Tech Meme

New York Times: Taiwan’s chip sector, built by TSMC’s skilled workers, risks losing its global dominance due to a demographic crisis, demanding work culture, and competing jobs  —  Taiwan’s world-dominating microchip sector was built by TSMC’s skilled employees.  But a demographic crisis … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Gallagher / Bloomberg: A look at Tel Aviv-based Rayzone, whose surveillance system Echo, sold to governments, exploits ad data to track people via their phones  —  The innovation at the heart of the advertising technology industry is automated auctions to trade real-time data about mobile phone users … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alvise Armellini / Reuters: Italy’s AGCM opens an investigation into Apple over exempting its own apps from ATT, a day after the EU confirmed sending Apple Pay questionnaires to retailers  —  Italy’s antitrust agency AGCM said on Thursday it had opened a probe into U.S. technology giant Apple (AAPL.O) for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the apps market. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Porter / The Verge: Fairphone Fairbuds XL review: modular design, lovely controls, and great ANC, but the sound isn’t great, no 3.5mm port, and multipoint connectivity is confusing  —  With readily available spare parts and a modular construction, Fairphone’s first over-ear headphones are a suitable companion to its repairable smartphones. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Tech companies increasingly hire in South and Central America because remote workers there often accept lower pay than in the US but have the same time zones  —  Pandemic-era labor shortages made it hard for Austin-based Fetch Package Inc. to fill positions in the US. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Ireland-based Everseen, which uses computer vision to spot potential retail theft, raised a €65M Series A led by Crosspoint, taking its total funding to ~€82M  —  In 2007, Alan O’Herlihy, who previously worked with large SAP installations as well as retail, set out to find … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Ireland-based Everseen, which uses computer vision to spot potential retail theft, raised a €65M Series A led by Crosspoint, taking its total funding to ~€82M  —  In 2007, Alan O’Herlihy, who previously worked with large SAP installations as well as retail, set out to find … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tiyashi Datta / Reuters: JD.com reports Q1 revenue up 1.4% YoY to ~$35B, beating estimates, and ~$906M net profit, compared to a ~$431M net loss in Q1 2022; JD rises 7%+  —  China’s e-commerce giant JD.com Inc (9618.HK), said on Thursday its chief executive Xu Lei will step down, with the company’s chief financial officer taking on the role. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: JD.com says CEO Xu Lei will step down in June “due to personal reasons”, after one year in the role; CFO Sandy Ran Xu will become the CEO  —  – JD.com shares rose in pre-market trade in the U.S. on Thursday after it said it swung to profit in the first quarter and announced a management shakeup. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alvise Armellini / Reuters: Italy’s AGCM begins investigating Apple over App Store ATT prompts for developers, a day after the EU confirmed sending questionnaires to retailers on Apple Pay  —  Italy’s antitrust agency AGCM said on Thursday it had opened a probe into U.S. technology giant Apple (AAPL.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme