Tech Meme

Kentaro Tsutsumi / Nikkei Asia: Analysts expect a Q2 sales decline at seven out of the top nine chip equipment makers, including Applied Materials and Lam Research, as memory demand slumps  —  Stock prices on rise as investors factor in anticipated recovery, demand from AI  —  Demand for wafer fabrication equipment has been lackluster. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Patient21, which provides software for managing patients and clinics, raised a €100M Series C in equity and debt led by Pitango  —  Patient21, a four-year-old German startup that combines a digital healthcare platform with real-world brick-and-mortar clinics … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kellen Browning / New York Times: Email: Uber suspends its diversity head Bo Young Lee for hosting sessions on race titled “Don’t Call Me Karen,” which attendees felt were insensitive to PoC  —  The executive hosted sessions about race and being a white woman that were titled “Don’t Call Me Karen,” prompting an employee uproar. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Berlin-based Patient21, which provides software for managing patients and clinics, raised a €100M Series C in equity and debt led by Pitango  —  Patient21, a four-year-old German startup that combines a digital healthcare platform with real-world brick-and-mortar clinics … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kentaro Tsutsumi / Nikkei Asia: Analysts expect a Q2 sales decline at seven out of the nine top chip equipment makers, including Applied Materials and Lam Research, amid a memory demand slump  —  Stock prices on rise as investors factor in anticipated recovery, demand from AI  —  Demand for wafer fabrication equipment has been lackluster. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Subhrojit Mallick / The Economic Times: Wistron is selling its iPhone assembly unit near Bengaluru to Tata Group and exiting India due to an inability to get deeper into Apple’s supply chain and more  —  The contract maker’s inability to get deeper into Apple’s supply chain, sale of China factory and challenges posed by local employment norms spurred its decision to leave. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sidhartha Shukla / Bloomberg: A researcher says crypto mixer Tornado Cash was taken over by hackers on Saturday through a malicious governance proposal that gave them a majority of votes  —  Tornado Cash, a service that allows users to mask cryptocurrency transactions, suffered a hostile takeover by hackers through a malicious governance proposal. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A rise in memecoins and NFTs on the Bitcoin blockchain, thanks to the Ordinals protocol, has spurred record transactions and an ensuing fee windfall for miners  —  An eruption of memecoins and nonfungible tokens on the Bitcoin blockchain has reshaped the revenue profile of miners … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers reveal many low-cost Android phones and smart TVs from lesser-known brands, sold in the US and owned by millions, come with malware preinstalled  —  The bane of low-cost Android devices is showing no signs of going away.  —  Overall, Android devices have earned a decidedly mixed reputation for security. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Peter Funt / Wall Street Journal: Service robots like Moxi, which delivers medicines in hospitals, and Jesper, which serves food in restaurants, are in high demand despite job loss concerns  —  The pandemic may be over, but the demand for nonhuman workers in health care, food service and other fields is here to stay Lees verder op Tech Meme