A profile of ASML, the most valuable tech company in Europe, as the US-China chip war escalates; ASML's next apartment-sized machine ships in 2025 for $380M+ (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
A profile of ASML, the most valuable tech company in Europe, as the US-China chip war escalates; ASML's next apartment-sized machine ships in 2025 for $380M+  —  In 1984, Martin van den Brink, a young Dutch engineer, joined a newly created venture in a quiet corner of the Netherlands.

An analysis of Baidu, Bilibili, Bing, Douyin, Weibo, and other Chinese search platforms finds 60K censorship rules, implemented differently by each service (Jeffrey Knockel/The Citizen Lab)

Jeffrey Knockel / The Citizen Lab:
An analysis of Baidu, Bilibili, Bing, Douyin, Weibo, and other Chinese search platforms finds 60K censorship rules, implemented differently by each service  —  This report has an accompanying FAQ.  —  Key findings  — Across eight China-accessible search platforms analyzed — Baidu …

YouTube Music to let users publically share the songs they have on loop

YouTube Music, the music streaming app from Google, may receive a social feature that lets users share their listening stats with others. This rumoured addition may come in the form of a settings toggle. According to a 9to5Google report, YouTube Music is expected to make the ‘Enable public stats’ toggle available in the ‘Advanced Privacy Settings’ section on the ‘Channel Settings’ page. https://ift.tt/CKLnP9O

Google releases Android 14 Beta 1.1 for Pixel smartphones: All the details

Google has released the Android 14 Beta 1.1 for Pixel smartphones two weeks after the release of the initial public beta of Android 14. This is a minor patch, which comes ahead of the second beta scheduled to release next month. The over-the-air update is available for Pixel 4a and newer models registered in the Android 14 Beta program. https://ift.tt/C4KzW75

Iran to launch 6 satellites by March 2024

Iranian Deputy Defence Minister Amir Rastegari announced that the country is preparing six satellites to be launched by March 2024. https://ift.tt/ogsZSMb

SK hynix widens quarterly losses as chip glut intensifies

SK hynix said it logged losses for the second consecutive quarter, as a worsening macroeconomic climate dented demand for semiconductors used in PCs and other digital products, and a continued chip glut wiped out profits. https://ift.tt/lNgR8I7