Reuters: US government emails show India rolled back its policy to impose restrictions on laptop imports in 2023 after behind-the-scenes lobbying by US officials  —  India reversed a laptop licensing policy after behind-the-scenes lobbying by U.S. officials, who however remain concerned … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Shen Lu / Wall Street Journal: Investor letter: Shein announces its “supply chain as a service” initiative to offer its supply chain infrastructure and tech to outside brands and designers  —  China-founded fashion giant shifts business strategy as it faces U.S. challenges  —  China-founded Shein has built … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X launches API top-up packs, letting developers fetch roughly 10,000 more posts for $100 after exceeding their tier’s limits midway through a month  —  Social network X (formerly Twitter) launched new top-up packs for its developer API program on Tuesday.  These paid upgrades will allow developers … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Gilbert / Wired: X suspends the accounts of some journalists and researchers who posted the alleged real name of neo-Nazi cartoonist Stonetoss, after Stonetoss appealed to Musk  —  Researchers and journalists have been blocked on X from sharing the alleged identity of the neo-Nazi cartoonist Stonetoss. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rachel Metz / Bloomberg: OpenAI hasn’t yet set a timeline for the release of Sora, as the company tries to catch up to Meta, Google, and other text-to-video AI startups like Runway AI  —  Software that can create convincing video from text prompts is progressing fast, raising questions about disinformation as well as the economics of AI. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Yossi Matias / The Keyword: In a research paper, Google Research details how AI helped to provide accurate flood forecasting in over 80 countries up to seven days in advance of the flood  —  A paper published in Nature today shows how Google Research uses AI to accurately predict riverine flooding and help protect livelihoods … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Court documents: Sachin Dev Duggal, the CEO of London-based Builder.ai that raised a $250M Series D in 2023, is a suspect in an Indian money laundering probe  —  Court documents show Sachin Dev Duggal and Saurabh Dhoot face questions from authorities over past business dealings Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Burgess / Wired: An analysis of cookie pop-ups on the top 10,000 most popular websites: dozens share date with 1,000+ companies, and thousands share data with 100+ companies  —  Cookie pop-ups now show the number of “partners” that websites may share data with.  Here’s how many of these third-party companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme