Friday, June 16, 2023

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 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
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 (Lora Kolodny/CNBC)

Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
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 (Wojciech Moskwa/Bloomberg)

Wojciech Moskwa / Bloomberg:
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 …



Thursday, June 15, 2023

Microsoft begins selling replacement Surface components via the Microsoft Store including displays batteries and SSDs for "out-of-warranty self repair" (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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 …



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 (Andy Greenberg/Wired)

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 …



Applied Materials sues Chinese-owned California-based rival Mattson over an alleged 14-month effort to steal IP including staff-poaching and design transfers (Debby Wu/Bloomberg)

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 …



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...