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
Paresh Dave / Wired: Hands-on with Google’s Duet AI writing aid: a stiff style, inaccurate information, inconsistent Docs and Gmail behavior, great at drafting complaints, and more — I used Duet AI to send emails and plan my wedding. Its writing can be stuffy and stereotyping—but it’s a glimpse of the future of productivity apps. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Financial Times: Sources: Meta is in talks to sign a multiyear deal in which Magic Leap provides IP licensing and contract manufacturing in North America for Meta’s AR products — Social media giant seeks technologies to help create an avatar-filled ‘metaverse’ — Facebook’s parent company is in talks … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: An overview of the executive team behind Apple’s upcoming mixed reality headset — Apple is just a few weeks away from debuting its mixed-reality headset. This past week, I gave an in-depth look at the device’s development and features. Now, here’s a list of the key people involved in the project. Lees verder op Tech Meme