Financial Times: Sources and analysts detail Apple’s burgeoning ambitions in financial services, as the company lays the technical groundwork for taking a bigger market share  —  The tech giant’s ventures into financial services signal greater ambitions to take on Wall Street Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Pollack / Bloomberg: Silver Lake plans to acquire Germany-based Software AG, which develops software for 10K+ enterprises, for €30 per share in cash, valuing the company at ~€2.2B  —  Private equity firm Silver Lake Management has agreed to acquire Germany’s Software AG for €30 a share in cash … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Blake Brittain / Reuters: A Texas federal jury orders Samsung to pay $303M+ to computer memory company Netlist for infringing on five patents related to improvements in data processing  —  Computer-memory company Netlist Inc (NLST.PK) convinced a federal jury in Texas on Friday to award it more than $303 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes: The proliferation of AI-generated content on marketplaces like Upwork and Fiverr is causing transactional disputes and increasing client and freelancer mistrust  —  While some freelancers are losing their gigs to ChatGPT, clients are being spammed with AI-written content on freelancing platforms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: the UK plans to propose a bill next week letting the CMA’s digital markets unit target Big Tech companies with £25B+ global revenue or £1B UK revenue  —  Draft bill expected within days that will put CMA’s digital markets unit on a statutory footing Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jenny Leonard / Bloomberg: Sources: President Biden plans to sign an EO in the coming weeks limiting new investments by US businesses in China, focused on chips, AI, and quantum computing  —  President Joe Biden aims to sign an executive order in the coming weeks that will limit investment in key parts of China’s economy … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Monica Chin / The Verge: Report: cheap Chromebooks, due to their short lifespans and lack of repairability, are less sustainable and more expensive for schools than pricier devices  —  Back in early 2020, as the covid pandemic drove classrooms online, school districts found themselves needing to bulk purchase affordable laptops … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Pollack / Bloomberg: Silver Lake plans to acquire Germany-based Software AG, which develops software for 10K+ enterprises, for €30 per share in cash, valuing the company at ~€2.2B  —  Private equity firm Silver Lake Management has agreed to acquire Germany’s Software AG for €30 a share in cash … Lees verder op Tech Meme