Techmeme: Interviews with the creator and maintainers of FreeDOS, the only MS-DOS-compatible OS still under active development, about its continued relevance and more (Andrew Cunningham/Ars Technica)

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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:

Sources: Apple is actively working to bring the AI features to Vision Pro, rejiggers Vision Pro's retail demos, and starts developing 2025's operating systems — Apple's strategy to make its devices last longer will mean AI and software are even more important to its business.

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Chance Miller / 9to5Mac:

Kuo: Apple plans to mass produce new AirPods with camera modules by 2026, which will include an IR camera similar to the iPhone Face ID receiver — According to a new report from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, Apple is targeting to begin mass production of new “AirPods with camera modules” by 2026.

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Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica:

Interviews with the creator and maintainers of FreeDOS, the only MS-DOS-compatible OS still under active development, about its continued relevance and more — Project's creator talks to Ars about where FreeDOS has been, where it's going. — Two big things happened in the world of text-based disk operating systems in June 1994.

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LinkedIn: Philip D'Ath. Forums: r/technology and Ars OpenForum

Yoolim Lee / Bloomberg:

SK Hynix plans to invest ~$75B on chips through 2028, allocating ~80%, or $60B, on manufacturing HBM chips, as part of the parent company SK Group's bet on AI — - About 80%, or $60 billion, will be spent on HBM memory chips — Plan underscores overhaul at S. Korea's No. 2 business group

More: Reuters, TweakTown, Neowin, Cointelegraph, SiliconANGLE, Tom's Hardware, Cryptopolitan, The Crypto Times, and The Investor. Forums: r/wallstreetbets

Financial Times:

European fintech execs say financial services are shunning AI over job loss and regulatory fears, despite evidence that AI will boost productivity and cut costs — Industry leaders say concerns over impact of technology are outweighing benefits such as productivity gains and cost cuts

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Silla Brush / Bloomberg:

BlackRock has agreed to buy Preqin, a UK-based provider of private markets data, for £2.55B in cash — The acquisition deepens BlackRock's ability to oversee risks and analyze data across fast-growing markets for private assets, and also expands its Aladdin technology systems …

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Aanu Adeoye / Financial Times:

Nigeria's food delivery startups are attracting investors optimistic about the growing demand in a market that is expected to double to $2.4B over eight years — Sector forecast to double in value over eight years but soaring inflation will erode families' spending power

Che Pan / South China Morning Post:

Sources: Huawei plans to partner with Chinese foundry Wuhan Xinxin to develop high-bandwidth memory chips, marking its latest effort to defy US sanctions — - US-blacklisted Huawei's move into high-bandwidth memory chips would mark its latest effort to defy Washington's tech sanctions

More: Huawei Central

Irene Garcia Perez / Bloomberg:

Atos reaches a deal in principle with its creditors that restructures its debt, including injecting €233M in equity, and lets the creditors take control of Atos — - Creditors have agreed to inject equity and new debt into Atos — French IT firm's agreement with Onepoint fell apart last week

More: Atos and Reuters

Naomi Nix / Washington Post:

A look at Meta's Oversight Board which now hopes it can help social networks comply with EU's DSA; sources: it's tried for years to attract clients beyond Meta — Once hailed as a model for internet governance, Meta's Oversight Board has been criticized as slow-moving and increasingly irrelevant.

X: @tnoquoproquid and @anupamchander

Benjamin Taubman / Bloomberg:

Kaiko: the proportion of Bitcoin traded over weekends has fallen to 16% in 2024 so far, down from 28% in 2019, a trend likely accelerated by Bitcoin ETFs launch — - Weekend trading drops to 16% of total volume, Kaiko says — ETFs, dwindling volatility lessen appeal, researcher says

More: The Block, Kaiko Research, CoinGape, and Finbold

X: @jconorgrogan, @kaikodata, and @crypto

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:

An interview with Plaid's first president, Jennifer Taylor, on expanding beyond its traditional fintech customers as its enterprise customer base crosses 1,000 — As Plaid has expanded its fintech services, so, too, has it grown its customer base. — Plaid got its start as a company …

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