Bloomberg: Japan announces a $6.3B deal to buy and privatize photoresists maker JSR, which controls the global supply of key chipmaking chemicals with two other companies  —  Japan’s government unveiled a $6.3 billion deal to buy out and privatize JSR Corp., taking direct control of the world leader … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hope King / Axios: Amazon plans to build a local delivery network in 23 states by recruiting thousands of small US businesses, from bodegas to florists, to deliver its packages  —  Amazon plans to tap thousands of U.S. small businesses, from bodegas to florists, to deliver its packages by the end of the year, Axios is first to report. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Birnbaum / Bloomberg: SCOTUS refuses to revive Genius’ 2019 lawsuit accusing Google of scraping millions of song lyrics for search, leaving in place a ruling tossing out the lawsuit  —  The US Supreme Court refused to revive a lawsuit by music website Genius Media Group Inc. accusing Alphabet Inc.’s Google of stealing millions of song lyrics. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jaspreet Singh / Reuters: US-based chipmaker Wolfspeed says a group led by Apollo plans to make a $1.25B debt investment, with room for an additional $750M, to support a US expansion  —  Wolfspeed (WOLF.N) said on Monday that a group led by Apollo Global Management (APO.N) would make a debt investment of $1.25 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Verge: A survey of 2,000+ US adults finds 57% know of ChatGPT, 46% for Bing Chat, 45% for My AI, and 38% for Bard; only ~33% have used the tools, with Gen Z dominating  —  We polled 2,000 people about how they’re using AI, what they want it to do, and what scares them about it the most. Lees verder op Tech Meme