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Tiger Global, Peak XV, and other investors ask India to reconsider its new 28% tax on online gaming as it will lead to a write-off of $2.5B and loss of 1M jobs (Manish Singh/TechCrunch) 21-07-2023

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Tiger Global, Peak XV, and other investors ask India to reconsider its new 28% tax on online gaming as it will lead to a write-off of $2.5B and loss of 1M jobs  —  Tiger Global, DST Global, Peak XV, Steadview Capital, and Kotak Private Equity are among global and Indian investors … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at Samsung's and Texas Instruments' chip fabs in Texas, as the state becomes a US chipmaking hub with six projects totaling $61B and creating 8K+ jobs (Katie Tarasov/CNBC) 21-07-2023

Katie Tarasov / CNBC: A look at Samsung’s and Texas Instruments’ chip fabs in Texas, as the state becomes a US chipmaking hub with six projects totaling $61B and creating 8K+ jobs  —  WATCH NOW  —  How Texas became the center of U.S. chipmaking  —  On a 1,200-acre plot of land in a small town 30 miles north of Austin … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reddit removes the moderators of r/malefashionadvice, one of the biggest subreddits to close protesting Reddit's API changes, and takes charge of the subreddit (Jay Peters/The Verge) 21-07-2023

Jay Peters / The Verge: Reddit removes the moderators of r/malefashionadvice, one of the biggest subreddits to close protesting Reddit’s API changes, and takes charge of the subreddit  —  Reddit is now in charge of r/malefashionadvice, which for a time was the biggest subreddit still closed in protest of the platform’s API pricing changes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

OpenAI, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others make voluntary AI governance pledges to the White House, including cybersecurity investment and watermarking systems (Makena Kelly/The Verge) 21-07-2023

Makena Kelly / The Verge: OpenAI, Meta, Google, Microsoft, and others make voluntary AI governance pledges to the White House, including cybersecurity investment and watermarking systems  —  The White House is bringing in AI’s top seven companies Friday to make a series of voluntary promises to protect users. Lees verder op Tech Meme

A study based on open-source data estimates that 30K+ workers at European tech companies have moved to China in the past 20 years; China rejects the findings (Jordan Robertson/Bloomberg) 21-07-2023

Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg: A study based on open-source data estimates that 30K+ workers at European tech companies have moved to China in the past 20 years; China rejects the findings  —  More than 30,000 workers at European technology companies have moved to China in the last 20 years, bringing critical industry know-how back home. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Canalys: smartphone shipments in India stabilized in Q2 2023 after three quarters of decline, with 36.1M units, down 1% YoY; Samsung led with an 18% share (Charmaine Jacob/CNBC) 21-07-2023

Charmaine Jacob / CNBC: Canalys: smartphone shipments in India stabilized in Q2 2023 after three quarters of decline, with 36.1M units, down 1% YoY; Samsung led with an 18% share  —  – India’s smartphone market stabilized in the second quarter with 36.1 million units shipped, according to a report by Canalys. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Overwatch League's future remains uncertain as Activision Blizzard lays off ~50 esports employees and asks teams to vote on an updated operating agreement (Ash Parrish/The Verge) 21-07-2023

Ash Parrish / The Verge: Overwatch League’s future remains uncertain as Activision Blizzard lays off ~50 esports employees and asks teams to vote on an updated operating agreement  —  Amid layoffs in the Activision Blizzard esports department, Overwatch League franchise owners will vote on whether to continue the league in its current format. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The US DOJ merges its crypto enforcement team that debuted in 2021 into the agency investigating computer-related crimes, giving crypto crimes the same status (Dylan Tokar/Wall Street Journal) 21-07-2023

Dylan Tokar / Wall Street Journal: The US DOJ merges its crypto enforcement team that debuted in 2021 into the agency investigating computer-related crimes, giving crypto crimes the same status  —  The National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team will become a permanent fixture of a section of the agency that investigates computer-related crimes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Autonomous trucking company Aurora Innovation raised $600M in private placement of its stock and plans a public offering at $3 per share valued at ~$220M (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch) 21-07-2023

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Autonomous trucking company Aurora Innovation raised $600M in private placement of its stock and plans a public offering at $3 per share valued at ~$220M  —  Aurora Innovation, the self-driving technology company that aims to launch an autonomous trucking business in 2024 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta rolls out its Quest v56 update, bringing Hand Tracking 2.2, which it claims improves latency up to 40% in typical use and up to 75% during faster movements (David Heaney/UploadVR) 21-07-2023

David Heaney / UploadVR: Meta rolls out its Quest v56 update, bringing Hand Tracking 2.2, which it claims improves latency up to 40% in typical use and up to 75% during faster movements  —  The Meta Quest v56 update brings a range of improvements and new features to Quest 2 and Quest Pro. Lees verder op Tech Meme