New York Times: A profile of TSMC founder Morris Chang, who left the US for Taiwan in 1985 to build a chip manufacturing titan now at the center of the US-China tech Cold War  —  At 92, Morris Chang, the founder of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, can no longer stay in the shadows.  —  Reporting from Taipei, Taiwan Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bobby Allyn / NPR: Background actors describe studios scanning their bodies and worrying over the lack of control of their digital likenesses, a key issue in the SAG-AFTRA strike  —  After four weeks of working as a background actor on the Disney+ series WandaVision during the pandemic, Alexandria Rubalcaba … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Vlad Savov / Bloomberg: Qualcomm, NXP, Bosch, and Infineon form a German company to promote the open-source RISC-V chip architecture, initially targeting auto, and then mobile and IoT  —  – Venture will be focused on developing RISC-V technology  — Unnamed business will initially focus on applications for cars Lees verder op Tech Meme

CNBC: Ilya Lichtenstein, who earlier pled guilty to laundering $4.5B in bitcoin stolen via Bitfinex’s 2016 hack, admits in court to being the original Bitfinex hacker  —  – A New York man admitted being the original hacker of bitcoin in the 2016 hack on Bitfinex he pleaded guilty in federal court … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Pony.Ai, which launched robotaxi services in Beijing and Guangzhou, launches a joint venture with Toyota and plans to spend $139M to mass produce robotaxis  —  Toyota (7203.T) and partner Pony.ai are planning to mass produce robotaxis in China, setting up a venture this year which will build cars … Lees verder op Tech Meme