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Nikkei Asia: Japan’s Kyocera plans to spend ~$470M over six years on a new chip materials plant in Nagasaki prefecture, its first domestic production facility in two decades  —  Manufacturer chooses Nagasaki for its first new domestic factory in 20 years  —  KYOTO, Japan — Kyocera will invest 62 billion yen … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Schoon / 9to5Google: Report: Phil Harrison, the head of defunct cloud gaming service Google Stadia, left the company in January 2023; Harrison joined Google as a VP in January 2018  —  When Google launched Stadia, it put gaming industry veteran Phil Harrison at the lead.  Now, it’s been confirmed Harrison has left the company. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT says the government does not plan to regulate AI growth, calling the sector “significant and strategic” for the country  —  India does not plan to regulate the growth of AI within the South Asian market, identifying the sector as a “significant and strategic” area for the nation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games Group plans to acquire US-based mobile game maker Scopely for $4.9B; Scopely was reportedly valued at $5.4B in October 2021  —  Savvy Games Group announced an agreement to acquire Scopely, a maker of mobile games including “Star Trek Fleet Command,” “Marvel Strike Force … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google says Play Store apps that allow account creation will soon need to let users “initiate account and data deletion from within the app and online”  —  Google is continuing its work on Data safety in the Play Store by requiring that developers provide a way for users to delete their account data. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Deutsche Telekom CEO Tim Höttges says that the German telecom has a majority stake in T-Mobile US, or “the world’s most valuable telecommunications company”  —  Deutsche Telekom (DTEGn.DE) now holds a majority in T-Mobile U.S. (TMUS.O), the chief executive of the German telecoms company said on Wednesday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Stripe processed $817B in transactions in 2022, up 26% YoY, vs. 60% growth from 2020 to 2021; new customers grew 19% YoY, of which 55% were outside of the US  —  Stripe, the payments and fintech giant currently valued at $50 billion, sometimes feels like it has been forever on the brink of a public listing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India’s Ministry of Electronics and IT says the government does not plan to regulate the growth of AI, calling it a “significant and strategic” sector  —  India does not plan to regulate the growth of AI within the South Asian market, identifying the sector as a “significant and strategic” area for the nation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Spangler / Variety: Saudi Arabia’s Savvy Games Group agrees to acquire mobile game maker Scopely for $4.9B; founded in 2011, Scopely was reportedly valued at $5.4B in October 2021  —  Savvy Games Group announced an agreement to acquire Scopely, a maker of mobile games including “Star Trek Fleet Command,” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: MobileCoin Chief Product Officer Bob Lee, who worked on CashApp as Square’s CTO and on Android at Google, dies after reportedly being stabbed in San Francisco  —  Bob Lee, the chief product officer at MobileCoin, was killed in a fatal stabbing in San Francisco. Lees verder op Tech Meme