the Nasdaq — Super Micro said it appointed a new auditor in press release
Google and Nvidia say Google’s Quantum AI division will use Nvidia’s Eos supercomputer to speed up the design of quantum components (Ian King/Bloomberg)
Ian King / Bloomberg:
Google and Nvidia say Google’s Quantum AI division will use Nvidia’s Eos supercomputer to speed up the design of quantum components — – Project will use Nvidia’s Eos supercomputer to run simulations — Quantum computing remains a long-range bet for tech industry
US federal data shows nearly 1.8M human warehouse workers, up 30% since early 2020, despite automation efforts, as robots struggle at crucial, simple tasks (Peter Eavis/New York Times)
Peter Eavis / New York Times:
US federal data shows nearly 1.8M human warehouse workers, up 30% since early 2020, despite automation efforts, as robots struggle at crucial, simple tasks — The machines can load and unload trucks, move goods and do other repetitive tasks but are stymied by some, like picking items from a pile.
Sources: Alibaba, ByteDance, and Meituan have been expanding their AI teams in Silicon Valley in recent months, despite US efforts to stymie Chinese companies (Eleanor Olcott/Financial Times)
Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times:
Sources: Alibaba, ByteDance, and Meituan have been expanding their AI teams in Silicon Valley in recent months, despite US efforts to stymie Chinese companies — Alibaba, ByteDance and Meituan seek to poach top talent from US rivals despite Washington’s chip curbs
Sources: Huawei is designing its next two Ascend chips around a 7nm architecture, meaning its marquee chips will be stuck with aging tech until at least 2026 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg:
Sources: Huawei is designing its next two Ascend chips around a 7nm architecture, meaning its marquee chips will be stuck with aging tech until at least 2026 — – The Chinese firm’s AI chips will use existing 7nm tech in 2025 — The US has cut off China’s access to the best chip equipment
Sources: Sony is in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the Japanese media powerhouse behind the Elden Ring game, in the coming weeks; Kadokawa had a ~$2.7B market cap (Reuters)
Reuters:
Sources: Sony is in talks to acquire Kadokawa, the Japanese media powerhouse behind the Elden Ring game, in the coming weeks; Kadokawa had a ~$2.7B market cap — Sony (6758.T) is in talks to acquire Kadokawa (9468.T), the Japanese media powerhouse behind the “Elden Ring” game …
Social media users criticize Coca-Cola over an AI-generated Christmas video; many creatives say it is distasteful to use AI tech instead of the work of artists (Bruna Horvath/NBC News)
Bruna Horvath / NBC News:
Social media users criticize Coca-Cola over an AI-generated Christmas video; many creatives say it is distasteful to use AI tech instead of the work of artists — The video was meant to pay homage to a classic 1995 Coca-Cola commercial. — Coca-Cola is facing backlash online …
Atomico: European startups are on track to raise $45B in 2024, down from $47B in 2023, with only $3B in IPO value and $10B in M&A through mid-November (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Atomico: European startups are on track to raise $45B in 2024, down from $47B in 2023, with only $3B in IPO value and $10B in M&A through mid-November — Funding for European tech appears to have stabilized in 2024 after dropping precipitously in 2023, but the signs continue to point …
An interview with Meta’s heads of design for wearables Joshua To and Michelle Pujals on Orion’s design, aiming to make Orion the AirPods of AR, and more (Mark Wilson/Fast Company)
Mark Wilson / Fast Company:
An interview with Meta’s heads of design for wearables Joshua To and Michelle Pujals on Orion’s design, aiming to make Orion the AirPods of AR, and more — Meta’s heads of design for wearables tell the exclusive design story behind their upcoming Orion AR glasses. — Meta knows exactly what it doesn’t want to do.
Los Angeles-based Moonvalley, which is developing “transparent” generative AI video tools, raised a $70M seed co-led by General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Los Angeles-based Moonvalley, which is developing “transparent” generative AI video tools, raised a $70M seed co-led by General Catalyst and Khosla Ventures — The wide availability of tools to build generative AI has led to a Cambrian explosion of startups in the space.
