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Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma plans to buy a 10.3% stake in Paytm from Ant without using cash, apparently to cut Paytm's exposure to Ant; PAYTM jumps 5%+ (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 07-08-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma plans to buy a 10.3% stake in Paytm from Ant without using cash, apparently to cut Paytm’s exposure to Ant; PAYTM jumps 5%+  —  Vijay Shekhar Sharma, founder and chief executive of Paytm, has entered into a deal with Ant Financial to acquire a 10.30% stake … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Germany's “Silicon Saxony”, where TSMC is widely expected to build a European fab, may be undermined by few local workers and rising anti-immigration movements (Guy Chazan/Financial Times) 07-08-2023

Guy Chazan / Financial Times: Germany’s “Silicon Saxony”, where TSMC is widely expected to build a European fab, may be undermined by few local workers and rising anti-immigration movements  —  Industry concerned rise of anti-immigration movements in state of Saxony will hinder efforts to attract foreign talent Lees verder op Tech Meme

India's lower house of parliament passes a revised Digital Personal Data Protection Bill despite pushback from critics, who worry about granting Modi more power (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch) 07-08-2023

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: India’s lower house of parliament passes a revised Digital Personal Data Protection Bill despite pushback from critics, who worry about granting Modi more power  —  India’s lower house of parliament greenlit the revised data privacy legislation presented the previous week … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Toshiba announces a ~$14B tender offer to take the company private at ~$32/share led by Japan Industrial Partners, a buyout fund of Japanese banks and companies (Yuri Kageyama/Associated Press) 07-08-2023

Yuri Kageyama / Associated Press: Toshiba announces a ~$14B tender offer to take the company private at ~$32/share led by Japan Industrial Partners, a buyout fund of Japanese banks and companies  —  Toshiba announced a 2 trillion yen ($14 billion) tender offer on Monday in a move that would take it private … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Senator Chuck Schumer's efforts to boost US chip manufacturing, including marshalling the CHIPS Act, leading to substantial funds flowing to New York (Ana Swanson/New York Times) 07-08-2023

Ana Swanson / New York Times: A look at Senator Chuck Schumer’s efforts to boost US chip manufacturing, including marshalling the CHIPS Act, leading to substantial funds flowing to New York  —  The Senate majority leader helped deliver billions of dollars in federal funding for semiconductors.  Now he’s pushing for his state to reap benefits. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cyber insurance company Resilience, which uses AI to analyze internal systems and determine risk profiles, raised a $100M Series D, taking its funding to $225M (James Rundle/Wall Street Journal) 07-08-2023

James Rundle / Wall Street Journal: Cyber insurance company Resilience, which uses AI to analyze internal systems and determine risk profiles, raised a $100M Series D, taking its funding to $225M  —  Series D round signals continued growth of cyber insurtechs  —  This feature is powered by text-to-speech technology. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Perioden met zon maar ook enkele buien KNMI : 07-08-2023

Perioden met zon maar ook enkele buien Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Er zijn geen waarschuwingen. Vanmiddag zijn er perioden met zon, maar er komen ook enkele buien voor. De maximumtemperatuur ligt rond 18°C. De wind uit het westen is matig. Langs de kust is de wind vrij krachtig tot krachtig, windkracht 6. In het oosten van het Waddengebied is de wind tijdelijk hard, windkracht 7.Vanavond is er in het zuiden kans op een bui. De wind blijft uit het westen waaien en neemt af. In het Waddengebied blijft de wind krachtig, windkracht 6. Komende nacht komt er een… Lees verder »Perioden met zon maar ook enkele buien KNMI : 07-08-2023

Researchers: North Korean hackers installed backdoors at Russian rocket design bureau NPO Mashinostroyeniya for five months in 2022 to read emails and more (Reuters) 07-08-2023

Reuters: Researchers: North Korean hackers installed backdoors at Russian rocket design bureau NPO Mashinostroyeniya for five months in 2022 to read emails and more  —  An elite group of North Korean hackers secretly breached computer networks at a major Russian missile developer for at least five months last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

PayPal announces PYUSD, a stablecoin issued by Paxos and fully backed by USD, short-term Treasuries, and cash equivalents, rolling out to US customers gradually (Anna Irrera/Bloomberg) 07-08-2023

Anna Irrera / Bloomberg: PayPal announces PYUSD, a stablecoin issued by Paxos and fully backed by USD, short-term Treasuries, and cash equivalents, rolling out to US customers gradually  —  – PayPal USD will be pegged to dollar, issued by Paxos Trust  — Stablecoins have yet to take off in consumer-payment sector Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 review: useful cover screen and widgets, IPX8, and five years of patches, but so-so battery, tricky cover apps, and unknown durability (Allison Johnson/The Verge) 07-08-2023

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5 review: useful cover screen and widgets, IPX8, and five years of patches, but so-so battery, tricky cover apps, and unknown durability  —  It’s a big update year for Samsung’s flip-style foldable — and a much larger cover screen makes all the difference. Lees verder op Tech Meme