Tech Meme

Bloomberg: India investigates reports of a breach at a portal with COVID-19 vaccine recipients’ data, affecting 1B+ citizens; Telegram removes a bot that pulled the data  —  India’s government is investigating reports that a health ministry portal containing personal data from anyone in the country … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Monica Chin / The Verge: MacBook Air (15-inch) review: big screen, thin and light chassis, excellent trackpad, keyboard, performance, and battery, but limited ports and upgradability  —  Apple’s first big-screened MacBook Air addresses a long-standing need in the company’s laptop lineup.  And it comes with zero surprises and no sticker shock. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: As geopolitical tensions rise, foreign investors sell stock in Bilibili, Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech companies and pull back on startup funding  —  Geopolitical tension and poor economic recovery drive stock price falls and funding shortages  —  Chinese online entertainment … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Burgess / Wired: Documents detail new prison-monitoring tech, tracking inmates’ location, heartbeats, and more, developed by Talitrix and used in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail  —  Documents WIRED obtained detail new prison-monitoring technology that keeps tabs on inmates’ location, heartbeats, and more. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Nasdaq plans to acquire financial software maker Adenza for $10.5B in cash and stock; Adenza owner Thoma Bravo gets a 14.9% stake in Nasdaq as part of the deal  —  Nasdaq Inc. agreed to buy financial-software maker Adenza from its private equity owners in the exchange operator’s biggest-ever deal. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: Nasdaq plans to acquire financial software maker Adenza for $10.5B in cash and stock; Adenza owner Thoma Bravo gets a 14.9% stake in Nasdaq as part of the deal  —  Nasdaq Inc. has agreed to buy financial-software maker Adenza from its private equity owners in the exchange operator’s biggest-ever deal. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal: Sources: a US official said the government plans to let chipmakers in South Korea and Taiwan maintain and expand their China-based facilities without reprisals  —  Analysts say the move will weaken export-control measures aimed at curbing Beijing  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Laurie Clarke / Politico: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic agreed to open up their AI models to the UK government for research and safety purposes  —  LONDON — Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to open up their AI models to the U.K. government for research and safety purposes … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the Dutch government is working on legislation to bar Chinese students from university programs on sensitive tech, including chips and defense  —  The Dutch government is working on legislation that will be used to bar Chinese students from university programs on sensitive technologies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ian Tucker / The Guardian: Q&A with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on how existential warnings about AI might help Big Tech entrench its power, the UK’s Online Safety Bill, and more  —  The president of the not-for-profit messaging app on how she believes existential warnings about AI allow big tech to entrench their power … Lees verder op Tech Meme