Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: HSBC rebrands SVB UK as HSBC Innovation Banking, adding US, Israel, and Hong Kong teams to offer banking services to startups, investors, and other tech clients  —  Acquired by HSBC in an emergency sale for just £1 in March as SVB was melting down, SVB UK is now getting a rebrand and expansion under its new owner. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the Dutch government is working on legislation to bar Chinese students from university programs covering sensitive tech, including chips and defense  —  The Dutch government is working on legislation that will be used to bar Chinese students from university programs … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Nasdaq plans to acquire financial software maker Adenza for $10.5B in cash and stock, giving Adenza owner Thoma Bravo a 14.9% stake in Nasdaq and a board seat  —  Nasdaq Inc. agreed to buy financial-software maker Adenza from its private equity owners in the exchange operator’s biggest-ever deal. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: As US-China geopolitical tensions rise, foreign investors sell stock in Bilibili, Alibaba, Tencent, and other Chinese tech companies and reduce startup funding  —  Geopolitical tension and poor economic recovery drive stock price falls and funding shortages Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: India investigates reports of a breach at a portal with the data of 1B+ COVID-19 vaccine recipients; Telegram removes a bot letting users pull individuals’ data  —  India’s government is investigating reports that a health ministry portal containing personal data from anyone in the country … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Salesforce renames its AI toolset to AI Cloud, plans to roll out new AI features in the summer, and doubles its generative AI fund announced in March to $500M  —  Salesforce Inc. is elevating new generative artificial intelligence features in its products and doubling its investment … Lees verder op Tech Meme