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Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: IBM plans to acquire cloud IT management startup Apptio for $4.6B in cash from Vista Equity Partners, which paid $1.94B to take Apptio private in 2018  —  As cloud architecture continues to more ubiquitous among organizations, increasingly what is more apparent is that many organizations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: A profile of Korean chip engineer Choi Jin-seok, who embarked on a quixotic mission to lead China’s industry after his career stalled and faces IP theft charges  —  In 2006, a Korean engineer called Choi Jin-seok achieved a feat that earned him the nickname “master of semiconductor yield”. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hope King / Axios: Amazon plans to build a local delivery network in 23 states by tapping thousands of small US businesses, such as bodegas and florists, to deliver packages  —  Amazon plans to tap thousands of U.S. small businesses, from bodegas to florists, to deliver its packages by the end of the year, Axios is first to report. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: A look at Harry and Meghan’s Hollywood flop in streaming’s era of slower growth; sources: Netflix is unlikely to renew their $100M deal, which runs through 2025  —  They arrived three years ago with royal star power amid a streaming boom, but have notched more cancellations and rejections than produced shows Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Japan announces a $6.3B deal to buy and privatize JSR, a maker of photoresists that controls the global supply of key chipmaking chemicals with two other firms  —  Japan’s government unveiled a $6.3 billion deal to buy out and privatize JSR Corp., taking direct control of the world leader … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kevin J. Delaney / Charter: Q&A with Microsoft’s Jared Spataro on AI tools advancing knowledge work, increasing worker creativity, being “usefully wrong”, automating work away, and more  —  Microsoft over the past few years has released some of the most interesting research about how people work … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: As the use of AI-generated ads in political campaigns increases globally, consultants, election researchers, and lawmakers push for setting up new guardrails  —  Gaps in campaign rules allow politicians to spread images and messaging generated by increasingly powerful artificial intelligence technology. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Grace Kay / Insider: Blind: ~56% of US tech workers would accept equal or less pay in a new role, and ~45% of those say the uncertain job market is the main reason they would do so  —  – The majority of tech workers in a Blind survey said they’d accept equal or lower pay.  — Many of those surveyed attributed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yuval Mann / Ynetnews: An interview with early Waze investors Yahal Zilka and Ehud Levy on why they invested, the impact of Google’s acquisition on Israel’s tech industry, and more  —  The disregard for map companies, the dilemma between BlackBerry and iPhone, the indifference on the part of Tim Cook … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jessica Gould / Gothamist: NYC says the MOVEit flaw exposed ~45K students’ data, following March 2022’s breach of ~820K students’ data via the Illuminate Education grading software hack  —  We rely on your support to make local news available to all  —  Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023. Lees verder op Tech Meme