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How Black users are searching for a replacement to Black Twitter after Elon Musk's takeover, from Mastodon to Threads to Fanbase, becoming a “digital diaspora” (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post) 07-08-2023

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: How Black users are searching for a replacement to Black Twitter after Elon Musk’s takeover, from Mastodon to Threads to Fanbase, becoming a “digital diaspora”  —  The influential online community that gave rise to social movements like #BlackLivesMatter is now a “digital diaspora” in search of a new home. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Germany's “Silicon Saxony”, set to become the home of TSMC's European fab, may be undermined by a lack of local workers and rising anti-immigrant sentiment (Guy Chazan/Financial Times) 07-08-2023

Guy Chazan / Financial Times: Germany’s “Silicon Saxony”, set to become the home of TSMC’s European fab, may be undermined by a lack of local workers and rising anti-immigrant sentiment  —  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 over 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 over 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

Vrij koel zomerweer met af en toe een bui maar ook wat zon KNMI : 07-08-2023

Vrij koel zomerweer met af en toe een bui maar ook wat zon Verwachting voor vandaag en morgen Waarschuwingen Er zijn geen waarschuwingen. Vanmiddag zijn er perioden met zon en is het op de meeste plaatsen blijft het droog. De maximumtemperatuur ligt rond 18°C. De westenwind is matig, langs de kust krachtig, windkracht 6. Op de oostelijke Waddeneilanden wordt 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. Op de Wadden blijft de wind krachtig, windkracht 6. Komende nacht komt er een enkele bui… Lees verder »Vrij koel zomerweer met af en toe een bui maar ook wat zon KNMI : 07-08-2023

Saudi Arabia's PIF reports a $15.6B loss in 2022 after its Vision Fund and tech investments cratered; assets under management reached $595.5B due to Aramco (Fahad Abuljadayel/Bloomberg) 07-08-2023

Fahad Abuljadayel / Bloomberg: Saudi Arabia’s PIF reports a $15.6B loss in 2022 after its Vision Fund and tech investments cratered; assets under management reached $595.5B due to Aramco  —  – Softbank’s fund saw a record loss of $32 billion in 2022  — Current estimates place the PIF’s assets at $777 billion Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma plans to buy 10.3% stake in Paytm from Ant, an unusual deal to make him Paytm's largest shareholder without paying any cash (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 07-08-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Paytm founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma plans to buy 10.3% stake in Paytm from Ant, an unusual deal to make him Paytm’s largest shareholder without paying any cash  —  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

After social media upended the fashion and beauty magazine industries, some women turn to Facebook Groups and Substack to find curated recommendations (Sapna Maheshwari/New York Times) 07-08-2023

Sapna Maheshwari / New York Times: After social media upended the fashion and beauty magazine industries, some women turn to Facebook Groups and Substack to find curated recommendations  —  People still want to know what to wear and what is actually worth buying — and they want to trust the person telling them. Lees verder op Tech Meme