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Tech Across the Globe

Oracle booms: Oracle reported a huge jump in bookings in the latest quarter, following a massive deal with OpenAI.

Apple slims down: The hotly anticipated iPhone Air was part of Apple’s biggest product launch event of the year, though the upgraded and redesigned Pro models are likely to be the biggest sales drivers.

Microsoft’s RTO: Many Microsoft employees must soon return to the office three days a week. The policy will start for some workers in the Seattle area in late February, before expanding to the rest of the US and launching internationally.

Revalued

ASML is investing €1.3 billion ($1.5 billion) in France’s Mistral AI, an unusual move for the Dutch chipmaking equipment company — and a vote of confidence for Europe’s most important artificial intelligence startup.

Must Read

Stockholm-based Klarna is set to make its NYSE debut very soon, and in the buildup to it, Bloomberg’s Aisha Gani called up the company’s so-called CEO hotline to ask for details. Answering her was an AI representation of boss Sebastian Siemiatkowski, a man she’d met many times prior. Read Aisha’s Tech In Depth essay today for a sense of what it’s like talking to an AI CEO and some color around this big upcoming IPO.

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