Journals

James Mayger / Bloomberg: Chinese imports of chip making machines rose 14% YoY to ~$40B in 2023; lithography equipment imports from the Netherlands rose 1,000% YoY to $1.1B in December  —  – Imports of machines to make chips rose 14%… Read More »Chinese imports of chip making machines rose 14% YoY to ~$40B in 2023; lithography equipment imports from the Netherlands rose 1,000% YoY to $1.1B in December (James Mayger/Bloomberg)

Suvashree Ghosh / Bloomberg: Filing: Terraform Labs, co-founded by Do Kwon, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, listing assets and liabilities both between $100M and $500M  —  – Singapore-based Terraform files for bankruptcy in Delaware  — Kwon’s… Read More »Filing: Terraform Labs, co-founded by Do Kwon, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US, listing assets and liabilities both between $100M and $500M (Suvashree Ghosh/Bloomberg)

Nikkei Asia: Chinese warehouse robotic startups are keen to ease Japan’s logistics crunch; IFR: 52% of ~550K warehouse robots deployed globally in 2022 were made in China  —  Startups see Japanese market as testing ground ahead of domestic growth  — … Read More »Chinese warehouse robotic startups are keen to ease Japan’s logistics crunch; IFR: 52% of ~550K warehouse robots deployed globally in 2022 were made in China (Nikkei Asia)

Edwin Heathcote / Financial Times: Architects are incorporating DALL-E, Midjourney, and other generative AI tools for complex design work, threatening the industry of professional illustrators  —  Programs such as Dall-E and Midjourney are revolutionising the designs of buildings, but threatening… Read More »Architects are incorporating DALL-E, Midjourney, and other generative AI tools for complex design work, threatening the industry of professional illustrators (Edwin Heathcote/Financial Times)

Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: OpenAI bans the developer of a chatbot mimicking presidential hopeful Dean Phillips, the company’s first action against use of its tech in political campaigns  —  It’s the ChatGPT maker’s first known action against the use… Read More »OpenAI bans the developer of a chatbot mimicking presidential hopeful Dean Phillips, the company’s first action against use of its tech in political campaigns (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A look at the reasons for the less-than-expected developer enthusiasm for Apple’s Vision Pro, including an uncertain ROI and anger at the App Store policies  —  Apple’s new Vision Pro will lack some key apps when… Read More »A look at the reasons for the less-than-expected developer enthusiasm for Apple’s Vision Pro, including an uncertain ROI and anger at the App Store policies (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Harry McCracken / Technologizer: In an unpublished manuscript, David Bunnell, co-founder of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld, details the origins of the enduring media brands in the 1980s  —  In an unpublished manuscript, the cofounder of three enduring media… Read More »In an unpublished manuscript, David Bunnell, co-founder of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld, details the origins of the enduring media brands in the 1980s (Harry McCracken/Technologizer)

Ash Parrish / The Verge: A September 2023 survey of 3,000+ game developers: 84% were somewhat or very concerned about the ethics of using generative AI and 35% were impacted by layoffs  —  Game developers are overwhelmingly concerned about the… Read More »A September 2023 survey of 3,000+ game developers: 84% were somewhat or very concerned about the ethics of using generative AI and 35% were impacted by layoffs (Ash Parrish/The Verge)

Chris Metinko / Crunchbase News: Cybersecurity startups raised $8.2B in 692 deals in 2023, down from $16.3B in 941 deals in 2022 and the lowest total since 2018; Q4 funding was just $1.3B  —  Just two years ago venture funding… Read More »Cybersecurity startups raised $8.2B in 692 deals in 2023, down from $16.3B in 941 deals in 2022 and the lowest total since 2018; Q4 funding was just $1.3B (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News)

Juliette Perreard / Nikkei Asia: Generative AI and how to regulate it dominated the discussions at the 2024 World Economic Forum; the UN Secretary-General said AI poses risks to societies  —  Finding common language with China will be difficult, European… Read More »Generative AI and how to regulate it dominated the discussions at the 2024 World Economic Forum; the UN Secretary-General said AI poses risks to societies (Juliette Perreard/Nikkei Asia)