- Broadcom is sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, to get them to buy VMware product bundles (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica)on May 9, 2025 at 03:05
Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: Broadcom is sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, to get them to buy VMware product bundles — Broadcom has been sending cease-and-desist letters to owners of VMware perpetual licenses with expired support contracts, Ars Technica has confirmed.
- Meta rolls out its Account Status feature to Threads, letting users see when the company has removed or demoted posts or handed out other penalties (Karissa Bell/Engadget)on May 9, 2025 at 01:30
Karissa Bell / Engadget: Meta rolls out its Account Status feature to Threads, letting users see when the company has removed or demoted posts or handed out other penalties — Threads will finally start giving users more visibility into when their accounts are penalized for breaking its rules.
- Alibaba researchers detail ZeroSearch, a technique allowing LLMs to develop advanced search capabilities via simulation, claiming it cuts costs by up to 88% (Michael Nuñez/VentureBeat)on May 9, 2025 at 01:00
Michael Nuñez / VentureBeat: Alibaba researchers detail ZeroSearch, a technique allowing LLMs to develop advanced search capabilities via simulation, claiming it cuts costs by up to 88% — Researchers at Alibaba Group have developed a novel approach that could dramatically reduce the cost and complexity of training AI systems …
- Trump threatens to end the Digital Equity Act, a Biden-era law aimed at expanding high-speed internet access, calling it "racist" and "totally unconstitutional" (Chris Cameron/New York Times)on May 9, 2025 at 00:00
Chris Cameron / New York Times: Trump threatens to end the Digital Equity Act, a Biden-era law aimed at expanding high-speed internet access, calling it “racist” and “totally unconstitutional” — President Trump denounced the Biden-era Digital Equity Act as “woke handouts based on race,” …
- Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 27% YoY to $479.1M, vs. $469.3M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue of $500M to $501M, vs. $500.4M est.; NET jumps 8%+ after hours (Reinhardt Krause/Investor's Business ...)on May 8, 2025 at 23:30
Reinhardt Krause / Investor's Business Daily: Cloudflare reports Q1 revenue up 27% YoY to $479.1M, vs. $469.3M est., and forecasts Q2 revenue of $500M to $501M, vs. $500.4M est.; NET jumps 8%+ after hours — Cloudflare (NET) stock climbed Thursday after the company reported first-quarter earnings that met views while revenue topped Wall Street targets.