Richard Milne / Financial Times: Ammo maker Nammo says its growth is hit by a TikTok data center using all spare electricity, as energy demand from data centers and others grows in the Nordics  —  Norwegian group Nammo blames ‘storage of cat videos’ for threatening its growth as data centre corners spare electricity Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Sources: Jack Ma returned to China after more than a year; sources: China Premier Li Qiang urged Ma to return since late 2022 to allay private sector fears  —  Alibaba (9988.HK) founder Jack Ma has returned to China, ending a stay overseas of more than a year that industry viewed as reflecting … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Zheng / Bloomberg: Kaspersky: some versions of Pinduoduo, suspended by Google from its app store, exploited Android vulnerabilities to install backdoors and gain user data access  —  Security researchers at Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab have identified and outlined potential malware in versions … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Activist investor Elliott Management decides not to nominate its own directors to Salesforce’s board, citing the company’s FY23 results, growth plans, and more  —  Activist investor Elliott Investment Management won’t be proceeding with plans to nominate its own directors to Salesforce’s board … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Simon Sharwood / The Register: The French government bans TikTok and all other recreational apps from staff phones, claiming none have sufficiently robust security for government devices  —  Meanwhile the US contemplates drastic action  —  The government of France has banned TikTok – and all other recreational apps – from phones issued to its employees. Lees verder op Tech Meme