Journals

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter: Internal memo: Amazon Studios SVP Mike Hopkins says “several hundred roles” are being cut in its Prime Video and MGM Studios units; both had cuts in early 2023  —  Division leader Mike Hopkins said… Read More »Internal memo: Amazon Studios SVP Mike Hopkins says “several hundred roles” are being cut in its Prime Video and MGM Studios units; both had cuts in early 2023 (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)

New York Times: How RISC-V, the US-developed, open-source chip instruction set architecture, became a central tool for Chinese companies and governments, leading to US concerns  —  A U.S.-born chip technology called RISC-V has become critical to China’s ambitions.  Washington is… Read More »How RISC-V, the US-developed, open-source chip instruction set architecture, became a central tool for Chinese companies and governments, leading to US concerns (New York Times)

Financial Times: How UK online clothes shoppers shifting back to physical stores post-pandemic exacerbated online retailers’ challenges, including logistics and new upstarts  —  The pandemic turbocharged internet clothing sales, but a return to stores has left the UK’s ecommerce pioneers… Read More »How UK online clothes shoppers shifting back to physical stores post-pandemic exacerbated online retailers’ challenges, including logistics and new upstarts (Financial Times)

Iain Martin / Forbes: Documents: sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich quietly invested $63M+ in European startups via London VC firm Target Global between 2015 and 2021  —  Venture capital fund Target Global managed tens of millions of dollars for Roman… Read More »Documents: sanctioned Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich quietly invested $63M+ in European startups via London VC firm Target Global between 2015 and 2021 (Iain Martin/Forbes)

Karen Gilchrist / CNBC: With half of the world’s adults set to vote in 2024, the WEF’s Global Risks Report 2024 ranks AI mis- and disinformation ahead of war, climate change, and more  —  – Concern over the impact of… Read More »With half of the world’s adults set to vote in 2024, the WEF’s Global Risks Report 2024 ranks AI mis- and disinformation ahead of war, climate change, and more (Karen Gilchrist/CNBC)

Andre Gee / Rolling Stone: Legendary mixtape platform DatPiff uploads its 50TB cache of 366,420 mixtapes and free albums to the Internet Archive, after a server crash in March 2023  —  DatPiff uploaded its extensive free mixtape catalog to the… Read More »Legendary mixtape platform DatPiff uploads its 50TB cache of 366,420 mixtapes and free albums to the Internet Archive, after a server crash in March 2023 (Andre Gee/Rolling Stone)

Amrita Khalid / The Verge: YouTube partners with Mass General Brigham and the Mexican Red Cross to show brief, step-by-step first-aid videos atop searches about heart attacks and more  —  If you search YouTube for what to do if someone… Read More »YouTube partners with Mass General Brigham and the Mexican Red Cross to show brief, step-by-step first-aid videos atop searches about heart attacks and more (Amrita Khalid/The Verge)

New York Times: Sources: as US-China tensions rise, Microsoft debates what to do with its prized 800-person Beijing research lab, opened in 1998; Microsoft has added guardrails  —  Amid U.S.-China tensions, the company has faced questions over whether operating an… Read More »Sources: as US-China tensions rise, Microsoft debates what to do with its prized 800-person Beijing research lab, opened in 1998; Microsoft has added guardrails (New York Times)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Data.ai’s State of Mobile 2023: global consumer app spending rose 3% YoY to $171B, non-game spending rose 11% YoY to $64B, and app downloads rose 1% YoY to 257B  —  After the app economy slowed for… Read More »Data.ai’s State of Mobile 2023: global consumer app spending rose 3% YoY to $171B, non-game spending rose 11% YoY to $64B, and app downloads rose 1% YoY to 257B (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sam Kim / Bloomberg: SIA: global chip revenue rose 5.3% YoY to $48B in November 2023, the first YoY growth since August 2022; China sales rose 7.6% YoY and Americas rose 3.5% YoY  —  – Recovery among chip makers may… Read More »SIA: global chip revenue rose 5.3% YoY to $48B in November 2023, the first YoY growth since August 2022; China sales rose 7.6% YoY and Americas rose 3.5% YoY (Sam Kim/Bloomberg)