Journals

Bloomberg: Sources: despite a US-Netherlands deal to limit ASML’s China exports, the Dutch let ASML export to China after lobbying, to make up for weak demand elsewhere  —  – US was seeking to limit shipments of ASML gear to China … Read More »Sources: despite a US-Netherlands deal to limit ASML’s China exports, the Dutch let ASML export to China after lobbying, to make up for weak demand elsewhere (Bloomberg)

Akash Sriram / Reuters: Industrial tech company Roper plans to buy Procare Solutions, which makes cloud tools for childcare centers, for $1.75B from Warburg Pincus and TA Associates  —  Roper Technologies (ROP.O) said it will buy software firm Procare Solutions… Read More »Industrial tech company Roper plans to buy Procare Solutions, which makes cloud tools for childcare centers, for $1.75B from Warburg Pincus and TA Associates (Akash Sriram/Reuters)

Julia Love / Bloomberg: Google partners with Hugging Face to host the startup’s open-source AI models on Google Cloud, letting Hugging Face developers access Google’s computing power  —  Alphabet Inc.’s Google forged a deal to host AI software from startup… Read More »Google partners with Hugging Face to host the startup’s open-source AI models on Google Cloud, letting Hugging Face developers access Google’s computing power (Julia Love/Bloomberg)

Benj Edwards / Ars Technica: Google Research details Lumiere, an AI video tool that uses unique architecture to create videos in one process, instead of by stitching together smaller parts  —  Lumiere generates five-second videos that “portray realistic, diverse and… Read More »Google Research details Lumiere, an AI video tool that uses unique architecture to create videos in one process, instead of by stitching together smaller parts (Benj Edwards/Ars Technica)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Internal memo: Microsoft plans to lay off ~1,900 staff at Activision Blizzard and Xbox, or ~8% of its Microsoft Gaming workforce, this week  —  Microsoft is laying off around 1,900 employees at Activision Blizzard and… Read More »Internal memo: Microsoft plans to lay off ~1,900 staff at Activision Blizzard and Xbox, or ~8% of its Microsoft Gaming workforce, this week (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Google announces a new mint color for the Pixel 8 series, plans to bring Circle to Search to Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, improves the built-in thermometer, and more  —  A “fresh” new color for… Read More »Google announces a new mint color for the Pixel 8 series, plans to bring Circle to Search to Pixel 8 and 8 Pro, improves the built-in thermometer, and more (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Alberto Nardelli / Bloomberg: Russian customs service data: Russia imported $1B+ of advanced US and European chips between January and September 2023, including Intel, AMD, and NXP chips  —  – Customs data show Russia imported chips made in US, EU… Read More »Russian customs service data: Russia imported $1B+ of advanced US and European chips between January and September 2023, including Intel, AMD, and NXP chips (Alberto Nardelli/Bloomberg)

Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: VCs put $100B+ in US defense tech startups since 2021, but convincing the Pentagon to buy from them has proven difficult; only a few had $25M+ in orders in FY23  —  Tech startups get… Read More »VCs put $100B+ in US defense tech startups since 2021, but convincing the Pentagon to buy from them has proven difficult; only a few had $25M+ in orders in FY23 (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Meta rolls out DM limits on Facebook and Instagram to stop users 16+ from messaging teens who don’t follow them, on by default, and expands parental controls  —  Meta announced today that it is rolling out… Read More »Meta rolls out DM limits on Facebook and Instagram to stop users 16+ from messaging teens who don’t follow them, on by default, and expands parental controls (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Sources: research group China Tech Threat, which has advocated against Lenovo, aligns with the corporate interests of Dell and Micron, both long-term funders  —  China Tech Threat’s advocacy aligns with the corporate interests of Dell and… Read More »Sources: research group China Tech Threat, which has advocated against Lenovo, aligns with the corporate interests of Dell and Micron, both long-term funders (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)