Peter Eavis / New York Times: US dockworkers and shipping industry officials reach a tentative labor agreement, overcoming differences over the introduction of automated machinery at ports  —  Dockworkers and employers on the East and Gulf Coasts had until Jan. 15 to reach a new agreement that settled differences over automation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Taylor Nicole Rogers / Financial Times: Analysts say that contract negotiations between US dockworkers and the shipping industry over automation could help provide a template for agreements nationwide  —  As automation becomes a reality everywhere from retail warehouses to restaurant kitchens, the use of robots is increasingly controversial Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: Niklas Zennström says European startups can thrive by building apps on top of US AI platforms and believes pessimism about the region’s prospects is exaggerated  —  Niklas Zennström believes continent can thrive by developing applications on top of artificial intelligence models Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sotiris Nikas / Bloomberg: JPMorgan files two lawsuits over its investment in fintech Viva Wallet; source: JPM claims €916M, alleging Viva deprived JPM the value of its 2022 investment  —  In a Greek lawsuit the bank is claiming €916 million ($943 million) over allegations that Viva’s chief executive officer … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Pranav Dixit / Business Insider: Audio: Meta told the International Fact-Checking Network that its US partnerships end in March 2025, but its Community Notes rollout is expected to take time  —  – Meta plans to end US fact-checking partnerships in March, and payments continue through August. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: Microsoft open sources its 14B-parameter AI model Phi-4 and its weights, available on Hugging Face under an MIT License, after releasing it in December 2024  —  Even as its big investment partner OpenAI continues to announce more powerful reasoning models such as the latest o3 series, Microsoft is not sitting idly by. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google rolls out Daily Listen, which uses AI to generate a five-minute personalized audio overview of stories and topics that a user follows, to its mobile app  —  Google is kicking off a new experiment in Search Labs today called “Daily Listen.”  It’s a bit like NotebookLM’s Audio Overviews, while there are also podcast parallels. Lees verder op Tech Meme