TSMC will start making advanced 3-nanometer chips in Japan, stepping up plans to manufacture semiconductors in the country in a triumph for Sanae Takaichi’s technology ambitions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/05/companies/tsmc-plan-upgrade-chip-plant/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #tsmc #kumamoto #manufacturing #nvidia #apple #sanaetakaichi #ai #taiwan #tech
Panasonic Holdings says it has lowered its consolidated operating and net profit estimates for the year ending in March, due to rising restructuring costs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/02/05/companies/panasonic-cut-profit-estimates/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #panasonic #tech
Billy Smith
and 3 others
boosted
Something snapped into place in my mind. There is an anti-AI position that has absolutely nothing to do with luddism, or any other anti-tech position.
AI is cognitive suburbanization.
Think about it. Architecting everything so that I can't do even the most basic thing without gratuitously using a big, bloated, planet-destroying energy hog- one that *in theory* saves time, but actually just wastes it. Reducing all my options to the same generic, regurgitated, cookie cutter slop.
Alex Akselrod
and 1 other
boosted
A coalition of nonprofits is demanding that the U.S. government block Grok — the chatbot that was accused of generating thousands of nonconsensual explicit images per hour, which were then disseminated on X — from being used in federal agencies. @Techcrunch has more:
#Tech #X #Grok #AI #Technology #ArtificialIntelligence #ElonMusk
David Gerard
and 1 other
boosted
People often struggle to find good follows on Fedi. I just realized I have a great resource for this: the list of everyone I've cited for the Product Picnic newsletter over the past year and a bit!
If your feed feels "dead" or not interesting, inject some active #UX #tech #product #research people into it (as well as authors/academics writing about these topics):
@iris_meredith
@GIFmodel
@davidgerard
@tottinge
@doriantaylor
@ronbronson
@emilymbender
@RayNewman
@Chronotope
@mulegirl
@dcr
1/
Andreas Wagner
boosted
TL;DR: Anthropic's entry into the legal tech space disrupts the industry, raising concerns as suppliers transition into direct competitors, leading to a notable decline in legal tech's stability. https://abovethelaw.com/2026/02/anthropic-enters-legal-tech-legal-tech-enters-freefall/ #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
Julien Deswaef :tw:
boosted
How do you bring AI diagnostics to low-resource environments?
MSF and Thoughtworks scaled Antibiogo, a lightweight Android app using image recognition to interpret antibiotic tests without specialist labs.
🔗 Read the story: https://tinyurl.com/5epekc7p
TL;DR: Anthropic's entry into the legal tech space disrupts the industry, raising concerns as suppliers transition into direct competitors, leading to a notable decline in legal tech's stability. https://abovethelaw.com/2026/02/anthropic-enters-legal-tech-legal-tech-enters-freefall/ #law #tech #legaltech ⚖️ 🤖 #autosum
pvergain (framapiaf)
boosted
February often brings a bit more attention to FOSS, and FOSDEM is one of those moments where the community comes together.
For us, being there is a reminder of why XWiki is built in the open. Real usage, honest feedback, and long-term collaboration shape the project far more than any roadmap alone.
If you’re interested in contributing, there are many ways to get involved:
https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Contributing
Development happens here:
https://github.com/xwiki
Your weary 'net denizen
and 2 others
boosted
People often struggle to find good follows on Fedi. I just realized I have a great resource for this: the list of everyone I've cited for the Product Picnic newsletter over the past year and a bit!
If your feed feels "dead" or not interesting, inject some active #UX #tech #product #research people into it (as well as authors/academics writing about these topics):
@iris_meredith
@GIFmodel
@davidgerard
@tottinge
@doriantaylor
@ronbronson
@emilymbender
@RayNewman
@Chronotope
@mulegirl
@dcr
1/
February often brings a bit more attention to FOSS, and FOSDEM is one of those moments where the community comes together.
For us, being there is a reminder of why XWiki is built in the open. Real usage, honest feedback, and long-term collaboration shape the project far more than any roadmap alone.
If you’re interested in contributing, there are many ways to get involved:
https://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Community/Contributing
Development happens here:
https://github.com/xwiki
Dear #Fediverse people,
Sometime ago someone shared a detailed (including tech) analysis on Telegram & reasons for not using it. Somehow I can't seem to find this back. If you know what I mean, would you please be so kind to share a link? Thanks!