Nikkei Asia: How Taiwan became a key part of the electronics supply chain, creating interdependence between Taiwan, China, and the US that has deepened even as tensions rise  —  In the days after then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan last year, Taiwanese suppliers to U.S. tech giants including Apple … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Kirton / Reuters: Some mainland China tech entrepreneurs are trying to gain permanent residency or citizenship outside of China to avoid US curbs and biases against Chinese firms  —  For the ambitious Chinese tech entrepreneur, expanding into the U.S. just keeps getting harder. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Myungshin Cho / Bloomberg: Statistics Korea: South Korea’s semiconductor inventory rose 83% YoY in April 2023, the biggest increase since April 2016, while factory shipments fell 33% YoY  —  South Korea’s semiconductor inventory surged by the most in seven years, underscoring ongoing weak demand for chips despite the global boom in AI development. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Fidelity estimated in a recent disclosure that Twitter is now worth about 33% of Elon Musk’s $44B purchase price, based on a markdown of its own Twitter stake  —  Twitter is now worth just one-third of what Elon Musk paid for the social-media platform, according to Fidelity … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Nadia Asparouhova / Wired: As GitHub prepares to close its San Francisco HQ, a look back at the living testament to tech culture, with its conflicts presaging a decade of tech backlash  —  The code-hosting platform’s headquarters was a living testament to tech values and one of its first disputed territories. Lees verder op Tech Meme