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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)

    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)

    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)

      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)

      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)

        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)

        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)

          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)

          Some Chinese investors are using creative methods to own bitcoin and other crypto that they believe are safer than China’s crumbling stock and property markets (Reuters)

            Reuters: Some Chinese investors are using creative methods to own bitcoin and other crypto that they believe are safer than China’s crumbling stock and property markets  —  Dylan Run, a Shanghai-based finance sector executive, started moving a bit of his… Read More »Some Chinese investors are using creative methods to own bitcoin and other crypto that they believe are safer than China’s crumbling stock and property markets (Reuters)

            Indian cricket NFT startup Rario plans to close on January 29 and relaunch in March 2024, leaving users with losses; Rario raised a $120M Series A in April 2022 (Apoorva Mittal/The Economic Times)

              Apoorva Mittal / The Economic Times: Indian cricket NFT startup Rario plans to close on January 29 and relaunch in March 2024, leaving users with losses; Rario raised a $120M Series A in April 2022  —  Dream Sports-backed Rario in… Read More »Indian cricket NFT startup Rario plans to close on January 29 and relaunch in March 2024, leaving users with losses; Rario raised a $120M Series A in April 2022 (Apoorva Mittal/The Economic Times)

              Microsoft launches Mesh, its immersive 3D meeting platform in Teams, out of preview, with custom environments, games, and more; Mesh only supports Meta Quest (Tom Warren/The Verge)

                Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft launches Mesh, its immersive 3D meeting platform in Teams, out of preview, with custom environments, games, and more; Mesh only supports Meta Quest  —  Microsoft is launching its immersive 3D meetings inside Microsoft Teams… Read More »Microsoft launches Mesh, its immersive 3D meeting platform in Teams, out of preview, with custom environments, games, and more; Mesh only supports Meta Quest (Tom Warren/The Verge)

                How the rising prices of streaming services are driving a new era of US pirate sites, bringing ~$2B per year in ads and subscriptions with a 90% profit margin (Thomas Buckley/Bloomberg)

                  Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg: How the rising prices of streaming services are driving a new era of US pirate sites, bringing ~$2B per year in ads and subscriptions with a 90% profit margin  —  Illegal subscription services that steal films… Read More »How the rising prices of streaming services are driving a new era of US pirate sites, bringing ~$2B per year in ads and subscriptions with a 90% profit margin (Thomas Buckley/Bloomberg)

                  Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicro reports Q4 revenue down 3.2% YoY to $4.28B, meeting est., and expects Q1 revenue to fall 15% YoY to $3.6B, below $4.1B est. (Jillian Deutsch/Bloomberg)

                    Jillian Deutsch / Bloomberg: Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicro reports Q4 revenue down 3.2% YoY to $4.28B, meeting est., and expects Q1 revenue to fall 15% YoY to $3.6B, below $4.1B est.  —  – Revenue in the first quarter is seen falling… Read More »Franco-Italian chipmaker STMicro reports Q4 revenue down 3.2% YoY to $4.28B, meeting est., and expects Q1 revenue to fall 15% YoY to $3.6B, below $4.1B est. (Jillian Deutsch/Bloomberg)

                    Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, says the US will work with China on AI safety, despite trade tensions (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

                      Madhumita Murgia / Financial Times: Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, says the US will work with China on AI safety, despite trade tensions  —  Biden adviser says the two nations must work… Read More »Arati Prabhakar, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, says the US will work with China on AI safety, despite trade tensions (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

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