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Harry Dempsey / Financial Times: Japanese officials and executives warn that China’s export curbs on gallium, germanium, and other chip raw materials threaten global electronics supply chains  —  Officials and executives say gallium rules will upset supply chains for chips and vehicle batteries Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Alibaba CEO Eddie Wu calls the pursuit of AGI the company’s “primary objective”, saying “our first and foremost goal is to pursue AGI”  —  “Our first and foremost goal is to pursue AGI,” Eddie Wu told investors on a call after the company reported results that surpassed analyst estimates. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brenda Goh / Reuters: Chinese state media: Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei told Xi Jinping at a meeting that concerns about China lacking homegrown chips or operating systems had eased  —  Huawei’s founder told Xi Jinping at a meeting the Chinese president held with private sector entrepreneurs that concerns China … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Microsoft researchers introduce Magma, an AI foundation model that combines visual and language processing to control software interfaces and robotic systems  —  On Wednesday, Microsoft Research introduced Magma, an integrated AI foundation model that combines visual and language processing … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gergely Orosz / The Pragmatic Engineer: A look at the potential reasons why software developer job listings on Indeed hit a five-year low in January, down 35% from 2020, including the impact of AI  —  Hi, this is Gergely with a bonus issue of the Pragmatic Engineer Newsletter.  In every issue, I cover topics related to Big Tech … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: GameStop CEO and activist investor Ryan Cohen has grown his personal stake in Alibaba to about 7M shares, worth roughly $1B, in recent months  —  The meme-stock king and investor still has his sights set on the Chinese e-commerce behemoth  —  Ryan Cohen still has his sights set … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: Filing: Meta approves raising executives’ annual bonuses to 200% of base salary, up from 75%, as most employees’ annual stock options are reportedly cut by ~10%  —  Executives at Meta stand to get bigger bonuses this year.  —  The company said in a corporate filing Thursday that it had approved … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mobile EDR Security: iVerify’s iOS app detected a Pegasus infection in 11 new cases in December 2024, and about half of them did not receive Threat Notifications from Apple  —  In December, we published our groundbreaking investigation into mobile device threats.  The public didn’t just read the report … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ben Lang / Road to VR: Meta announces a $50M creator fund for Horizon Worlds; CTO Andrew Bosworth reportedly told staff that 2025 is a make-or-break year for Meta’s XR ambitions  —  Meta today announced a $50 million fund to incentivize the creation of new and improved content in Horizon Worlds, the company’s first-party social gaming platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Annie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon surpassed Walmart in quarterly sales for the first time during the most recent quarter, with revenue of $187.8B compared to Walmart’s $180.5B  —  Amazon has dethroned Walmart in quarterly revenue for the first time ever.  —  Amazon said earlier this month that it brought in $187.8 billion in revenue during the fourth quarter. Lees verder op Tech Meme