Top tech news stories today: August 1, 2024

Top tech news stories today: August 1, 2024 is profiled by BTW Media because public-source evidence links it to internet infrastructure, governance, operational dependencies, or market visibility.

Internet governance

1. Automatic Creation of Managed IRR Route Objects upon RPKI ROA Generation Coming Soon

In the software release scheduled for 4 November, ARIN plans to implement new features in ARIN Online that will provide tighter integration of ARIN’s Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) and Internet Routing Registry (IRR) routing security services. (Arin)

IT infrastructure

2. Cencora says additional data stolen in February cyberattack

U.S. drug distributor Cencora said on Wednesday that additional data on patients, beyond what was initially identified, had been stolen in a cyberattack and data breach. (US news)

3. Indian IT services giant Infosys gets $4 billion tax demand

Indian IT services company Infosys has received a tax demand of about $4 billion from the country’s tax authority, a tax authority document seen by Reuters showed. (Yahoo Finance)

4. Canada launches investigation into Ticketmaster data breach

Canada has launched an investigation into a data breach at Live Nation Entertainment unit Ticketmaster that impacted the personal information of millions of individuals worldwide. (CNA)

5. Vodafone Spain and Telefonica establish joint fibre company

Telefonica are expected to retain majority ownership, whilst Zegona maintains a 10% stake. (Capacity)

6. BDx Data Centers launches first phase of 500MW AI campus in Indonesia\

The CGK4 site in Jatiluhur, Indonesia: Home to the nation’s first renewable-powered AI data center park, scalable up to 500MW. (Business Wire)

Tech trends

7. US mulls new curbs on China’s access to AI memory chips, Bloomberg News says

The U.S. is considering unilateral restrictions on China’s access to AI memory chips such as those made by Micron Technology and SK Hynix and equipment capable of making such semiconductors, as soon as next month. (US news)

8. Uber, BYD partner to bring EVs to ride-hailing platform globally

Uber and Chinese automaker BYD announced a multi-year partnership on Wednesday aimed at bringing 100,000 new electric vehicles to the ride-hailing platform globally. (Reuters)

9. Italy’s Bending Spoons buys file sharing service WeTransfer

Italian mobile app developer Bending Spoons SpA has acquired WeTransfer, a Dutch file-sharing service that backed out of a public listing two years ago. (Bloomberg)

10. India cenbank proposes more options to authenticate digital payments

India’s central bank on Wednesday proposed to allow a wider set of alternatives, including fingerprints and passwords, as additional factors of authentication for all digital transactions. (Yahoo Finance)

AI

11. AI could eliminate up to 5% of jobs in Latin America, study finds

AI could eliminate up to 5% of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to a joint report by the International Labor Organisation and the World Bank. (Finimize)

12. Samsung bullish on AI demand as profit soars on higher chip prices

Samsung Electronics forecasted strong artificial intelligence-driven demand for chips in the second half of this year, as it reported a more than 15-fold rise in its second-quarter operating profit. (MSN)

13. Taco Bell’s drive-thru AI might take your next order

Taco Bell’s parent company aims to bring its ‘Voice AI’ technology to hundreds of stores in the US by the end of 2024. (Verge)

14. Google releases new ‘open’ AI models with a focus on safety

Google has released a trio of new, “open” generative AI models that it’s calling “safer,” “smaller” and “more transparent” than most — a bold claim, to be sure. (Tech Crunch)