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#195 – March 16, 2023

South Korea to build ‘world’s largest’ chip center with $230 billion investment from Samsung

South Korea says it will build an enormous facility to make computer chips in the greater Seoul area, with about $230 billion in investment from memory chip giant Samsung Electronics.

Meta to lay off another 10,000 as Zuckerberg celebrates “year of efficiency”

After over-hiring, Zuckerberg says staff cuts taught him that "leaner is better."

Docker is deleting Open Source organisations - what you need to know

This controversial decision coupled with poor messaging has created anxiety the Open Source community. Learn what's happening and how we can move forward.

Silicon Valley Bank unmasks the hypocrisy of libertarian tech bros

Say what you like about Peter Thiel – but luck has generally been on the Silicon Valley venture capitalist’s side. He is, after all, a co-founder of PayPal – which he sold for $1.5bn four years after.

Credit Suisse stock slump triggers close monitoring by regulators

Credit Suisse shares slumped by as much as 30% on Wednesday after its largest shareholder said it could not provide further support, prompting the Swiss bank's CEO to make new assurances on its financial strength.

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