--- title: Global B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (08/01/2024 - 11/01/2024) description: In this week's news roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the global B2B tech & telecoms industry. image: https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hubfs/Updated%20Ilex%20Blog%20Images.jpg --- [![](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Ilex%20Content%20Logo_High%20Res%20copy-1.png?width=2048&height=1229&name=Ilex%20Content%20Logo_High%20Res%20copy-1.png)](http://www.ilexcontent.com) - [Home](https://www.ilexcontent.com) - [Our Services](https://weare.ilexcontent.com/our-services) - [Blog](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog) - [Contact Us](https://www.ilexcontent.com/#contact) # Global B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (08/01/2024 - 11/01/2024) [![](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hubfs/Updated%20Ilex%20Blog%20Images.jpg)](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hubfs/Updated%20Ilex%20Blog%20Images.jpg) This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry. The stories cover Tesla, NASA, Apple, McAfee, Duolingo, Digital Bridge and Amazon. Here are our highlights: monday\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ![vlad-tchompalov-jwyO3NhPZKQ-unsplash-1](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/vlad-tchompalov-jwyO3NhPZKQ-unsplash-1.jpg?width=317&height=211&name=vlad-tchompalov-jwyO3NhPZKQ-unsplash-1.jpg) # Tesla recalls more than 1.6 million cars in China over steering software issues The recall includes its models S, X, 3 and Y, and 7,538 imported vehicles. The problems will be fixed by remote updates to software. Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3vrYsqY](https://bbc.in/3vrYsqY)  ![nasa-UeSpvB0Qo88-unsplash](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nasa-UeSpvB0Qo88-unsplash.jpg?width=317&height=238&name=nasa-UeSpvB0Qo88-unsplash.jpg) # First US spacecraft to land on moon since Apollo lifts off NASA has paid a start-up just $108m (£85m) for five scientific instruments to be carried to the moon - a fraction of the cost of launching its own mission  - with a payload that also carries the remains of the creator of Star Trek. Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/4aQ34as](https://bit.ly/4aQ34as)  TUEsday\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ ![dennis-brendel-YLNMXzXk8zs-unsplash](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/dennis-brendel-YLNMXzXk8zs-unsplash.jpg?width=317&height=211&name=dennis-brendel-YLNMXzXk8zs-unsplash.jpg) # [Apple](http://APPLE.COM) pays out over claims it deliberately slowed down iPhones Apple has begun making payments in a long-running class action lawsuit over claims it deliberately slowed down certain iPhones in the US. Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3TVil3Q](https://bit.ly/3TVil3Q)   ![anh-nhat-PdALQmfEqvE-unsplash-1](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/anh-nhat-PdALQmfEqvE-unsplash-1.jpg?width=317&height=211&name=anh-nhat-PdALQmfEqvE-unsplash-1.jpg) # [McAfee](http://Mcafee.com) Unveils Project Mockingbird: AI-Powered Deepfake Audio Detection McAfee Corp. yesterday announced its AI-powered Deepfake Audio Detection technology, known as Project Mockingbird, at the Consumer Electronics Show. Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/48pigKl](https://bit.ly/48pigKl)  ### WEDNESday\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ # ![john-appleseed-G5eGxZ4-2Dw-unsplash](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/john-appleseed-G5eGxZ4-2Dw-unsplash.jpg?width=317&height=211&name=john-appleseed-G5eGxZ4-2Dw-unsplash.jpg)Duolingo cuts 10% of its contractor workforce as the company embraces AI Duolingo is the latest company to cite AI as a reason for job cuts. The company confirmed it cut around 10% of its contractor workforce at the end of 2023, as it turns to AI models like OpenAI’s GPT-4 to streamline content.                Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3TUFiEl](https://bit.ly/3TUFiEl)  ![spacex-OHOU-5UVIYQ-unsplash-2](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/spacex-OHOU-5UVIYQ-unsplash-2.jpg?width=317&height=211&name=spacex-OHOU-5UVIYQ-unsplash-2.jpg) # Peregrine Mission-1 spacecraft has 'no chance' of landing on moon Astrobotic says there is enough fuel left in the lander to allow it to operate "as a spacecraft" while engineers decide what its new mission in orbit will be.  Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/47tCrFA](https://bit.ly/47tCrFA)  ### Thursday\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ # ![nasa-Q1p7bh3SHj8-unsplash-Jan-12-2024-02-14-07-6769-PM](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/nasa-Q1p7bh3SHj8-unsplash-Jan-12-2024-02-14-07-6769-PM.jpg?width=317&height=211&name=nasa-Q1p7bh3SHj8-unsplash-Jan-12-2024-02-14-07-6769-PM.jpg)DigitalBridge and Silver lake pump $6.4 billion into Vantage Data Centers [I](https://www.capacitymedia.com/article/2cbblve8t7kl4co2wqtj4/news/starlink-plans-2024-direct-to-cell-service-for-sms)Hyperscaler and co-location data centre provider, Vantage Data Centers (Vantage), has announced a $6.4 billion equity investment led by DigitalBridge and Silver Lake.Vantage was launched by Silver Lake, a global tech investor, in 2010. Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/48kyGn7](https://bit.ly/48kyGn7)  ![caspar-camille-rubin-DrL-cwqD6tM-unsplash](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hs-fs/hubfs/caspar-camille-rubin-DrL-cwqD6tM-unsplash.jpg?width=317&height=211&name=caspar-camille-rubin-DrL-cwqD6tM-unsplash.jpg) # Amazon slashes jobs at Twitch, MGM and Prime Video More than 500 Twitch employees - a third of the streamer's workforce - will be laid off, according to [a note](https://blog.twitch.tv/en/2024/01/10/a-difficult-update-about-our-workforce/) from chief executive Dan Clancy. Read the full story here: [https://bbc.in/3NZbAuh](https://bbc.in/3NZbAuh)  \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_   Posted on 01st January 1970 in [AI](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/ai), [Apple](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/apple), [B2B Content Marketing](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/b2b-content-marketing), [Amazon](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/amazon), [NASA](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/nasa), [Mcafee](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/mcafee), [Digital Bridge](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/digital-bridge), [Duolingo](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/duolingo) - [AI](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/ai) - [Apple](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/apple) - [B2B Content Marketing](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/b2b-content-marketing) - [Amazon](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/amazon) - [NASA](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/nasa) - [Mcafee](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/mcafee) - [Digital Bridge](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/digital-bridge) - [Duolingo](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/tag/duolingo) [Making Marketing Work for Sales Teams](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/making-marketing-work-for-sales-teams) ### Recent Posts ### Recent Comments [![Ilex Content](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/hubfs/ilexcontent_April2019/Images/logo-small.png)](https://www.ilexcontent.com/) [Email](mailto:info@ilexcontent.com) [Twitter](https://twitter.com/ilexcontent) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ilex-content-strategies) Copyright 2023 © Ilex Content Strategies Ltd.