Techmeme: Sources: TSMC and Samsung executives have visited the UAE and are considering building UAE-funded chip factories; TSMC denies any new international expansion (Wall Street Journal)

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Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer:

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Felicia Schwartz / Financial Times:

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Bloomberg:

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Wall Street Journal:

Sources: TSMC and Samsung executives have visited the UAE and are considering building UAE-funded chip factories; TSMC denies any new international expansion — Potential projects in the United Arab Emirates could be worth more than $100 billion, though major hurdles remain

More: Barron's Online, PC Gamer, Semafor, Reuters, The Stack, The Circuit, Bloomberg, The Verge, The Decoder, The Korea Herald, CNBC, Benzinga, Asia tech wire, Gulf Business, TechNode, Edge Middle East, SamNews 24, and Sammy Fans

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Financial Times:

Legacy carmakers struggle to keep pace as the focus shifts from engines to computing power; only Ford, GM, and BMW are in Gartner's digital performance top 10 — Legacy carmakers have struggled to keep pace as the focus has turned from the engine to computing power

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Thoughts on Apple's slowing pace of iPhone hardware innovation, a closer look at its Apple Intelligence rollout plans, and iPhone 16 Pro Max first impressions — The new iPhone has tantalizing camera improvements, but the device is emblematic of Apple's slower pace of hardware innovation.

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Swati Gupta / Bloomberg:

The US and India announce plans for a new chip plant in India, producing infrared, gallium nitride, and silicon carbide chips, as Narendra Modi visits the US — - Plant to manufacture chips including infrared, gallium nitride — Narendra Modi is visiting the US for the annual Quad summit

More: Patently Apple, Inc42 Media, YourStory.com, and The White House. X: @narendramodi

Ivana Saric / Axios:

An analysis shows that at least 26 US states have passed or are considering bills regulating the use of generative AI in election-related communications — - There have already been instances of generative AI being “used to confuse - and even suppress - voters," Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) told Axios in an email.

More: Governor of California, Politico, Politico, Associated Press, Associated Press, and Washington Post. X: @johngramlich

Financial Times:

AI copilots are evolving into AI agents designed to take actions on behalf of users, as business software companies experiment with ways to sell generative AI — Microsoft, Salesforce and Workday latest to centre their plans on ‘AI agents’ as technology advances

More: PYMNTS.com and Christopher S. Penn

Jennifer Epstein / Bloomberg:

In an event that raised $27M, Kamala Harris vowed to help grow investments in “AI and digital assets”, her first comments on crypto as the presidential nominee — - Vice president says she'll encourage ‘innovative technologies’ — Fundraiser at Cipriani Wall Street venue raises $27 million

Aditya Kalra / Reuters:

Sources: Xiaomi asked India to recall its report that found the company and Walmart's Flipkart breached competition laws, saying it contains commercial secrets — China's Xiaomi (1810.HK) has asked India's antitrust body to recall its report that found the company and Walmart's Flipkart …

More: Business Today, The Economic Times, Inc42 Media, Benzinga, Tech in Asia, and Bloomberg

Sebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal:

A profile of Amazon executive Rohit Prasad, who now oversees a new team of thousands to develop AI products for an Alexa upgrade and other businesses — Rohit Prasad is tasked with making the company a stronger rival to the likes of OpenAI, Microsoft and Google

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Benjamin Mullin / New York Times:

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Robbie Whelan / Wall Street Journal:

Disney reports Q4 revenue up 6% YoY to $22.6B, TV network revenue down 6% YoY to $2.5B, and a $321M DTC streaming profit, up from a $387M loss in Q4 2023

Todd Spangler / Variety:

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Jemima Kelly / Financial Times:

Similarweb: daily X users in the UK fell from 8M in May 2023 to 5.6M now, with 33%+ of the fall coming after the summer riots; US DAUs fell by ~20% in that time

Kit Chellel / Bloomberg:

A look at Bot Farm Corporation, a Siberia-based operation that raked in millions of dollars by deploying advanced poker-playing AI across gambling sites

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Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:

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Dan Goodin / Ars Technica:

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Victoria Song / The Verge:

With the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses, which can easily slot into people's lives, Meta has exceeded expectations in a year when many AI gadgets flopped

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Washington Post:

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Umar Shakir / The Verge:

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Dan Milmo / The Guardian:

Google says the UK risks being “left behind” in the AI race without more data centers and should relax laws barring AI models being trained on copyrighted works

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