Monthly Archives: October 2023

Taiwanese chip firm to build a $5.3 billion factory in Japan as country seeks semiconductor boost

Japan has been looking to boost its domestic semiconductor industry and manufacturing of chips — and the PSMC and SBI factory is part of that push.

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Egyptian healthtech Almouneer raises $3.6M to scale its platform for treating diabetes and obesity

Obesity and prediabetes are major health concerns in Africa and the Middle East, affecting over 40% of the population. In Egypt, 20% of adults have diabetes; the figure in Saudi Arabia is 30%. In Nigeria, 1 in 17 adults has … Continue reading

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Indian opposition leaders say Apple has warned them of state-sponsored iPhone attacks

Apple has warned at least six Indian politicians and other members of political parties and two journalists of their iPhones being targets of state-sponsored attacks, these people said Tuesday. Shashi Tharoor of the opposition Congress party, Mahua Moitra, a national … Continue reading

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Hexa, the startup studio behind Front, Spendesk and Aircall, unveils its next batch of startups

Hexa, the Paris-based startup studio that started its life as eFounders, just shared a list of the six next companies that will emerge from the studio. It’s an interesting mix of enterprise SaaS startups with a blockchain data startup thrown … Continue reading

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Samsung expects memory chip demand to improve, as operating profit beats expectations

Samsung reported its third-quarter earnings on Tuesday, beating estimates and signaling that a memory chip glut may be bottoming out.

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5 things we learned so far about the Google antitrust case

Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified Monday in the U.S. government’s antitrust trial against the company. The executive defended Google’s business tactics, including its deal with Apple and other partners to make Google the default search engine. In January, the Department … Continue reading

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Apple’s Scary Fast Event: New M3 Chip Family, MacBook Pro Line & iMac

The next generation of MacBook Pro will utilize the M3 family of chips shown at Apple’s Scary Fast event on October 30, continuing the company’s trend of moving away from Intel chips.

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Apple announces new M3 chips and cuts the price of the entry-level MacBook Pro

Ahead of the all-important holiday shopping season, the new chips will refresh Apple’s Mac lineup.

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Elon Musk expected to attend AI summit in UK

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he would do a live interview with the tech billionaire.

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Apple’s ‘Scary Fast’ event video was shot on iPhone

In tech, ‘dogfooding’ means using your own stuff in the way you intend for your users to, which is helpful to make sure your stuff lives up to your marketing claims. Apple dogfoods in a number of ways, but one … Continue reading

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