Friday, June 23, 2023

The US broadens eligibility for federal subsidies under the Chips Act to include companies providing tools chemicals and other semiconductor supplies (Yuka Hayashi/Wall Street Journal)

Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal:
The US broadens eligibility for federal subsidies under the Chips Act to include companies providing tools, chemicals, and other semiconductor supplies  —  Biden administration expands eligibility for federal subsidies to semiconductor factory suppliers  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration …



Internal records undercut claims that Twitter censored pro-Trump content before the Capitol riot and show a reluctance to suspend Trump's account until Jan. 8 (Drew Harwell/Washington Post)

Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
Internal records undercut claims that Twitter censored pro-Trump content before the Capitol riot and show a reluctance to suspend Trump's account until Jan. 8  —  In the internal video call from Jan. 5, 2021, workers were told not to take tougher action against a growing wave of tweets they feared were veiled incitements to violence.



JPMorgan expands its JPM Coin launched in 2019 for USD transactions to euro payments; the digital token has been used to process $300B in transactions so far (Anna Irrera/Bloomberg)

Anna Irrera / Bloomberg:
JPMorgan expands its JPM Coin, launched in 2019 for USD transactions, to euro payments; the digital token has been used to process ~$300B in transactions so far  —  JPMorgan Chase & Co. expanded one of the most high-profile projects to bring blockchain technology to traditional banking …



Lithuania announces Tech Zity a €100M tech campus touted as Europe's largest at 592K sq. ft. with facilities for 5000 workers co-living spaces and more (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Lithuania announces Tech Zity, a €100M tech campus touted as Europe's largest at ~592K sq. ft., with facilities for 5,000 workers, co-living spaces, and more  —  Lithuania is vying to become one of the major European tech hubs, bolstered by a growing number of so-called “unicorn” …



A look at Apple Vision Pro features based on the visionOS SDK including a "Moving at Unsafe Speed" alert a "Travel Mode" for airplanes and a "Guest Mode" (Filipe Espósito/9to5Mac)

Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac:
A look at Apple Vision Pro features based on the visionOS SDK, including a “Moving at Unsafe Speed” alert, a “Travel Mode” for airplanes, and a “Guest Mode”  —  Apple announced Vision Pro at WWDC 2023.  But even so, there are still a lot of details …



Realme to launch next Narzo phone in India on June 26

Realme is soon going to launch a new smartphone in the market. The Chinese tech company has begun teasing the smartphone on its Twitter handle. As per the teaser, the company will launch the smartphone under its Narzo segment. While the company is yet to reveal the name of the smartphone, it expected that it would be Realme Narzo 60. If rumours turn out to be true, the smartphone will arrive as a successor to the Realme Narzo 50 5G, launched in India last year. The smartphone will be launched in India on June 26. https://ift.tt/oUWw6Ze

Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...