Andy Greenberg / Wired: Despite the US adding Hangzhou-based encryption chip maker Hualan to its Entity List in 2021, NASA, NATO, the DEA, and more still use chips from its subsidiary  —  The US government warns encryption chipmaker Hualan has suspicious ties to China’s military.  Yet US agencies still use … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft begins selling replacement Surface components via the Microsoft Store, including displays, batteries, and SSDs, for “out-of-warranty, self repair”  —  Microsoft is starting to sell replacement components for its Surface devices.  The software giant now supplies replacement parts … 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

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

Nick Perry / Associated Press: New Zealand sentences two men who ran the wildly popular pirating website Megaupload to more than two years in prison, ending an 11-year extradition battle  —  Two men who helped run the once wildly popular pirating website Megaupload were each sentenced by a New Zealand court on Thursday to more than two years in prison. Lees verder op Tech Meme