Yuka Hayashi / Wall Street Journal: Sources: a US official said the government plans to let chipmakers in South Korea and Taiwan maintain and expand their China-based facilities without reprisals  —  Analysts say the move will weaken export-control measures aimed at curbing Beijing  —  WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Amy Thomson / Bloomberg: Nasdaq plans to acquire financial software maker Adenza for $10.5B in cash and stock; Adenza owner Thoma Bravo gets a 14.9% stake in Nasdaq as part of the deal  —  Nasdaq Inc. has 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

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

Laurie Clarke / Politico: UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic agreed to open up their AI models to the UK government for research and safety purposes  —  LONDON — Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to open up their AI models to the U.K. government for research and safety purposes … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: HSBC rebrands SVB UK as HSBC Innovation Banking and adds teams in the US, Israel, and Hong Kong to serve 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

Shinhye Kang / Bloomberg: South Korean prosecutors say an ex-Samsung executive allegedly stole blueprints and designs in 2018 and 2019 to replicate an entire chip plant in China  —  A former Samsung Electronics Co. executive allegedly stole blueprints and designs to try and replicate an entire semiconductor plant in China … Lees verder op Tech Meme