Bloomberg: Ransomware attacks in Japan, which exported chip components worth $42.3B last year, reportedly grew 58% YoY in 2022, and can cause global supply chain issues  —  Kojima Industries Corp. is a small company and little-known outside Japan, where it produces cup holders, USB sockets and door pockets for car interiors. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Amazon creates a PR project called Ratatouille to boost its image in France through TV ads, promotion of French-made products sold on Amazon, and more  —  Amazon.com Inc. has cooked up a public-relations project called “Ratatouille” to boost its image in France, where the company isn’t as popular as in other European markets. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian customers are yet to fully benefit from Apple’s India initiatives due to prohibitively expensive products and services like Apple Pay being unavailable  —  The reality is that millions of Indian consumers continue to purchase Apple products despite feeling like second-tier customers. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rosie Perper / CoinDesk: Nike plans to release its first virtual sneaker collection, a play on the Air Force 1 design, on its recently-launched NFT buying and trading .Swoosh platform  —  The virtual sneaker, called Our Force 1, is a play on the brand’s iconic Air Force 1 design.  —  Featured SpeakerYat Siu Featured SpeakerYat Siu Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ed Caesar / New Yorker: An in-depth look at how police agencies across Europe infiltrated encrypted phone networks like EncroChat and Sky ECC that were popular with organized criminals  —  Drug syndicates and other criminal groups bought into the idea that a new kind of phone network couldn’t be infiltrated by cops. Lees verder op Tech Meme