Monthly Archives: June 2024

TSMC-backed Vanguard and Dutch firm NXP to build $7.8 billion Singapore wafer plant

Vanguard International Semiconductor in partnership with NXP Semiconductors plans to build a $7.8 billion wafer manufacturing facility in Singapore.

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Payhawk, a $1 billion corporate card startup, plans M&A shopping spree to boost its U.S. footprint

Bulgarian-founded corporate card startup Payhawk said it is targeting acquisitions to help it grow its footprint in the U.S.

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Dealt turns retailers into service providers and proves that pivots sometimes work

Dealt is now building a service platform for retailers instead of end customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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U.S. Clears Way for Antitrust Inquiries of Nvidia, Microsoft and OpenAI

The Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission agreed to divide responsibility for investigating three major players in the artificial intelligence industry.

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Nvidia value surges past $3tn and overtakes Apple

Nvidia has been marked out as a winner from a wave of investments in artificial intelligence.

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Mother hits out at Meta over sextortion death data delay

Murray Dowey, 16, from Dunblane took his own life last December after being blackmailed online.

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Hundreds of Snowflake customer passwords found online are linked to info-stealing malware

Snowflake is the latest company in a string of high-profile security incidents and sizable data breaches caused by the lack of MFA. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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Shenmue fans are on the move again, this time taking out a Times Square ad

You’ve really gotta hand it to Shenmue fans. Few video game fandoms have been this persistent in efforts to keep alive a cult hit. Their latest action: Renting out a video board in New York’s Times Square to demand a … Continue reading

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Marc Andreessen Once Called Online Safety Teams an Enemy. He Still Wants Walled Gardens for Kids

Investor Marc Andreessen called tech ethics and safety teams “the enemy” in his “Techno-Optimist Manifesto” last year. Today he clarified he’s in favor of online guardrails for his 9-year-old son.

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Google acquires Cameyo to bring Windows apps to ChromeOS

Google has acquired Cameyo, a company developing virtualization tools to run Windows apps on ChromeOS devices, for an undisclosed amount. In a blog post, Cameyo CEO Andrew Miller and Google product lead Naveen Viswanatha write that the buy will benefit … Continue reading

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