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Daan Kersten parts with Photonfirst to polish fast-growing gemsConfronted with global economic headwinds, Photonfirst is forced to shore up ambitions to go public in 2025, prompting CEO Daan Kersten to step aside and start his own company. |
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US still in hot pursuit of ASML’s DUV shipments to ChinaIf bilateral approaches fail, blunt-force measures may follow. |
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Ground-breaking innovations in ground-penetrating radarAt Mapxact, an in-house R&D team, together with software engineers from Alten, is building a tool that enables advanced geophysics processing with real-time AI assistance. |
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Philips in crisis: this time it’s differentThe new CEO needs to tread lightly as he tries to “secure the future of Philips.” There are no more fallback options. |
In other news |
| RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language (The Register) |
| UK PM set to take on China with ‘NATO of technology’ (EE News Europe) |
| Tesla faces US criminal probe over self-driving claims (Reuters) |
| Pong was boring – and people loved it (IEEE Spectrum) |
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The platform dilemmaVenture capital prefers focused products over platforms that ultimately generate much more value, notes Maarten Buijs. |
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Boost your digitalization: process orchestrationFailing to get the process modularization and orchestration right may easily cause significant debt that will be expensive to resolve. |