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Top tech news stories today: April 18, 2024

Microsoft-OpenAI deal set to dodge formal EU merger probe, Third-party iPhone app store AltStore PAL is now live in Europe and other news.

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Microsoft-OpenAI deal set to dodge formal EU merger probe, Third-party iPhone app store AltStore PAL is now live in Europe and other news.

Context

Discover the latest in technology trends and innovations shaping the future. MeWe chairman and CEO Jeffrey Edell recently penned an op-ed detailing how he believes the situation between the United States government and China’s TikTok could be avoided by implementing blockchain technologies. ( Cointelegraph )

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Pending intelligence enrichment.

Analysis

The RIPE NCC Annual Report 2023 documents the activities of the RIPE NCC throughout the year. The RIPE NCC Financial Report 2023 accounts for the financial activities of the RIPE NCC during the same period. ( RIPE NCC ) Cadence Design Systems on Wednesday introduced the latest version of supercomputer based around a custom computing chip designed to speed up the creation of other computing chips and the software that will run on them. ( Lumi News ) ASML, the biggest supplier of equipment to computer chip makers, said on Wednesday said it has shipped one of its newest “High NA” EUV lithography systems to a second customer. ( BEANSTART ) Alphabet-owned Google is laying off an unspecified number of employees, a company spokesperson said on Wednesday, marking the latest cuts at the technology giant as it cracks down on costs. ( Reuters )

Key Points

1. MeWe social network boss says blockchain can solve the TikTok problem
2. RIPE NCC Annual Report 2023 and RIPE NCC Financial Report 2023 published
3. New Cadence supercomputers aim to speed creation of chips, software
4. Semiconductor equipment maker ASML ships second ‘High NA’ EUV machine
5. Google lays off employees, shifts some roles abroad amid cost cuts

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