SemiAnalysis: A look at Intel’s history as the chip industry’s only major Integrated Design Manufacturer and why the approach is both a structural advantage and disadvantage — Foundry Cost, Hot Lots, Steppings, Tool Utilization, Test & More: Path to Operational Efficiency? — ∙ Paid Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jon Porter / The Verge: Comcast-owned UK broadcaster Sky launches Sky Live, a camera designed to add social, fitness, and gaming features to its smart TVs via USB-C and HDMI, for £290 — Comcast-owned British broadcaster Sky has launched a new camera that’s designed to add more social, fitness, and gaming features to its smart TVs. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Shen Lu / Wall Street Journal: Shein tries to shed its Chinese image, including by denying claims of sourcing its cotton from Xinjiang and staying silent on details of its suppliers in China — Shein says it doesn’t source cotton from Xinjiang as it navigates U.S.-China tensions — Shein, the China-founded ultrafast-fashion retailer … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia: ASML EVP Christophe Fouquet says decoupling the global chip supply chain would be “extremely difficult and expensive”, as major economies push for self-reliance — Top equipment maker sources globally while keeping most production in Netherlands Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Venezuela’s temporary crypto mining ban is killing the industry that President Maduro promoted; ~75K mining equipment units were disconnected since March 2023 — Venezuela’s temporary ban on mining cryptocurrencies within the country is effectively killing the industry President Nicolás Maduro worked hard to promote. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: Figma expands its Google for Education partnership to Japan and now lets all US K-12 students access its design tools for free on education Chromebooks — Figma is expanding its partnership with Google for Education in a bid to introduce more school-age students to its product design and collaboration platforms. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: a16z, Accel, Bain, Bessemer, Kleiner, and, sources say, Coatue and Tiger are increasingly buying startup shares on the secondary market, often at cheap prices — It’s a bargain-hunter’s dream, and for sellers it’s sometimes the only good option left. — Secondary markets … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Jon Porter / The Verge: Comcast-owned UK broadcaster Sky launches Sky Live, a camera designed to add social, fitness, and gaming features to its smart TVs, for £290 — Comcast-owned British broadcaster Sky has launched a new camera that’s designed to add more social, fitness, and gaming features to its smart TVs. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Wall Street Journal: A look at TikTok’s effect on small businesses in the US, as the app has become “a billion-person focus group”, disrupting business cycles and corporate R&D — The social-media giant has become ‘a billion-person focus group,’ disrupting business cycles and upending corporate R&D Lees verder op Tech Meme
Amrita Khalid / The Verge: As Spotify’s podcast strategy of focusing on exclusives and celebrity hosts continues to falter, the company seems to be shifting its focus to selling ads — The company is entering the ‘next phase’ of its podcast strategy — but will it learn from its mistakes? Lees verder op Tech Meme