Financial Times: Sources: China begins to impede subsea internet cable projects in the South China Sea over spying fears, imposing strict permit requirements and approval delays  —  Beijing imposes strict permit requirements for access to underwater data infrastructure over spying fears Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Oremus / Washington Post: Experts say that, in the short term, the promise and perils of generative AI may be more modest than the fervor surrounding tools like ChatGPT makes them seem  —  Hype and fear collide in the tech industry’s latest boom  —  If you listen to its boosters, artificial intelligence is poised … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Andrew Ackerman / Wall Street Journal: Sources: the FDIC is planning another SVB auction, after failing to find a suitor on March 12; at least one offer had been made, which was rejected by the FDIC  —  Auction comes after failed attempt to find suitor on Sunday  —  The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank: What You Need to Know Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Sources: the UK plans to launch a 10-year program to invest £2.5B in quantum computing, more than doubling the funding available to researchers  —  Decade-long scheme intended to boost government pledge to make Britain ‘next Silicon Valley’  —  Ministers are to launch a 10-year programme … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Trend Micro: the Emotet botnet, which has returned after a months-long hiatus, is using binary padding and other new tricks to get users to download malware  —  Quoting Herman Melville is only one of Emotet’s latest innovations.  —  Widely regarded as one of the Internet’s top threats … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: Email: SVB’s new CEO Tim Mayopoulos says SVB NA, a new, FDIC-run “bridge-bank” with deposits protected by the FDIC, is “open and conducting business as usual”  —  The former Fannie Mae exec says new deposits will be protected by the FDIC Lees verder op Tech Meme

Steve Lohr / New York Times: A look at Eightfold AI, which uses AI to help companies find, recruit, and retain workers, and the challenges it faces, like a slowing economy and new rules  —  Using A.I. tools in hiring is one of the most promising and contentious uses of the technology.  The experience of a company called Eightfold AI shows the challenges. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cristina Criddle / Financial Times: Sources: multiple women accuse London-based TikTok executive Steve Ware of sexual harassment and say TikTok mishandled the allegations, a pattern at the company  —  Woman’s employment contract terminated after internal probe into complaint about advances made by senior manager Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources and documents: India plans to force smartphone makers to let users remove pre-loaded apps and will mandate screening OS updates via new security rules  —  India plans to force smartphone makers to allow removal of pre-installed apps and mandate screening of major operating system … Lees verder op Tech Meme