Tech Meme

Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Land: Microsoft launches Copilot Pro for $20 per month per user, offering the latest features, like creating custom Copilot GPTs, and access to the latest models  —  Copilot Pro, the most advanced and fastest version of Copilot, has been released today by Microsoft. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: South Korea says Samsung and SK Hynix plan to invest ~$471B by 2047 to build 13 chip plants and three research facilities locally, on top of 21 existing fabs  —  – It envisions the world’s biggest chipmaking center near Seoul  — Samsung and Hynix are leading a two-decade investment Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Baidu’s stock drops 10%+ after an SCMP report linked Ernie Bot, which Baidu said amassed 100M+ users four months after its launch, to Chinese military research  —  – Traders cited an SCMP report about an alleged military tieup  — The US and China are in a conflict over technology such as AI Lees verder op Tech Meme

Adam Samson / Financial Times: Docs: Turkey told ISPs to block access to 16 VPN services, fueling concerns that the government is stifling news and information before elections in March 2024  —  New controls on VPNs underline Erdoğan’s moves to curb freedom of information  —  Turkey is tightening its censorship … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Switzerland-based SoftwareOne, which advises companies on cloud strategies, rejects Bain’s ~$3.5B takeover, ending months of back-and-forth; SWON.SW drops 8%+  —  – Bain offered the equivalent of 18.8 Swiss francs per share  — Company has been in negotiations with Bain for several months Lees verder op Tech Meme

Max Tani / Semafor: Apple’s September 2023 change to how its Podcasts app automatically downloads episodes dramatically cut the download numbers for some of the biggest podcasts  —  Apple has quietly tightened its reporting of how many people listen to podcasts, sending shock waves through an embattled audio … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: A UN report says Tether’s token is one of the leading payment methods for money launderers and fraudsters, including pig butchering scams, in Southeast Asia  —  Digital currency at the heart of scams including fake romance frauds known as ‘pig butchering’, report says Lees verder op Tech Meme

Richard Lawler / The Verge: Nielsen: Peacock’s exclusive stream of the NFL AFC Wild Card game was the most-streamed event in US history, with 27.6M total viewers and a 24.6M peak average  —  The streams we were watching mostly held up, if you saw the game, how was the experience for you? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Filing: as part of the Masimo patent fight, US CBP decides that Apple can avoid a ban and sell the Apple Watch Series 9 by removing its pulse oximetry features  —  The U.S. Customs agency has handed down its decision on whether Apple’s proposed redesign of the Apple Watch Series 9 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sudip Kar-Gupta / Reuters: French IT group Atos names Paul Saleh as CEO, its fourth in under two years, and forecasts H2 2024 cash flow below its target; ATO drops 15%+, down 40%+ in 2024  —  French technology company Atos (ATOS.PA) named Paul Saleh as its new chief executive on Monday and warned that free cash flow … Lees verder op Tech Meme