Journals

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 10%+  —  – Bain had offered the equivalent of 18.8 Swiss francs per share  — Company has been in negotiations with… Read More »Switzerland-based SoftwareOne, which advises companies on cloud strategies, rejects Bain’s $3.5B takeover, ending months of back-and-forth; SWON.SW drops 10%+ (Bloomberg)

Emma Park / Financial Times: How some artists are incorporating Dall-E, Midjourney, and other AI tools into their work, while others remain anxious about AI’s impact on their livelihoods  —  Forward-thinking designers are willing to embrace the technology — without… Read More »How some artists are incorporating Dall-E, Midjourney, and other AI tools into their work, while others remain anxious about AI’s impact on their livelihoods (Emma Park/Financial Times)

Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: South Korea says Samsung and SK Hynix plan to invest more than $470B by 2047 to build 13 new chip plants and three research facilities in the country  —  – It envisions the world’s biggest chipmaking… Read More »South Korea says Samsung and SK Hynix plan to invest more than $470B by 2047 to build 13 new chip plants and three research facilities in the country (Sohee Kim/Bloomberg)

Scott Chipolina / Financial Times: A UN report says Tether token is one of the leading payment methods for money laundering and frauds, including pig butchering scams, in Southeast Asia  —  Digital currency at the heart of scams including fake… Read More »A UN report says Tether token is one of the leading payment methods for money laundering and frauds, including pig butchering scams, in Southeast Asia (Scott Chipolina/Financial Times)

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… Read More »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 (Richard Lawler/The Verge)

Bloomberg: Baidu’s stock drops 10%+ after an SCMP report linking Ernie Bot, which Baidu said amassed 70M users within three months of launch, to Chinese military research  —  – Traders cited an SCMP report about an alleged military tieup  —… Read More »Baidu’s stock drops 10%+ after an SCMP report linking Ernie Bot, which Baidu said amassed 70M users within three months of launch, to Chinese military research (Bloomberg)

Eduardo Baptista / Reuters: Sources: dozens of Chinese entities, including military bodies, AI research institutes, and universities bought small batches of Nvidia chips despite a US ban  —  Chinese military bodies, state-run artificial intelligence research institutes and universities have over… Read More »Sources: dozens of Chinese entities, including military bodies, AI research institutes, and universities bought small batches of Nvidia chips despite a US ban (Eduardo Baptista/Reuters)

Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: How dye-sensitized solar cells, which are lightweight, bendable, and manufactured cheaply, can capture light indoors to charge small gadgets like headphones  —  Indoor solar power technology is finally becoming available; Some devices no longer… Read More »How dye-sensitized solar cells, which are lightweight, bendable, and manufactured cheaply, can capture light indoors to charge small gadgets like headphones (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

Adam Samson / Financial Times: Documents show Turkey told ISPs to block access to 16 VPN services, fueling concerns of the government stifling news and information before elections in March  —  New controls on VPNs underline Erdoğan’s moves to curb… Read More »Documents show Turkey told ISPs to block access to 16 VPN services, fueling concerns of the government stifling news and information before elections in March (Adam Samson/Financial Times)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources detail the Vision Pro’s in-store sales process, which includes extensive fitting and calibration and an employee-guided demo lasting up to 25 minutes  —  The company is preparing an extensive sales pitch for the $3,499 device,… Read More »Sources detail the Vision Pro’s in-store sales process, which includes extensive fitting and calibration and an employee-guided demo lasting up to 25 minutes (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)