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Posted by: amygdala | May 9, 2009
“Swine Flu Hemagglutinin”: amino acid sequence as ambient music
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- Intel announces another Foundry leadership change, naming Marvell executive Kevin O'Buckley as SVP, replacing longtime executive Stu Pann, in the role a year (Ian King/Bloomberg)
- The US plans to sharply raise tariffs on imports from China including semiconductors, EVs, and batteries, impacting $18B of products; chip tariffs start in 2025 (Demetri Sevastopulo/Financial Times)
- Tencent reports Q1 revenue up 6% YoY to ~$22B, above ~$21.95B est., and net profit up 62% YoY to ~$5.8B, above ~$4.8B est., boosted by new WeChat monetization (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)
- German companies are increasingly experimenting with AI tools to become more productive and efficient, but some say the gains AI promises could be years away (Nina Kienle/Wall Street Journal)
- Foxconn reports Q1 revenue down 9% YoY to ~$40.9B, net profit up 72% YoY to ~$679M, and consumer electronics was 48% of its revenue while cloud was 28% (CNBC)
- Sony reports Q4 revenue up 14% YoY to ~$22.4B, above ~$18.5B est., operating profit up 57% YoY to ~$1.5B, and sold 20.8M PS5 units in FY 2023, below guidance (Ryan Browne/CNBC)
- Video game publishers are facing a wave of lawsuits that accuse the industry of profiting from intentionally promoting mass addiction and causing health issues (Rachel Graf/Bloomberg)
- Uber announces plans to acquire Delivery Hero's Foodpanda business in Taiwan for $950M in an all-cash deal, expected to close in the first half of 2025 (Sarah Zheng/Bloomberg)
- AI startups in the Bay Area raised $27B+ in 2023, more than 50% of global AI funding, up from $14B in 2022 when the region accounted for 29% of all AI funding (Gené Teare/Crunchbase News)
- Mexico-based BNPL startup Aplazo raised a $45M Series B led by QED Investors, bringing its total raised to $100M+ in equity and $75M in committed debt (Anna Heim/TechCrunch)
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Amy G. Dala 
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