Lilian Zhang / South China Morning Post: Alibaba’s T-Head, VeriSilicon, and seven other Chinese chip companies announce a patent alliance for RISC-V to share patents and license them to third parties  —  – Alibaba’s chip unit T-Head, VeriSilicon and seven other firms announced the formation of the patent alliance at a RISC-V industry forum in Shanghai Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leo Lewis / Financial Times: Sources: Chinese-backed hackers breached Japanese cybersecurity agency NISC’s email system; experts link the July 4 ransomware attack on Port of Nagoya to China  —  Infiltration comes as allies scrutinise Tokyo’s defences against hacking  —  The organisation responsible for Japan’s national defences … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Despite a rough year for the memory chip business, SK Hynix’s stock rose ~60% in 2023, benefiting from the rise of AI chips that rely on high bandwidth memory  —  South Korea’s SK Hynix bet early on powerful memory chips for generative AI programs like ChatGPT Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lora Kolodny / CNBC: In July 2023, the NHTSA ordered Tesla to provide data on Autopilot’s “Elon mode”, which eliminates prompts for drivers to their keep hands on the wheel  —  – Tesla received a special order from the National Highway Transportation Administration in late July requiring … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Caiwei Chen / Rest of World: Chinese sextortion scammers have flooded X, harassing political dissidents and influential figures since the platform added paid verification in April 2023  —  Scammers are targeting Chinese-language users, harassing political dissidents and influential figures. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Critics say India’s new privacy safeguards do little to prevent mass government surveillance via tracking equipment installed at subsea cable landing stations  —  Little-known Israeli groups emerge as key providers of tracking equipment installed at subsea cable stations Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Despite a rough year for memory-chip business, SK Hynix’s stock rose ~60% in 2023, benefiting from the rise of AI chips that rely on high-bandwidth memory  —  South Korea’s SK Hynix bet early on powerful memory chips for generative AI programs like ChatGPT  —  One of the world’s hottest chip areas … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Richard Lawler / The Verge: An image with the alt text “A person takes a call on a Pixel 8 Pro phone in Porcelain” popped up on a Google Store page displaying the as-yet-unannounced device  —  Continuing the storied tradition of Google’s Pixel devices being some of the most-leaked hardware ever … Lees verder op Tech Meme