Tech Meme

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 agree to a deal with Amazon to put free streamer Freely, developed by joint venture Everyone TV, on Amazon’s smart TVs  —  Agreement with US tech company is set to provide a boost to broadcasters’ new platform Freely  —  BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stu Woo / Wall Street Journal: How Malaysia’s Johor went from a backwater to having one of the world’s biggest AI data center construction projects, with an estimated ~$3.8B invested in 2024  —  Blackstone and TikTok’s parent are among those investing in data centers in Malaysia’s Johor, known for palm-oil plantations Lees verder op Tech Meme

Olesia Safronova / Bloomberg: A Ukrainian official says the country’s hackers carried out a cyberattack that took down the online broadcasts of 20+ Russian broadcasters, including Rossiya 24  —  – Russian state media reported ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack  — Disruption coincided with Russian president’s 72nd birthday Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Samsung says it is not interested in spinning off its contract chip manufacturing business; sources say it has struggled to win big orders to fill chip capacity  —  Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) is not interested in spinning off its contract chip manufacturing business … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Samsung says it is not interested in spinning off its contract chip manufacturing business; sources say it has struggled to win big orders for new chip capacity  —  Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) is not interested in spinning off its contract chip manufacturing business … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Philip Heijmans / Bloomberg: UN report: cyber crime syndicates raked in as much as $37B in 2023 and are growing in Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, and across Southeast Asia despite police efforts  —  – Operations are becoming more professionalized with use of AI  — Casinos, hotels and SEZs being used by cyber crime groups Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: How Chinese e-commerce companies like Pinduoduo pushing to lower prices are making China’s deflation worse; HSBC says ~60% of Chinese consumers use e-commerce  —  The push by Pinduoduo to lower prices has helped it become one of China’s fastest-growing e-commerce apps, and epitomizes a broader force plaguing the economy. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Investigation: police in 15 US states used facial recognition in 1,000+ cases since 2020 and routinely failed to tell defendants about their use of the software  —  A Post investigation found that many defendants were unaware of the technology’s role in linking them to crimes, leading to questions of fairness. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniel Thomas / Financial Times: The BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and Channel 5 agree a deal with Amazon to put free streamer Freely, developed by joint venture Everyone TV, on Amazon’s US smart TVs  —  Agreement with US tech company is set to provide a boost to broadcasters’ new platform Freely  —  BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: SportQuake: crypto companies have spent a record of almost £130M on Premier League sponsorship deals for the 2024/25 season, buoyed by tighter gambling rules  —  English football club deals with crypto firms are at a record high. … The flood of crypto money into English football is continuing … Lees verder op Tech Meme