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Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: Dutch manufacturer of chipmaking gear ASM International plans to invest ~$324M in a US headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, and hire 500 people for the facility  —  – Company is set to hire 500 people for new Scottsdale facility  — ASM is weighing whether to apply for US funding, CEO says Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: AT&T chooses Ericsson to modernize its wireless network with an architecture utilizing open standards, a ~$14B project over five years; ERICB closes up 6.08%  —  – Infrastructure deal aims to modernize network over five years  — Deal is a blow to Nokia, which will delay profit targets Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based ZestMoney, a Goldman Sachs-backed BNPL startup that raised $130M+ and was once valued at $450M, plans to shut down after failing to find a buyer  —  ZestMoney, a buy now pay later startup whose ability to underwrite small ticket loans to first-time internet customers attracted … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samuel Stolton / Bloomberg: EU interim competition chief Didier Reynders says Amazon must pledge to fairly rank rival robot vacuum cleaners to get approval for its $1.4B iRobot acquisition  —  – EU recently sent statement of objections over $1.4 billion buy  — Acting commissioner Reynders suggests way forward for approval Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg: Dutch manufacturer of chipmaking gear ASM International says it will invest ~$324M in a new US headquarters in Scottsdale, Arizona, and plans to hire 500 people  —  – Company is set to hire 500 people for new Scottsdale facility  — ASM is weighing whether to apply for US funding, CEO says Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: Microsoft plans to offer three additional years of monthly Windows 10 security updates, paid for annually, after the OS’ end-of-support date on October 14, 2025  —  Windows 10 gets a version of the program that extended updates for Windows 7.  —  Windows 10’s end-of-support date is October 14, 2025. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jay Peters / The Verge: iOS 17.2 RC brings Qi2 wireless charging support to iPhone 13 and iPhone 14-series devices; Apple hasn’t said if the phones will charge at 15W on Qi2 chargers  —  Apple just pushed the release candidate of iOS 17.2, and the upcoming update brings support for the Qi2 wireless charging standard … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hayden Field / CNBC: Elon Musk’s xAI files with the US SEC to raise up to $1B in an equity offering, saying the startup has raised nearly $135M from four investors since November 29  —  – X.AI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, has filed with the SEC to raise up to $1 billion in an equity offering. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Katie Roof / Bloomberg: Gecko Robotics, whose robots inspect infrastructure for industries including energy, defense, and manufacturing, raised $100M at a $633M post-money valuation  —  – Company is valued at $633 million by USIT, Founders Fund  — Pittsburgh-based startup builds inspection robots and software Lees verder op Tech Meme

Samantha Cole / 404 Media: Alibaba’s paper on its Animate Anyone AI model goes viral after videos show the model can replace TikTok influencers after being trained on TikTokers’ videos  —  A team of researchers from Chinese retail and technology giant Alibaba released a paper this week detailing a new model, which they call “Animate Anyone.” Lees verder op Tech Meme