Peter Landers / Wall Street Journal: IBM plans to give $100M and Google plans to give $50M for quantum computing research to the University of Chicago and the University of Tokyo  —  Deal to be announced at Hiroshima G-7 summit seeks to preserve American lead in critical technology  —  TOKYO—IBM and Google are giving $150 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: Sources: the Irish DPC is set to hand Meta a record EU privacy fine and order the company to stop all data transfers to the US that rely on certain clauses  —  Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. is set to be handed a record European Union privacy fine eclipsing a €746 million ($809 million) penalty doled out to Amazon.com Inc.. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Tether plans to invest up to 15% of its profits in bitcoin, as the stablecoin developer shifts its reserves towards crypto and away from US government debt  —  – Tether is set to purchase bitcoin on a regular basis from its profits.  — It held $1.5 billion in bitcoin as of the end of the first quarter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Louise Matsakis / Semafor: After FiscalNote, which provides data to lobbyists, said it would use ChatGPT, OpenAI told the company that ChatGPT could be used only for grassroots campaigns  —  OpenAI told a leading company that provides data to Washington lobbyists and policy advocates that it can’t advertise using ChatGPT for politics. Lees verder op Tech Meme