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In China's information war against Taiwan, Beijing increasingly leverages Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and other lifestyle and shopping apps, aided by a shared language (Emma Graham-Harrison/The Guardian) 14-08-2023

Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian: In China’s information war against Taiwan, Beijing increasingly leverages Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and other lifestyle and shopping apps, aided by a shared language  —  Lifestyle and shopping apps are the latest weapons in Beijing’s information war against its neighbour  —  Emma Graham-Harrison and Chi-Hui Lin in Taichung Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ford hires former Apple VP of Services Peter Stern, who helped build Apple TV+, to form a team improving customers' software experience, part of the Ford+ plan (Andrew J. Hawkins/The Verge) 14-08-2023

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Ford hires former Apple VP of Services Peter Stern, who helped build Apple TV+, to form a team improving customers’ software experience, part of the Ford+ plan  —  / Stern will oversee an effort to ‘create and market innovative customer experiences by integrating hardware, software and services.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

PayPal names Intuit SVP Alex Chriss as its CEO, replacing longtime CEO Dan Schulman on September 27; the board cited Chriss' work acquiring Mailchimp for $12B (Ashley Capoot/CNBC) 14-08-2023

Ashley Capoot / CNBC: PayPal names Intuit SVP Alex Chriss as its CEO, replacing longtime CEO Dan Schulman on September 27; the board cited Chriss’ work acquiring Mailchimp for $12B  —  – Alex Chriss, the executive who runs the Small Business and Self-Employed group for Intuit, is the new CEO of PayPal, members of PayPal’s board announced Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Foxconn reports Q2 revenue down 14% YoY to ~$40.9B, net profit down 1% YoY to ~$1B, beating analyst estimates of ~$801M, and issues a cautious H2 2023 outlook (Reuters) 14-08-2023

Reuters: Foxconn reports Q2 revenue down 14% YoY to ~$40.9B, net profit down 1% YoY to ~$1B, beating analyst estimates of ~$801M, and issues a cautious H2 2023 outlook  —  Apple (AAPL.O) supplier Foxconn (2317.TW) beat estimates for second-quarter earnings on Monday thanks to a booming artificial intelligence sector … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mobile phone shipments crossed 2B cumulative units under the “Make in India” initiative between 2014 and 2022, a 23% CAGR, for 98% of local shipments in 2022 (Prachir Singh/Counterpoint Research) 14-08-2023

Prachir Singh / Counterpoint Research: Mobile phone shipments crossed 2B cumulative units under the “Make in India” initiative between 2014 and 2022, a 23% CAGR, for 98% of local shipments in 2022  —  – India’s mobile phone production grew at a CAGR of 23% during 2014-2022 to cross a cumulative 2bn units. Lees verder op Tech Meme

In Taiwan, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and other lifestyle and shopping apps are increasingly becoming part of China's information war, aided by a shared language (Emma Graham-Harrison/The Guardian) 14-08-2023

Emma Graham-Harrison / The Guardian: In Taiwan, Douyin, Xiaohongshu, and other lifestyle and shopping apps are increasingly becoming part of China’s information war, aided by a shared language  —  Lifestyle and shopping apps are the latest weapons in Beijing’s information war against its neighbour  —  Emma Graham-Harrison and Chi-Hui Lin in Taichung Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at the years of warnings about AI from researchers, including several women of color, who say we need to take the problems and risks seriously today (Lorena O'Neil/Rolling Stone) 14-08-2023

Lorena O’Neil / Rolling Stone: A look at the years of warnings about AI from researchers, including several women of color, who say we need to take the problems and risks seriously today  —  Today the risks of artificial intelligence are clear — but the warning signs have been there all along  —  T  —  IMNIT GEBRU DIDN’T set out to work in AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

How Unilever, Siemens, Maersk, and other big companies are using AI to negotiate contracts, find new suppliers, and navigate other complex supply chain issues (Financial Times) 14-08-2023

Financial Times: How Unilever, Siemens, Maersk, and other big companies are using AI to negotiate contracts, find new suppliers, and navigate other complex supply chain issues  —  Geopolitical tensions and new laws requiring companies to monitor environmental and human rights abuses in their supply networks drive interest Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anthropic raised $100M from South Korea-based SK Telecom, which also invested in Anthropic in May 2023, as the two aim to build a telco-focused multilingual LLM (Joyce Lee/Reuters) 14-08-2023

Joyce Lee / Reuters: Anthropic raised $100M from South Korea-based SK Telecom, which also invested in Anthropic in May 2023, as the two aim to build a telco-focused multilingual LLM  —  South Korea’s largest telco SK Telecom (017670.KS) said it will invest $100 million in U.S. artificial intelligence firm Anthropic … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at publishers' legal fight against the Internet Archive's book lending program; the Internet Archive agreed to drop the publishers' “full book catalogs” (David Streitfeld/New York Times) 14-08-2023

David Streitfeld / New York Times: A look at publishers’ legal fight against the Internet Archive’s book lending program; the Internet Archive agreed to drop the publishers’ “full book catalogs”  —  In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle’s Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library.  Publishers sued. Lees verder op Tech Meme