Tech Meme

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: Apple, Samsung, HP, and others freeze new imports of laptops and tablets to India; sources say India’s sudden import license rules caught the industry off-guard  —  – India surprised industry with new import license requirement  — Modi government seeks to promote domestic manufacturing Lees verder op Tech Meme

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

New York Times: An interview with Chair Mark Liu on why TSMC is staying in Taiwan, China’s possible invasion of Taiwan, the US CHIPS Act, cutting off Huawei in 2020, and more  —  In an interview, the chip maker’s chairman, Mark Liu, explained why TSMC’s top tech would stay in Taiwan, despite growing threats … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yogita Khatri / The Block: Revolut plans to start closing its US cryptocurrency services on September 2, citing regulatory uncertainty, impacting less than 1% of its crypto users globally  —  – Revolut is closing its cryptocurrency platform in the U.S., citing regulatory uncertainty. 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

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

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

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

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: SEC filing: Alphabet sold ~90% of its stake in Robinhood as of June 30, as it pares back large positions in multiple publicly traded firms, including Duolingo  —  – Google parent Alphabet has pared back large positions in multiple publicly traded firms, including the trading platform Robinhood, 23andMe and Duolingo. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India delays import limitations on laptops, tablets, and servers, giving companies a “transition period” of at least one month to obtain licenses  —  India is delaying the implementation of its import limitations on laptops, tablets, and servers, a day after the unexpected … Lees verder op Tech Meme