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Sources: SK Hynix plans to spend ~$4B to build an advanced chip packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana; a source says operations could begin in 2028 (Wall Street Journal) 26-03-2024

Wall Street Journal: Sources: SK Hynix plans to spend ~$4B to build an advanced chip packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana; a source says operations could begin in 2028  —  The South Korean memory chip maker is expected to build an advanced-packaging facility in West Lafayette, creating up to 1,000 jobs. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Canva acquires the Affinity creative suite, popular with Mac users; COO Cliff Obrecht says the cash-and-stock deal is valued at “several hundred million pounds” (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg) 26-03-2024

Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: Canva acquires the Affinity creative suite, popular with Mac users; COO Cliff Obrecht says the cash-and-stock deal is valued at “several hundred million pounds”  —  – Australian unicorn buys British team behind Affinity art suite  — Affinity offers alternative tools to Adobe’s flagship products Lees verder op Tech Meme

The US OFAC sanctions 13 entities, including Netex24, and two individuals for aiding Russian nationals' potential sanctions evasion by building crypto services (Timmy Shen/The Block) 26-03-2024

Timmy Shen / The Block: The US OFAC sanctions 13 entities, including Netex24, and two individuals for aiding Russian nationals’ potential sanctions evasion by building crypto services  —  – The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 13 entities and two individuals for helping sanctioned entities to evade sanctions in Russia. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Meta started rolling out its new opt-out political content settings on Instagram and Threads last week to “limit political content from people you don't follow” (Alex Heath/The Verge) 26-03-2024

Alex Heath / The Verge: Meta started rolling out its new opt-out political content settings on Instagram and Threads last week to “limit political content from people you don’t follow”  —  Meta’s executives have been saying for a while that they don’t want to boost posts about politics in their apps. Lees verder op Tech Meme

An interview with Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox to handhelds via hardware or software, how Valve, Lenovo, and Asus “innovated in a new form factor”, and more (Chris Plante/Polygon) 26-03-2024

Chris Plante / Polygon: An interview with Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox to handhelds via hardware or software, how Valve, Lenovo, and Asus “innovated in a new form factor”, and more  —  A handheld Xbox could be hardware, an app, or both  —  Phil Spencer has tried all of the new PC gaming handhelds … Lees verder op Tech Meme

OpenAI releases seven Sora videos from select filmmakers, artists, ad agencies, and musicians; Fairly Trained CEO Ed Newton-Rex calls the move “artistwashing” (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat) 26-03-2024

Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: OpenAI releases seven Sora videos from select filmmakers, artists, ad agencies, and musicians; Fairly Trained CEO Ed Newton-Rex calls the move “artistwashing”  —  OpenAI has been releasing a steady drip of videos generated by its new highly realistic AI model, Sora, but the text-to-video … Lees verder op Tech Meme

A look at the underground bitcoin community in Austin, which attracts bitcoiners because of Texas' pro-crypto policies and ecosystem of developers and miners (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC) 26-03-2024

MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: A look at the underground bitcoin community in Austin, which attracts bitcoiners because of Texas’ pro-crypto policies and ecosystem of developers and miners  —  WATCH NOW  —  AUSTIN — There is a sort of clubhouse for Austin’s bitcoin believers on the second floor of the Littlefield Building … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Memo: Microsoft's Bing chief Mikhail Parakhin plans to exit his roles and look for a new position, after Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman to run Microsoft AI (Dina Bass/Bloomberg) 26-03-2024

Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Memo: Microsoft’s Bing chief Mikhail Parakhin plans to exit his roles and look for a new position, after Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman to run Microsoft AI  —  Parakhin, who had been chief executive officer for advertising and web services, will report to Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Memo: Microsoft names Pavan Davuluri as its Windows and Surface chief; Microsoft split the Windows and Surface groups after Panos Panay left in September 2023 (Tom Warren/The Verge) 26-03-2024

Tom Warren / The Verge: Memo: Microsoft names Pavan Davuluri as its Windows and Surface chief; Microsoft split the Windows and Surface groups after Panos Panay left in September 2023  —  Microsoft is naming Pavan Davuluri as its new Windows and Surface chief today.  After Panos Panay’s surprise departure to Amazon last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sources detail Meta's unconventional moves to attract and keep AI researchers, including Mark Zuckerberg writing to DeepMind researchers to recruit them (Kalley Huang/The Information) 25-03-2024

Kalley Huang / The Information: Sources detail Meta’s unconventional moves to attract and keep AI researchers, including Mark Zuckerberg writing to DeepMind researchers to recruit them  —  To better compete for artificial intelligence researchers, Meta Platforms is making unconventional moves, including extending job offers … Lees verder op Tech Meme