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TNB Tech Minute: SoftBank Plans to Invest $100 Billion in U.S. Projects

2024/12/16
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一名专注于技术和未来趋势的记者和播客主持人,目前工作于《华尔街_journal》。
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Danny Lewis:报道了软银计划对美国投资1000亿美元用于人工智能和新兴技术,创造约10万个就业岗位的计划,以及该计划的资金来源不明确。同时,报道了TikTok请求最高法院推迟执行可能导致其在美国被禁的国家安全法,以及TikTok及其母公司字节跳动对强制出售的反对。最后,报道了美国东海岸官员就近期神秘无人机目击事件向联邦政府施压,要求其提供更多答案,尽管联邦调查局和国土安全部声明这些无人机目击事件不构成威胁。

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Here's your TNB Tech Minute for Monday, December 16th. I'm Danny Lewis for The Wall Street Journal. President-elect Donald Trump and SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son say the Japanese company plans to invest at least $100 billion in U.S. projects over the next four years. The Internet and Telecommunications Company estimates the investments will create about 100,000 jobs in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies.

SoftBank says it expects the work to be completed before 2029, but it's unclear how the tech investor will pay for it. SoftBank has roughly $30 billion of cash on hand. TikTok is asking the Supreme Court to delay enforcement of a national security law that could effectively ban the social media app in the U.S. next month. Lawyers for TikTok and its Beijing-based parent company, ByteDance, filed an emergency application today asking the court to suspend the ban while TikTok appeals a lower court ruling.

TikTok's lawyers said pausing the law would prevent the silencing of TikTok users the day before President-elect Trump's inauguration and allow the incoming administration to weigh in. Under the law, TikTok must sell its U.S. operations by January 19th or it will be effectively shut down. ByteDance has said it can't and won't sell TikTok, and the Chinese government has opposed a forced sale.

And officials across the United States East Coast are pushing the federal government for more answers about the wave of mysterious drone sightings. Drone sightings were first reported last month in New Jersey, but have since spread to other states, including New York, Connecticut, Virginia, and Massachusetts. In a joint statement, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security said the reported drone sightings don't pose a threat to national security or public safety.

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