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Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua says US officials plan to visit Taiwan to explain the new complex China chip rules, a move that “is something Taiwan needs” (Reuters) 04-12-2023

Reuters: Taiwan Economy Minister Wang Mei-hua says US officials plan to visit Taiwan to explain the new complex China chip rules, a move that “is something Taiwan needs”  —  U.S. officials plan to visit Taiwan to explain to companies details of new curbs, primarily aimed at China … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources: Byju's founder Byju Raveendran pledged his and his family's homes as collateral to borrow ~$12M to raise money to pay staff, to fight a cash crunch (Anto Antony/Bloomberg) 04-12-2023

Anto Antony / Bloomberg: Sources: Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran pledged his and his family’s homes as collateral to borrow ~$12M to raise money to pay staff, to fight a cash crunch  —  – Founder has raised $400 million in debt to keep firm afloat  — Company is also seeking to raise funds through asset sales Lees verder op Tech Meme

WhatsApp updates its iOS app to let users send photos and videos in their original quality (WABetaInfo) 04-12-2023

WABetaInfo: WhatsApp updates its iOS app to let users send photos and videos in their original quality  —  WhatsApp has just submitted a new stable update for iOS, available on the App Store: the build number is 23.24.73.  —  What’s new in this update?  WhatsApp is widely rolling out a feature to send original quality media as a file! Lees verder op Tech Meme

Spotify plans to lay off ~17% of its workforce, or ~1,500 staff, to “rightsize” its costs, citing slow growth and rising capital costs, after cutting 6% in June (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 04-12-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Spotify plans to lay off ~17% of its workforce, or ~1,500 staff, to “rightsize” its costs, citing slow growth and rising capital costs, after cutting 6% in June  —  Spotify is eliminating about 17% jobs, its third round of layoffs, as the music streaming looks to become “both productive and efficient.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says her department needs more money to stop China on chips and calls out Nvidia for redesigning for the Chinese market (Peter Martin/Bloomberg) 04-12-2023

Peter Martin / Bloomberg: US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says her department needs more money to stop China on chips and calls out Nvidia for redesigning for the Chinese market  —  – US commerce secretary cites Nvidia designs as case in point  — Tells chip CEOs ‘such is life’ as US security trumps revenue Lees verder op Tech Meme

Disinformation scholar Joan Donovan claims in a whistleblower filing that her superiors soured on her as Harvard got the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative's $500M gift (Joseph Menn/Washington Post) 04-12-2023

Joseph Menn / Washington Post: Disinformation scholar Joan Donovan claims in a whistleblower filing that her superiors soured on her as Harvard got the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s $500M gift  —  In a whistleblower complaint, she breaks her silence over events that unsettled other misinformation researchers Lees verder op Tech Meme

IBM announces 10 quantum computing projects, focusing on areas like simulating quantum physics and solving problems in chemistry and materials science (Financial Times) 04-12-2023

Financial Times: IBM announces 10 quantum computing projects, focusing on areas like simulating quantum physics and solving problems in chemistry and materials science  —  Use of technology to solve scientific problems still falls short of commercialisation  —  Quantum computing is starting to fulfil … Lees verder op Tech Meme