Tech Meme

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: Google, OpenAI, Roblox, and Discord raised $27M+ to provide free, open-source tools for improving child safety online, called Robust Open Online Safety Tools  —  Robust Open Online Safety Tools, or ROOST, promises to address “a critical need to accelerate innovation in online child safety … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dominic Chopping / Wall Street Journal: Nokia names Justin Hotard, who currently leads Intel’s Data Center and AI operations, as its CEO starting April 1, as it focuses on data centers to drive growth  —  The telecom company expects data centers to be its number one growth driver in the coming years Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Macron announces that companies have agreed to invest €109B in AI projects in France in the coming years, saying it’s France’s equivalent to Stargate for the US  —  French president speaks ahead of AI summit in Paris involving executives such as OpenAI’s Sam Altman Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: China is building a list of US tech firms to target in a trade war, including Broadcom and Synopsys, whose $35B acquisition needs Beijing’s approval  —  Preparing for Trump talks, Beijing starts probe of Google and keeps Apple and Broadcom in its sights Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Taiwanese government data: exports to Mexico surged 479% YoY to $2.7B in January 2025, led by GPU shipments, as Foxconn, Wistron, and more build fabs in Mexico  —  Trade wars, tariff threats and logistics shocks are upending businesses and spreading volatility.  Understand the new order of global commerce. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: France plans to pledge one gigawatt of nuclear power to AI training, including 250 megawatts by the end of 2026, in a bid to expand Europe’s AI capabilities  —  Macron aims to dedicate a gigawatt of nuclear power to create one of the world’s largest AI-computing facilities. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: TSMC says losses from January’s earthquake would be ~$161.5M, dragging its Q1 revenue guidance to $25B to $25.8B, up 35.9% YoY but at the lower end of its range  —  TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. said Monday that losses from the 6.4-magnitude earthquake in January would amount … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Macron announces that companies have agreed to invest €109B in AI projects in France in the coming years, saying it’s France’s equivalent to Stargate for the US  —  French president speaks ahead of AI summit in Paris involving executives such as OpenAI’s Sam Altman Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: After the Los Angeles fires, over 1M people donated $250M+ via GoFundMe, or $20M more than the service collected for all natural disasters worldwide in 2024  —  Donations on the crowdfunding site to people and fire relief efforts have exceeded those for all natural disasters worldwide last year. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Macron announces that companies have agreed to invest €109B in AI projects in France in the coming years, saying it’s France’s equivalent to Stargate for the US  —  French president speaks ahead of AI summit in Paris involving executives such as OpenAI’s Sam Altman Lees verder op Tech Meme