Journals

Counterpoint Research: Global cumulative shipments of 5G smartphones crossed 2B in less than five years, a faster adoption rate than 3G or 4G; Apple and Samsung together shipped 1B  —  – Nearly 70% of all 5G shipments came from developed… Read More »Global cumulative shipments of 5G smartphones crossed 2B in less than five years, a faster adoption rate than 3G or 4G; Apple and Samsung together shipped 1B (Counterpoint Research)

Nikkei Asia: TSMC inaugurates its first plant in Kumamoto, Japan, paving the way to make smartphone and auto-related chips for Sony and Renesas by the end of 2024  —  Japanese semiconductor subsidies came faster than in the U.S. and elsewhere … Read More »TSMC inaugurates its first plant in Kumamoto, Japan, paving the way to make smartphone and auto-related chips for Sony and Renesas by the end of 2024 (Nikkei Asia)

Lauren Feiner / The Verge: The US FTC claims in an administrative complaint that H&R Block steered customers to higher-cost online tax filing products and made them difficult to downgrade  —  The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against tax… Read More »The US FTC claims in an administrative complaint that H&R Block steered customers to higher-cost online tax filing products and made them difficult to downgrade (Lauren Feiner/The Verge)

Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu / Financial Times: In a first, the UK ICO orders the leisure center operator Serco to stop using facial recognition and fingerprint scanning to monitor attendance and pay workers  —  UK watchdog cracks down for first time… Read More »In a first, the UK ICO orders the leisure center operator Serco to stop using facial recognition and fingerprint scanning to monitor attendance and pay workers (Yasemin Craggs Mersinoglu/Financial Times)

The Information: Sources: some US lawmakers are pushing for an import ban on goods sold on Temu, saying the company hasn’t done enough to stop suppliers from using forced labor  —  A number of U.S. lawmakers are pushing for a… Read More »Sources: some US lawmakers are pushing for an import ban on goods sold on Temu, saying the company hasn’t done enough to stop suppliers from using forced labor (The Information)

Priya Anand / Bloomberg: New York City-based Fabric, which uses AI to automate clinical and administrative work in health care, raised a $60M Series A led by General Catalyst  —  Have worrying symptoms?  Ask the AI.  —  Fabric Labs Inc.,… Read More »New York City-based Fabric, which uses AI to automate clinical and administrative work in health care, raised a $60M Series A led by General Catalyst (Priya Anand/Bloomberg)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Three years after Spotify’s original announcement that it would launch a higher-quality audio subscription, the company has yet to roll out the feature  —  I was really hoping I wouldn’t have to do this again. … Read More »Three years after Spotify’s original announcement that it would launch a higher-quality audio subscription, the company has yet to roll out the feature (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge: Ring stops selling the Ring Car Cam, its first car dashboard camera, blaming “ongoing delays”, after launching the product in January 2023  —  Ring confirmed to The Verge that it has stopped selling its… Read More »Ring stops selling the Ring Car Cam, its first car dashboard camera, blaming “ongoing delays”, after launching the product in January 2023 (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Reuters: The US DOE says it will suspend its mandatory survey of energy use by crypto miners, following a lawsuit by bitcoin miner Riot Platforms and an industry group  —  The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Friday agreed to… Read More »The US DOE says it will suspend its mandatory survey of energy use by crypto miners, following a lawsuit by bitcoin miner Riot Platforms and an industry group (Reuters)

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg spars with a trans Tumblr user over an account ban and reveals private account names, sparking community outcry  —  Matt Mullenweg, CEO of Tumblr owner Automattic, is supposed to be on sabbatical. … Read More »Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg spars with a trans Tumblr user over an account ban and reveals private account names, sparking community outcry (Amanda Silberling/TechCrunch)