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title: Global B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (15/01/2024 - 19/01/2024)
description: In this week's news roundup, we looked at the top news stories from the global B2B tech & telecoms industry.
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# [Global B2B TECH & TELECOMS NEWS (15/01/2024 - 19/01/2024)](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/b2b-tech-telecoms-news-08-01-2024-01-2024-011-0)

 Written by [Ilex Community Manager](https://blog.ilexcontent.com/blog/author/ilex-community-manager) | 19-Jan-2024 10:33:33

This week's roundup looked at the top news stories from the Global B2B tech & telecoms industry.

The stories cover AI, Ebay, Vodafone, Energy, Space missions, Vantage and du.

Here are our highlights:

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# AI to hit 40% of jobs and worsen inequality, IMF says

IMF's managing director Kristalina Georgieva says "in most scenarios, AI will likely worsen overall inequality". Ms Georgieva adds that policymakers should address the "troubling trend" to "prevent the technology from further stoking social tensions".

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/47v8Sn2](https://bit.ly/47v8Sn2) 

# eBay to pay $3m fine over employees who sent live spiders to couple's home

David and Ina Steiner, who ran an online newsletter which had upset eBay executives, also had a funeral wreath, a bloody pig mask, and a book about surviving the loss of a spouse, show up at their door.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/47Ctjyy](https://bit.ly/47Ctjyy) 

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# [Vodafone](http://vodafone.com) signs $1.5 billion Microsoft deal for AI, cloud and IoT

The British company will invest $1.5 billion in customer-focused AI developed with Microsoft's Azure OpenAI and Copilot technologies.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/47B0m6a](https://bit.ly/47B0m6a) 

# Home energy tech brand Aira secures £125m funding boost

Backed by funds including Lingotto and Temasek, Swedish-based Aira will announce new financing weeks after pledging to create 8,000 British jobs, Sky News understands

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3SiXbeG](https://bit.ly/3SiXbeG) 

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# [Vodafone](http://vodafone.com) Germany Enables Virtual Reality for Soccer Games via 5G Body Cams

Baller League, co-founded by soccer world champions Mats Hummels and Lukas Podolski, has inked a partnership with Vodafone Germany to bring new 5G transmission technology              

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3S55dXk](https://bit.ly/3S55dXk) 

# 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) 

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# 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) 

# 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) 

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# du partners with Intelsat for remote UAE cell coverage

UAE mobile network operator du has teamed up with global satellite operator Intelsat to provide coverage to remote areas of the gulf nation.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/422r9aj](https://bit.ly/422r9aj) 

# Japan hopes 'moon sniper' will complete 'precision' lunar landing today

Japan is aiming to become the fifth country to put a spacecraft on the moon, and it will attempt to do so in an area the size equivalent to Trafalgar Square.

Read the full story here: [https://bit.ly/3S8yjF8](https://bit.ly/3S8yjF8) 

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