Tech Meme

Jean Eaglesham / Wall Street Journal: Tel Aviv-based insurance marketplace Vesttoo considers removing its CEO and CFO amid an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud involving faked letters of credit  —  Tel Aviv-based firm, facing questions about fake documents, may fire its founders  —  A hot Israeli startup promised … Lees verder op Tech Meme

New York Times: A profile of TSMC founder Morris Chang, who moved from the US to Taiwan in 1985 to build a chip industry behemoth that now sits at the center of a 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

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: Qualcomm, NXP, Bosch, and Infineon form a new company in Germany to promote the open-source RISC-V chip architecture, initially targeting the auto industry  —  Together with Nordic Semiconductor ASA and German firms Robert Bosch GmbH and Infineon Technologies AG, the semiconductor firms … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Martin Coulter / Reuters: TikTok announces measures to comply with EU DSA, including making reporting illegal content easier for users and removing targeted ads for those aged 13 to 17  —  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

New York Times: An interview with TSMC Chair Mark Liu on why the company plans to stay in Taiwan, the US CHIPS Act, China invading Taiwan, 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 shutting down its US cryptocurrency service from September 2, citing regulatory uncertainty, impacting <1% of its crypto users globally  —  – Revolut is closing its cryptocurrency platform in the U.S., citing regulatory uncertainty. Lees verder op Tech Meme

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

Bobby Allyn / NPR: Background actors describe their worries over lack of control of their digital likenesses, which is one key issue in the SAG-AFTRA strike  —  After four weeks of working as a background actor on the Disney+ series WandaVision during the pandemic, Alexandria Rubalcaba was told by the production crew to report to a tractor trailer. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yoojung Lee / Bloomberg: South Korean circuit board maker Isu Petasys, which counts Alphabet, Nvidia, and Microsoft as clients, has seen a 487% stock surge in 2023 fueled by the AI boom  —  – Isu Petasys supplies tech giants such as Nvidia with circuits  — Patriarch Kim Sang-Beom and family see value of stake soar Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: How Vietnam became a gaming powerhouse a decade after Flappy Bird; data.ai: Vietnam was in the global top five in mobile game production by downloads in H1 2023  —  – Flappy Bird inspired generation of hit game developers  — Privacy regulations pose risk for ad-dependent casual games Lees verder op Tech Meme