Financial Times: Sources: China’s $41B chip fund is struggling to raise capital from local governments and state-owned enterprises, which are grappling with an economic slowdown — Biggest financing round to date to support domestic semiconductor industry struggles to attract capital Lees verder op Tech Meme
Washington Post: Sources and new documents detail how Facebook execs repeatedly shied away from punishing the BJP or associated accounts in India for hate speech and propaganda — SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly three years ago, Facebook’s propaganda hunters uncovered a vast social media influence operation … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: French billionaire Xavier Niel plans to invest €200M in AI projects, including an Nvidia cloud supercomputer, a research lab in Paris, and an annual conference — Projects include cloud supercomputer, Paris research centre and annual conference — French billionaire Xavier Niel … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Leo Schwartz / Fortune: MoneyGram plans to launch a non-custodial wallet in Q1 2024, letting users move funds between fiat and USDC, limited to ~40 countries with a digital KYC process — The global payments platform MoneyGram announced on Tuesday that it’s launching a non-custodial wallet to help … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: Over a dozen senior executives left Binance over the past three months; Kaiko: Binance now handles ~50% of all direct crypto trades, vs. ~70% in January 2023 — ‘Every battle is a do-or-die situation,’ Binance co-founder Yi He writes — After FTX crashed, the world of crypto seemed to belong to the largest exchange, Binance. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: The federal judge overseeing US et al v. Google says documents used during the trial can be posted online at the end of each day, resolving a weeklong dispute — – DOJ, Google disputed how quickly to post court exhibits online — Judge says access should happen ‘as soon as it is reasonable’ Lees verder op Tech Meme
Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft starts rolling out a Windows 11 update that adds the new Windows Copilot and, over the coming months, AI updates to Paint, Snipping Tool, and Photos — Microsoft is releasing one of its biggest updates to Windows 11 today. It includes access to the new Windows Copilot … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: French billionaire Xavier Niel plans to invest €200M in AI projects, including an Nvidia cloud supercomputer, a research lab in Paris, and an annual conference — Projects include cloud supercomputer, Paris research centre and annual conference — French billionaire Xavier Niel … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Meir Orbach / CTech: Sources: Palo Alto Networks is in negotiations to acquire Tel Aviv-based startups Dig Security for $300M to $400M and Talon Cyber Security for $600M to $700M — Palo Alto is closing on two acquisitions of Israeli startups, with negotiations currently also ongoing to purchase Talon Cyber Security for $600-$700 million Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wesley Yin-Poole / IGN: Sony opens an investigation after ransomware group “Ransomed.vc” claimed to have breached the company’s systems and threatened to sell or post the stolen data — Data reportedly up for sale. — Sony has said it has launched an investigation after a ransomware group claimed to have breached the company’s systems. Lees verder op Tech Meme