Tech Meme

Quynh Nguyen / Bloomberg: Vietnamese media reports that Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang sees Vietnam as a potential second home for the company and plans to open a design center in the country  —  Huang, speaking at a Hanoi semiconductor and artificial intelligence conference hosted by a Vietnam ministry Monday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Dealroom: Nvidia is the most active large-scale investor in AI startups in 2023, excluding accelerator funds like YC, with 35 deals, almost 6x more than in 2022  —  US chipmaker takes stakes in groups that are also its customers in effort to ‘lock up the market’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: Microsoft partners with 60 unions representing 12.5M workers to create “an open dialogue” on AI’s impact on them, and signs a ZeniMax staff contract on AI use  —  Microsoft Corp. is teaming up with labor unions to create “an open dialogue” on how artificial intelligence will impact workers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: US officials: China is ramping up its ability to disrupt key US infrastructure; 2023 victims include a Hawaii water utility, a West Coast port, and a pipeline  —  A utility in Hawaii, a West Coast port and a pipeline are among the victims in the past year, officials say Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: starting on December 13, Biden’s team plans to meet companies, labor advocates, and experts to talk global data flows to avoid internet “balkanization”  —  – White House undertaking review after US change in trade policy  — Contentious debate underway as business groups apply pressure Lees verder op Tech Meme

Randy Nelson / data.ai: TikTok reaches $10B in gross revenue, including $3.84B in 2023 so far, $3.32B in 2022, and $1.72B in 2021, the fifth mobile app and the first non-game to do so  —  The short video social phenomenon has added nearly $4 billion this year alone, and it’s all from virtual coins used to purchase gifts for the platform’s content creators. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: BlackBerry appoints John Giamatteo, the president of its cybersecurity business since 2021, as its CEO and no longer plans to spin off its IoT business  —  BlackBerry will reorganize to keep that business in house alongside its cybersecurity unit, the Waterloo, Canada-based company said in a statement Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jackie Davalos / Bloomberg: Microsoft partners with 60 unions representing 12.5M workers for “an open dialogue” on AI’s impact on workers, and signs a ZeniMax staff contract on AI use  —  Microsoft Corp. is teaming up with labor unions to create “an open dialogue” on how artificial intelligence will impact workers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: A look at the race among chip giants to make 2nm chips, as Samsung and Intel identify the next leap in chip manufacturing as a chance to close the gap with TSMC  —  TSMC, Samsung and Intel battle to create ‘2 nanometre’ chips in moves that will shape the future of $500bn industry Lees verder op Tech Meme

Washington Post: Sources detail Disinfo Lab: set up by an Indian intelligence officer to run a covert social media influence operation discrediting the Modi government’s critics  —  NEW DELHI — Since 2020, an opaque organization calling itself the Disinfo Lab has published lengthy dossiers and social media posts claiming … Lees verder op Tech Meme