Laurie Clarke / Politico: Critics and tech companies worry that the UK’s Investigatory Powers (Amendment) Bill, a surveillance law whisking through parliament, undermines user privacy  —  Despite the protestations of industry and campaigners, ministers are whisking a new bill through parliament. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sun Yu / Financial Times: Sources: the Cybersecurity Administration of China has approved only ~25% of data export applications since a data security law took effect in September 2022  —  Delays come amid slowing economy and increased tensions between Washington and Beijing  —  China has approved only about a quarter … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Airbus is in talks to acquire Atos’ cybersecurity and data unit for up to €1.8B; Atos says another company also made an offer; Thales reportedly showed interest  —  – Deal would value the unit at as much as €1.8 billion  — Atos is selling off assets as it faces hefty debt repayments Lees verder op Tech Meme

Financial Times: Former employees at IRL, which is being sued by SoftBank for fraud, detail problems that were apparent from the start, such as outages and inflated user metrics  —  Japanese group claims it was duped, founder says he was a scapegoat and ex-employees say there were problems from the start Lees verder op Tech Meme

Peggy Hollinger / Financial Times: A look at the battle brewing between LEO satellite operators over spectrum use, as SpaceX’s Starlink, Amazon’s Project Kuiper, and others push for looser rules  —  A contest between legacy and new operators is brewing over the use of spectrum  —  There is a battle brewing in space. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: A look at Shein’s and Temu’s Chinese supply chain: a lifeline to suppliers, but the margins are razor-thin, prices must stay low, and some drown in unsold stock  —  Shopping apps throw a lifeline to Chinese exporters, but it is a trade-off  —  SHENZHEN, China—E-commerce sellers Shein … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rasmus Nielsen / Financial Times: Despite the focus on generative AI misinformation, policy discourse ignores that politicians pose the gravest misinformation threat, ahead of big 2024 elections  —  As we head into a big election year, beware the risks of misleading statements from those at very top Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ava Benny-Morrison / Bloomberg: US federal prosecutors charge Tingo Group founder Mmobuosi Odogwu Banye with securities fraud in New York for allegedly inflating Tingo’s financial statements  —  – Criminal charges follow SEC lawsuit against Dozy Mmobuosi  — Mmobuosi is still ‘at large,’ federal prosecutors in NY said Lees verder op Tech Meme

Hannah Devlin / The Guardian: A UK study of 7,000 people aged 16 to 18: 48% agreed with the statement “I think I am addicted to social media”; 57% of girls agreed, compared to 37% of boys  —  Exclusive: Millennium Cohort’s finding raises questions about why a large proportion has a difficult relationship with social media Lees verder op Tech Meme

Stephen Nellis / Reuters: Intel forms Articul8 AI, an AI company with backing from DigitalBridge and others; executives did not give the deal’s value or say if Intel had a majority stake  —  Intel (INTC.O) on Wednesday said it was forming a new independent company around its artificial intelligence software efforts … Lees verder op Tech Meme