Technology
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The UK will pay £24M to settle with French IT group Atos, which challenged awarding an £850M supercomputer contract to Microsoft to forecast weather and more (Financial Times)
Financial Times: The UK will pay £24M to settle with French IT group Atos, which challenged awarding an £850M supercomputer…
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Sources: after Kevin McCarthy made concessions for the speakership, the GOP plans a subcommittee and hearings to investigate Big Tech, like the "Twitter Files" (Mike Allen/Axios)
Mike Allen / Axios: Sources: after Kevin McCarthy made concessions for the speakership, the GOP plans a subcommittee and hearings…
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The EFF, iFixit, Consumer Reports, and other advocacy groups say many buzzy tech demos at CES failed to address how customer data is collected and protected (Tatum Hunter/Washington Post)
Tatum Hunter / Washington Post: The EFF, iFixit, Consumer Reports, and other advocacy groups say many buzzy tech demos at…
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SteamDB: Valve's Steam platform crossed 10M concurrent in-game players for the first time on January 7 and recently exceeded 33M concurrent online users (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: SteamDB: Valve’s Steam platform crossed 10M concurrent in-game players for the first time on January…
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London-based insurance broker Superscript, which offers a "self-serve" platform for SMEs, sole traders, and others, raised a £45M Series B led by BHL UK (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)
Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: London-based insurance broker Superscript, which offers a “self-serve” platform for SMEs, sole traders, and others, raised…
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John Deere signs an MOU with the American Farm Bureau Federation, promising farmers the right to repair their equipment or go to an independent technician (P J Huffstutter/Reuters)
P J Huffstutter / Reuters: John Deere signs an MOU with the American Farm Bureau Federation, promising farmers the right…
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An interview with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, in the role since 2007, on acquiring Figma for $20B, the state of the industry, hybrid work, longevity, and more (Chip Cutter/Wall Street Journal)
Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal: An interview with Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, in the role since 2007, on acquiring…
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