Journals

Ciaran Martin / Ciaran’s Crispy Cogitations: British Library hack lessons for the UK: ransomware is a national security issue, a national response is required, policy mitigations are available, and more  —  The most important lesson to figure out is why… Read More »British Library hack lessons for the UK: ransomware is a national security issue, a national response is required, policy mitigations are available, and more (Ciaran Martin/Ciaran’s Crispy Cogitations)

Ming-Chi Kuo: Apple sold 160K to 180K Vision Pro units during the first pre-order weekend; unchanged shipping times after first 48 hours suggest the demand tapered off  —  Conclusion: The immediate sold-out when pre-orders opened confirms earlier predictions.  However, the… Read More »Apple sold 160K to 180K Vision Pro units during the first pre-order weekend; unchanged shipping times after first 48 hours suggest the demand tapered off (Ming-Chi Kuo)

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)