Tech Meme

Financial Times: Naspers and Prosus CEO Fabricio Bloisi says he is overhauling corporate culture and pay structures in search of growth beyond Prosus’ $115B stake in Tencent  —  Fabricio Bloisi will overhaul corporate culture and pay structures in search of growth beyond its stake in the Chinese internet giant Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: Banks and regulators warn of a rise in QR code phishing scams, which experts say are most commonly deployed in emails to evade corporate cyber security filters  —  HSBC, Santander and the US Federal Trade Commission concerned over email attacks that bypass cyber-defences Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: How Jeff Bezos, who bought the Washington Post in 2013 and a DC mansion in 2016, never made a splash in the capital, visiting only on occasion for glitzy events  —  The billionaire made splashy purchases of The Washington Post and a mansion in Washington.  But his status as a power player in the nation’s capital was never realized. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Analysis of trade data: Mumbai-based Shreya Life Sciences exported 1,111 of Dell’s advanced PowerEdge XE9680 servers, worth $300M+, to Russia in April to August  —  Trade-tracking data show that the Indian firm is selling top-end Dell servers optimized for artificial intelligence to Russia. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli / Financial Times: EssilorLuxottica gives “full support” to Chief Strategy Officer Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio after an Italian hacking probe; the company is not part of the probe  —  EssilorLuxottica has expressed its “full support” to chief strategy officer Leonardo Maria Del Vecchio … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fred Lambert / Electrek: Elon Musk says there’s a “chance” that HW3, in millions of Teslas, “does not achieve the safety level that allows for unsupervised FSD” and floats free upgrades  —  Elon Musk finally admits Tesla’s HW3 might not support full self-driving and that he doesn’t actually know what it will take. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at the M4 Macs coming this week; sources say Apple’s home smart display will have an iMac G4-like base and a square screen about the size of two iPhones  —  Also: fresh details on the company’s upcoming smart home device.  —  Apple kicks off a Mac overhaul this week that centers on new M4 chips. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Claire Jiao / Bloomberg: Indonesia bans the sale of the iPhone 16 series, claiming that Apple has not fulfilled its 40% local content requirements and hasn’t met investment commitments  —  – Indonesia says Apple hasn’t fulfilled investment pledges  — Rivals Samsung, Xiaomi have set up local factories to comply Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fred Lambert / Electrek: Elon Musk says there’s a “chance” HW3 systems, in millions of Teslas, do “not achieve the safety level” for unsupervised FSD and floats free upgrades from HW3  —  Elon Musk finally admits Tesla’s HW3 might not support full self-driving and that he doesn’t actually know what it will take. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leo Lewis / Financial Times: Analysis: Japan has too many startups that IPO too early amid a lack of late-stage funding, hurting unicorns, and funding is set to fall ~33% from 2022 to 2024  —  The country urgently needs a vibrant business pipeline to replace the unicorn’s unambitious cousin Lees verder op Tech Meme