Tech Meme

Reuters: At an NRCC event, President Trump says he told TSMC it would pay a tax of up to 100% if it didn’t build its US plants; in March, TSMC said it would invest $100B  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he told the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, which has pledged to build … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: How Google used new AI techniques to enhance 90%+ of The Wizard of Oz, released in 1939, to show on the Las Vegas Sphere’s giant screen from August 28, 2025  —  Google invented new techniques to enhance resolution and generated new character performances to bring the 1939 film to the giant screen Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google launches Workspace Flows, an AI tool to automate multi-step processes, in alpha, and new Docs, Sheets, Meet, Chat, and Vids features, like audio in Docs  —  Besides new Gemini features in Google Docs, Sheets, Meet, Chat and Vids, Cloud Next 2025 saw the announcement of Google Workspace Flows. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Levingston / Financial Times: PE firm EQT sells a €3B stake in Swedish enterprise software company IFS to investors including the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority, valuing IFS at €15B  —  Deal brings in Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board as investors Lees verder op Tech Meme

Daniele Lepido / Bloomberg: Italy says it is withdrawing its support for STMicro CEO Jean-Marc Chery and his management team as chip demand slumps; Italy and France own nearly 28%  —  The Italian government is withdrawing its support for STMicroelectronics NV Chief Executive Officer Jean-Marc Chery and his management team … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: UK-based high-end fashion marketplace Lyst agrees to a $154M acquisition by Japan-based fashion and e-commerce company Zozo; Lyst was valued at $700M+ in 2021  —  Fashion goes in and out of style, and it turns out, so do fashion startups.  Lyst, a high-end fashion marketplace that was once valued … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google Cloud Next: Google unveils Ironwood, its seventh-generation TPU and the first optimized for inference, available in a 256-chip or a 9,216-chip cluster  —  During its Cloud Next conference this week, Google unveiled the latest generation of its TPU AI accelerator chip. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Taryn Plumb / VentureBeat: Google Cloud launches Unified Security, integrating security operations, cloud security, threat intelligence, secure enterprise browsing, and Mandiant expertise  —  Enterprise infrastructure is increasingly complex, meaning protecting it is, too.  —  The attack surface is more expansive than ever … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Google Cloud Next: Google updates Gemini Code Assist to add agentic capabilities, including creating apps from product specifications in Google Docs, in preview  —  Gemini Code Assist, Google’s AI coding assistant, is gaining new “agentic” capabilities in preview. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google launches Workspace Flows, an AI tool to automate multi-step processes, in alpha, and new Google Docs, Sheets, Meet, and Chat features like audio in Docs  —  Besides new Gemini features in Google Docs, Sheets, Meet, Chat and Vids, Cloud Next 2025 saw the announcement of Google Workspace Flows. Lees verder op Tech Meme