Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: SEC filing: Alphabet sold nearly 90% of its Robinhood stake as of June 30, as part of paring back large positions in public companies like 23andMe and Duolingo  —  – Google parent Alphabet has pared back large positions in multiple publicly traded firms, including the trading platform Robinhood, 23andMe and Duolingo. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Toyota and Pony.ai, which has robotaxi services in cities like Beijing and Guangzhou, launch a joint venture and plan to spend $140M+ to mass produce robotaxis  —  Toyota (7203.T) and partner Pony.ai are planning to mass produce robotaxis in China, setting up a venture this year which will build cars … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Garisto / Nature: Attempts to replicate a South Korean team’s process to create LK-99, a room temperature superconductor that could revolutionize computing, have failed so far  —  You can also search for this author in  —  PubMed Google Scholar  —  A Korean team’s claim to have discovered a superconductor … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India delays its import ban on laptops, tablets, servers, and other devices, offering companies a “transition period” of at least one month to obtain licenses  —  India is delaying the implementation of its import limitations on laptops, tablets, and servers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Coinbase asks a judge to dismiss the SEC’s lawsuit, arguing that the case “falls outside the agency’s delegated authority” as Coinbase doesn’t trade securities  —  Coinbase is asking a judge to dismiss the Securities and Exchange Commission’s lawsuit against it. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Martin Coulter / Reuters: To comply with the EU’s DSA, TikTok plans to let users turn off personalized recommendations in For You, remove targeted ads for users aged 13 to 17, and more  —  Chinese-owned social media platform TikTok has announced a raft of new features for European users aimed at improving compliance with incoming European Union regulations. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Apple, Samsung, HP, and others freeze new imports of laptops and tablets to India; sources say India’s sudden import license rules caught the industry off-guard  —  – India surprised industry with new import license requirement  — Modi government seeks to promote domestic manufacturing Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: A profile of TSMC founder Morris Chang, who left the US for Taiwan in 1985 to build a chip manufacturing titan now at the center of the US-China tech Cold War  —  At 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows.  —  Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: An interview with Chair Mark Liu on why TSMC is staying in Taiwan, China’s possible invasion of Taiwan, the US CHIPS Act, cutting off Huawei in 2020, and more  —  In an interview, the chip maker’s chairman, Mark Liu, explained why TSMC’s top tech would stay in Taiwan, despite growing threats … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Revolut plans to start closing its US cryptocurrency services on September 2, citing regulatory uncertainty, impacting less than 1% of its crypto users globally  —  – Revolut is closing its cryptocurrency platform in the U.S., citing regulatory uncertainty. Lees verder op Tech Meme