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Sources: Revolut staff and early investors offloaded nearly $1B in stock in a secondary sale since August 2024, after the UK granted Revolut its banking license (Financial Times) 16-12-2024

Financial Times: Sources: Revolut staff and early investors offloaded nearly $1B in stock in a secondary sale since August 2024, after the UK granted Revolut its banking license  —  Secondary share sales have allowed early investors and staff to crystallise paper gains at $45bn valuation Lees verder op Tech Meme

Workers are adopting generative AI faster than companies can issue guidelines on how to do so; a survey says ~25% of the US workers already use the tech weekly (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times) 16-12-2024

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: Workers are adopting generative AI faster than companies can issue guidelines on how to do so; a survey says ~25% of the US workers already use the tech weekly  —  Staff are adopting large language models faster than companies can issue guidelines on how to do so Lees verder op Tech Meme

Arm and Qualcomm's chip licensing dispute heads to trial in Delaware, in a high-stakes battle set to last about a week over Qualcomm's $1.4B Nuvia acquisition (Michael Acton/Financial Times) 16-12-2024

Michael Acton / Financial Times: Arm and Qualcomm’s chip licensing dispute heads to trial in Delaware, in a high-stakes battle set to last about a week over Qualcomm’s $1.4B Nuvia acquisition  —  Legal fight that started with a $1.4bn acquisition has severely strained companies’ relationship Lees verder op Tech Meme

Fastmarkets: the price of gallium, a metal used to make chips, rose to $595 per kilogram on December 13, the highest since 2011, after China restricted exports (Jack Ryan/Bloomberg) 16-12-2024

Jack Ryan / Bloomberg: Fastmarkets: the price of gallium, a metal used to make chips, rose to $595 per kilogram on December 13, the highest since 2011, after China restricted exports  —  – Metal has applications in semiconductors and TV screens  — Prices assessed by Fastmarkets reached $595 per kilogram Lees verder op Tech Meme

The UK's Ofcom says the Online Safety Act, passed in 2023 to govern illegal material on internet platforms, has taken effect, and plans to expand it in 2025 (Mark Bergen/Bloomberg) 16-12-2024

Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: The UK’s Ofcom says the Online Safety Act, passed in 2023 to govern illegal material on internet platforms, has taken effect, and plans to expand it in 2025  —  – Ofcom released first guidelines for Online Safety Act  — Rules require firms to remove illegal content or face fines Lees verder op Tech Meme

Workers are adopting generative AI faster than companies can issue guidelines on how to do so; a survey says ~25% the US workforce already uses the tech weekly (Stephanie Stacey/Financial Times) 16-12-2024

Stephanie Stacey / Financial Times: Workers are adopting generative AI faster than companies can issue guidelines on how to do so; a survey says ~25% the US workforce already uses the tech weekly  —  Staff are adopting large language models faster than companies can issue guidelines on how to do so Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chinese merchants are rapidly expanding their presence on Russian e-commerce platforms like Ozon Global and Wildberries to find new markets and avoid US tariffs (William Langley/Financial Times) 16-12-2024

William Langley / Financial Times: Chinese merchants are rapidly expanding their presence on Russian e-commerce platforms like Ozon Global and Wildberries to find new markets and avoid US tariffs  —  Ozon and Wildberries welcome Chinese sellers looking for new markets as sanctions hit both countries’ traders Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ad giants Omnicom and Interpublic's merger shows how the industry is preparing for an AI-driven upheaval, which is squeezing out creative talent (Suzanne Vranica/Wall Street Journal) 16-12-2024

Suzanne Vranica / Wall Street Journal: Ad giants Omnicom and Interpublic’s merger shows how the industry is preparing for an AI-driven upheaval, which is squeezing out creative talent  —  Two advertisers are combining into a $30 billion behemoth to harness the data, tech and AI expertise now dominating Madison Avenue—and all the marketing you see Lees verder op Tech Meme

The EU Commission pledges €750M of a €1.5B planned investment to fund AI supercomputers across seven sites to help EU startups compete with global rivals (Pieter Haeck/Politico) 15-12-2024

Pieter Haeck / Politico: The EU Commission pledges €750M of a €1.5B planned investment to fund AI supercomputers across seven sites to help EU startups compete with global rivals  —  BRUSSELS — The European Union has committed hundreds of millions of euros to help startups catch up in the global artificial intelligence race. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The EC pledges €750M of the €1.5B planned investment to fund AI-optimized supercomputers across seven sites to help EU startups compete with global rivals (Pieter Haeck/Politico) 15-12-2024

Pieter Haeck / Politico: The EC pledges €750M of the €1.5B planned investment to fund AI-optimized supercomputers across seven sites to help EU startups compete with global rivals  —  BRUSSELS — The European Union has committed hundreds of millions of euros to help startups catch up in the global artificial intelligence race. Lees verder op Tech Meme