Tech Meme

Debby Wu / Bloomberg: Applied Materials sues Chinese-owned, California-based rival Mattson over an alleged 14-month effort to steal IP, including staff-poaching and design transfers  —  Applied Materials Inc. is suing a Chinese-owned rival over what it says was a 14-month effort to steal some of its most valuable secrets … Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Revill / Reuters: Siemens plans to spend €2B to build factories, R&D centers, and more, including a €200M plant in Singapore for automation; revenue in 2022 rose 16% YoY to €72B  —  Siemens (SIEGn.DE) will spend 2 billion euros ($2.16 billion) on a new global investment plan … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Analysis: US spending on Temu was 20% higher than Shein in May 2023; Apptopia: Temu has been the top iOS app on the US App Store during most days in 2023  —  This time last year, hardly anyone in the US knew what Temu was.  Now, as American consumers grapple with runaway inflation … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Valve releases a Steam update, announced in April, offering a big UI makeover, unifying the codebase for Desktop, Big Picture Mode, and Steam Deck, and more  —  While much of that has been available in beta, today’s the day it goes wide with a full stable release.  So if your Steam is looking rather different, that’s why! Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Revill / Reuters: Siemens plans to spend €2B to build factories, R&D centers, and more, including a €200M plant in Singapore for automation; revenue in 2022 rose 16% YoY to €72B  —  Siemens (SIEGn.DE) will spend 2 billion euros ($2.16 billion) on a new global investment plan … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Christina Warren / Inverse: A look at Apple’s Game Porting Toolkit, based on a 20K line of code patch to Wine, easing ports to Apple silicon, and possible paths Apple may take with gaming  —  At WWDC last week, most of the focus was rightfully on the new Apple Vision Pro headset and the new visionOS. Lees verder op Tech Meme

John Revill / Reuters: Siemens plans to spend €2B to build factories, R&D centers, and more, including a €200M plant in Singapore for automation; revenue in 2022 rose 16% YoY to €72B  —  Siemens (SIEGn.DE) will spend 2 billion euros ($2.16 billion) on a new global investment plan … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jesse Levine / Bloomberg: French luxury goods group LVMH partners with Epic Games to use its 3D creation tools to build immersive products and experiences, like virtual fitting rooms  —  French luxury goods group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE has paired up with Epic Games Inc., creator of Fortnite … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jofie Yordan / Tech in Asia: Research: Southeast Asia’s ecommerce GMV reached $99.5B in 2022, up 1.8x from 2020, with Shopee accounting for $47.9B, Lazada $20.1B, and Tokopedia $18.4B  —  As Southeast Asia’s ecommerce sector saw continued growth in 2022, Sea Group’s Shopee remained the market leader in the region … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: A look at ByteDance’s efforts to turn Douyin into a super app; ByteDance says Douyin’s 700M users increased their spending on its on-demand services 7x in 2022  —  As a middle-age restaurant owner who was neither interested in scrolling through viral videos nor likely to create such videos herself … Lees verder op Tech Meme