Block announces an open beta program for Bitkey, its self-custodial Bitcoin wallet, with Coinbase and CashApp integrations — Bitkey will allow beta users to withdraw Bitcoin from Coinbase and Cashapp using “copy and paste.” — Jack Dorsey's payments company Block announced an open beta program …
Reddit's management risks putting the service in a death spiral as users revolt, dedicated moderators quit, and its vibrant content moves to other platforms — When the user revolt ends—if it ever does—Reddit's community won't ever be the same. — It's pretty easy to piss people off on Reddit.
Meta scrambles to refocus its resources on usable AI products after a decade-long focus on research in its AI division disincentivized work on generative AI — The CEO considers artificial intelligence critical to long-term growth and is taking more control over efforts.
Sources: the US has found it difficult to distinguish between tech that China can use for its military and tech used commercially by firms, particularly with AI — Defining risky artificial intelligence poses challenge as Washington moves to curb investment in Chinese tech
Chipmakers like TSMC and Samsung race to curb emissions as chip manufacturing makes up most of a device's carbon output, a tough job in fossil fuel-reliant Asia — Meanwhile sister companies with green energy knowhow look set to cash in — A greener future is not necessarily a lower-tech future.
A profile of Jack Ma, the Chinese tech icon who disappeared from public view for three months after regulators questioned him over a November 2020 speech — The iconic Alibaba founder disappeared from view after criticizing China's government. He returned to the country in March—as a teacher, not a businessman.
In a meeting with Bill Gates, Xi Jinping says China is willing to engage in tech cooperation with the US; Xi is expected to meet Antony Blinken later this week — President Xi Jinping said China is willing to work with the world on technology innovation and global challenges including …
Twitter suspends the accounts of public records database PlainSite and its founder Aaron Greenspan, who has tracked litigation against Tesla and Twitter — - Elon Musk-led Twitter on Tuesday suspended the Twitter accounts of PlainSite and its founder Aaron Greenspan, a prominent critic of Tesla and Musk.
Intel plans to invest as much as $4.6B to build a semiconductor assembly and test facility in Wroclaw, Poland, as the EU seeks to boost chip production — Intel Corp. plans to invest as much as $4.6 billion to build a semiconductor assembly and test facility in western Poland …
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 …
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 …
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 …
A look at Apple's Game Porting Toolkit, based on a 20K line of code patch to Wine, easing ports to Apple silicon, and possible paths Apple may take with gaming — At WWDC last week, most of the focus was rightfully on the new Apple Vision Pro headset and the new visionOS.
Analysis: US spending on Temu was 20% higher than Shein in May 2023; Apptopia: Temu has been the top iOS app on the US App Store during most days in 2023 — This time last year, hardly anyone in the US knew what Temu was. Now, as American consumers grapple with runaway inflation …
The European Commission issues a preliminary antitrust complaint against Google over its ad business, suggesting breaking up the unit; Google can now reply — The European Commission has made a formal antitrust complaint against Google and its ad business, saying that its preliminary view is that …
Bloomberg : Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in ...
