Growth is brisk but slower than expected, causing automakers to question their multibillion-dollar investments in new factories and raising doubts about the effectiveness of federal incentives.Lees verder op New York Times
15:30 De top van de federale regering zit woensdag bijeen om de situatie in Israël en Palestina te bespreken. De voorbije dagen was in de communicatie daarover ruis op de lijn ontstaan. De ambitie blijft of…Lees verder op De Tijd
15:47 De opstarttijd voor treinbegeleiders is de inzet van de staking die de spoorvakbonden deze week organiseren. De NMBS wil er het mes in zetten om de productiviteit van het personeel op te krikken. Maar…Lees verder op De Tijd
15:52 Niet alleen de ontwrichtende politieactie Sky ECC, ook de scherpe concurrentie tussen criminele bendes en het groeiende aanbod van vuurwapens liggen aan de basis van het drugsgeweld in België. ‘Zelfs …Lees verder op De Tijd
Chloe Cornish / Financial Times: Omdia predicts India will be the world’s fastest growing digital economy through 2027, recording 9.6% compound annual growth and 12.7% annual digital ad growth — US tech companies YouTube and Meta can expect to achieve rapid growth in video revenues, say analysts Lees verder op Tech Meme
Josh Ye / Reuters: Sources: Pico plans to cut “hundreds” of jobs and undertake its biggest overhaul since ByteDance acquired the VR unit in 2021, as global headset demand weakens — ByteDance’s virtual reality (VR) arm Pico will cut jobs and undertake its biggest overhaul since it was acquired … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Naomi Nix / Washington Post: Ahead of ex-Meta consultant Arturo Béjar’s Senate testimony, internal documents and sources detail debates over fostering growth while protecting young users — A former engineering and product leader at Meta is expected to testify in Congress about how Meta ignored warnings about youth safety Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: The Tech Coalition, including Discord, Google, Meta, Roblox, Snap, and Twitch, announce Lantern to help share “signals” on child sexual exploitation and abuse — The Tech Coalition, the group of tech companies developing approaches and policies to combat online child sexual exploitation … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Volante, which offers low-code payments tools used by 150 major banks and other institutions, raised $66M in equity and debt, taking its total funding to $116M — “Digital transformation” among enterprises hasn’t happened with quite the gusto that people predicted it would a few years ago. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Right now, short-term CDs offer better yields than long-term CDs.Lees verder op Cnet