Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority: Google launches Google Wallet for Android in India and partners with 20+ brands to let users store boarding passes, loyalty cards, event tickets, and more  —  – Google Wallet is now available in India, where it can be used as a digital wallet for storing passes, tickets, and more, but not for payments. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jing Yang / The Information: Internal memo: Shein tells staff that the company is stepping up efforts to keep products made with forced labor off its platform, citing tougher US enforcement  —  China-founded fashion giant Shein told employees it is stepping up its efforts to keep products made with forced labor off its site … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Simon Willison / Simon Willison’s Weblog: OpenAI built the gpt2-chatbot, renamed to “im-also-a-good-gpt-chatbot”, per the gpt2-chatbot’s 429 rate limit error message, which appeared in the LMSYS arena  —  gpt2-chatbot confirmed as OpenAI (via) The mysterious gpt2-chatbot model that showed up in the LMSYS arena a few days ago … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Analysis: Asia Pacific data center deals, which have totaled $840.47M in 2024, or 50%+ of the global total so far, are set to surpass 2023’s $3.45B record high  —  Global private equity investors and asset managers are readying for billions of dollars worth of M&A and investments linked … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ryan Browne / CNBC: UK neobank Monzo raised $190M at a $5.2B valuation, up from $5B in March 2024 after raising $430M, and plans to use the funds for its international expansion  —  Monzo CEO TS Anil.  —  British neobank Monzo said Wednesday that it’s raised another $190 million, lifting the total it’s raised so far this year to $610 million. Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Guardian: An investigation finds a vast web of fake shops run from China touting designer brands that duped 800K+ people in Europe and the US into sharing personal data  —  Exclusive: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: Filing: Orlando-based lidar manufacturer Luminar says Tesla was its “largest LiDAR customer in Q1”, contributing 10%+ of its revenue, or ~$2.1M for the quarter  —  Elon Musk previously dismissed the laser sensor as a ‘crutch’ and said that any company relying on lidar to power self-driving was ‘doomed.’ Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: The UK is investigating “potential failings” at IT contractor SSCL, which was breached by suspected Chinese hackers to expose payroll records for 272K people  —  Grant Shapps announces investigation into attack by ‘malign actor’ that targeted up to 270,000 military personnel records Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Microsoft closes the engineering section of its Africa Development Center in Nigeria, two years after its opening, reportedly impacting 100+ engineers  —  The Lagos center, one of two on the continent – the other being in Kenya – was opened in 2022 to deliver high-end engineering solutions for Microsoft. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: Bluesky details its product roadmap: an off-protocol DM system to facilitate one-on-one chats, custom feeds, anti-harassment tools, video support, and more  —  Bluesky has launched a new product roadmap for the coming months.  The decentralized social network said on Tuesday that it is planning … Lees verder op Tech Meme