Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times: Despite the UK chancellor lauding its “world-beating fintech sector”, London has been waning as a fintech hub, as startups call for reforms amid SVB UK’s bust  —  Despite positive government noises the UK is not the draw it once was  —  As Silicon Valley Bank UK imploded at the start of March … Lees verder op Tech Meme

BBC: WhatsApp and other encrypted messaging apps sign a letter urging the UK government to rethink the Online Safety Bill, which would weaken privacy on the internet  —  Encrypted messaging services have jointly called for changes to parts of the UK Online Safety Bill (OSB). Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bailee Hill / Fox News: In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Elon Musk says he’s working on “TruthGPT or a maximum truth-seeking AI that tries to understand the nature of the universe”  —  Tucker Carlson’s exclusive interview with Musk airs Monday at 8pm ET on Fox News Lees verder op Tech Meme

Issie Lapowsky / Fast Company: A look at Counterman v. Colorado, a cyberstalking case the SCOTUS will hear on April 19 and that could have sweeping consequences for online speech writ large  —  In 2014, a man named Billy Raymond Counterman began sending a string of creepy Facebook messages to a female musician he’d never met. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: US attorneys charge 40+ staff at China’s domestic security agency, alleging they made thousands of fake profiles on Twitter and elsewhere to pose as US citizens  —  Complaint depicts vast effort to disguise criticism of U.S. policies as coming from Americans Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kanishka Singh / Reuters: Illinois, Michigan, and seven other US states join the DOJ lawsuit against Google, jointly filed with eight states in January 2023, for alleged ad tech monopoly  —  Nine more U.S. states on Monday joined a civil antitrust lawsuit filed earlier by the Justice Department against Alphabet Inc’s Google … Lees verder op Tech Meme