Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: Ted Sarandos outlines Netflix’s plans to spend some of the $2.5B earmarked for K-drama, including working with South Korean organizations to identify talent  —  Netflix Inc. promised to back and cultivate the Korean showrunners and studios behind viral shows like Squid Game … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Figma expands its partnership with Google for Education, allowing all US K-12 students to access its design tools for free on education Chromebooks  —  Figma is expanding its partnership with Google for Education in a bid to introduce more school-age students to its product design and collaboration platforms. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Sequoia debuts Atlas, an interactive tool that uses various qualitative and quantitative data collection methods to map the European technical talent landscape  —  There is an estimated 3 million software engineers in Europe, depending on what report you want to believe … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Liani MK / Rest of World: Indigenous communities in Borneo are using mapping tech like GPS and GIS to claim their rights to ancestral land and stop the expansion of oil palm plantations  —  In Borneo, Indigenous communities are using mapping tech to claim their land rights and fight the expansion of oil palm plantations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David McCabe / New York Times: Sources: the Biden administration has ramped up exploration of security concerns with Chinese cloud computing firms, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing  —  The Biden administration is exploring whether it can mount a campaign against Chinese tech giants like Alibaba and Huawei, potentially fueling tensions with Beijing. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Big firms want to trade crypto with the structure of traditional finance, including orders intermediated by brokers and asset custody separate from the exchange  —  Institutional crypto  —  I think even a year ago it was possible to imagine the traditional financial system learning something from crypto. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ina Fried / Axios: Australia’s online safety regulator gives Twitter 28 days to explain the steps it is taking to combat hate speech or face $475K in fines  —  Australia’s online safety regulator sent a legal notice to Twitter demanding the social network explain the steps it is taking to combat online hate or risk being slapped with fines. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Microsoft aims to build a quantum supercomputer within 10 years, after Microsoft researchers claim to create Majorana particles for scalable and stable qubits  —  Microsoft today announced its roadmap for building its own quantum supercomputer, using the topological qubits the company’s researchers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: Ripple says it got in-principle regulatory approval from Singapore to offer digital payment token products and expand XRP cross-border transfers in the country  —  – Ripple said it received in-principle approval of a Major Payment Institution Licence from the Monetary Authority of Singapore, the country’s central bank. Lees verder op Tech Meme