Tech Meme

Taylor Kerns / Android Police: Google deactivates an Android feature that crowdsources device sensor data to provide earthquake warnings in Brazil after mistakenly sending notifications  —  – Android disabled earthquake alerts in Brazil after mistakenly sending notifications.  — Civil Defense of São Paulo confirmed no earthquakes took place. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Italy accuses Amazon of evading €1.2B in VAT payments; sources: the claim is linked to the sale of goods from China and other non-EU countries from 2019 to 2021  —  Tech giant hit by total claim worth €3bn amid investigation over sale of goods from non-EU countries including China Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Meta announces Project Waterworth, a subsea cable project that will span over 50,000 km and connect five continents  —  Back in November, we broke the news that Meta — owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, with billions of users accounting for 10% of all fixed and 22% of all mobile traffic … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Madeline Renbarger / Newcomer: The AI Action Summit in Paris was all about investment and competition as the Trump administration made even a token acknowledgment of AI safety unacceptable  —  Plus, Elon Musk’s $97.4 billion challenge to Sam Altman  —  Europe Falls In Line With a US AI Vision Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Italy accuses Amazon of evading €1.2B in VAT payments; sources: the claim is linked to the sale of goods from China and other non-EU countries from 2019 to 2021  —  Tech giant hit by total claim worth €3bn amid investigation over sale of goods from non-EU countries including China Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sophie McEvoy / GamesIndustry.biz: Ubisoft reports revenue for the nine months ending December 31, 2024, down 31.4% YoY to €990M, net booking down 34.8% to €944M, but remains optimistic about Q4  —  Firm also experienced a 51.8% drop in net bookings during its third quarter  —  Ubisoft has released its financial results … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gillian Tan / Bloomberg: Source: xAI is canvassing potential investors, including Sequoia Capital and a16z, for a roughly $10B funding round that would value the company at about $75B  —  – Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Valor in talks to participate  — Company last fundraised at $51 billion valuation per Pitchbook Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Source: TSMC is considering taking a controlling stake in Intel’s factories at the request of Trump’s team; it is unclear whether Intel is open to a transaction  —  – TSMC would take controlling stake in potential partnership  — Administration aims to boost manufacturing of advanced chips Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vittoria Elliott / Wired: DOGE’s Tom Krause, the US Treasury’s new Fiscal Assistant Secretary, is still the CEO of Cloud Software Group; critics say it may be a conflict of interest  —  An email sent to workers at the US Treasury Department’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service said DOGE’s Tom Krause is “currently” the CEO of the Cloud Software Group. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Italy accuses Amazon of evading €1.2B in VAT payments; sources: the claim is linked to the sale of goods from China and other non-EU countries from 2019 to 2021  —  Tech giant hit by total claim worth €3bn amid investigation over sale of goods from non-EU countries including China Lees verder op Tech Meme