Tech Brew Ride Home Thu. 12/07 – Zuck Keeps A Promise
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Dec 7, 2023 Meta finally delivers on its promise of default end-to-end encryption for Messenger, marking a big win for user privacy. Apple comes clean about how it may have been spying through notifications, raising eyebrows. AMD steps up with its latest GPUs, claiming a significant performance edge over Nvidia. Meanwhile, Microsoft gears up for an AI-infused Windows release slated for 2024. Add to this Apple’s intriguing new machine learning framework, and tech enthusiasts have plenty to chew on.
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Meta Encrypts Messenger
- Meta has finally enabled end-to-end encryption by default for one-on-one Messenger chats and calls.
- Group chats and Instagram messages are still not encrypted by default.
Notification Spying
- Apple and Google are now revealing that U.S. law enforcement can obtain Apple IDs and push notification data.
- Senator Ron Wyden is pushing for transparency from Apple, Google, and the Justice Department regarding data requests.
AMD Challenges NVIDIA
- AMD launched the Instinct MI300X and MI300A AI accelerators, claiming superior performance to NVIDIA's H100.
- The MI300X boasts 1.6x better performance in inference and double the HBM3 memory capacity.