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Christine Chung / New York Times: The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info  —  Even visitors from countries like Britain… Read More »The US CBP proposes vetting five years of social media history for travelers from the UK, France, Germany, and more; the current system only requires basic info (Christine Chung/New York Times)

Bloomberg: Australia’s under-16 social media ban excludes Discord, GitHub, LEGO Play, Roblox, Steam, Google Classroom, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and YouTube Kids  —  Young teenagers in Australia have been barred from social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and TikTok in… Read More »Australia’s under-16 social media ban excludes Discord, GitHub, LEGO Play, Roblox, Steam, Google Classroom, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and YouTube Kids (Bloomberg)

Peter Andringa / Financial Times: Documents and former US government officials detail ICE’s digital surveillance capabilities, amid a drive to deport 1M people in President Trump’s first year  —  The US is pulling in vast amounts of personal information in… Read More »Documents and former US government officials detail ICE’s digital surveillance capabilities, amid a drive to deport 1M people in President Trump’s first year (Peter Andringa/Financial Times)

Bloomberg: An interview with Tencent Games Global CEO Michelle Liu, whose hands-on dealmaking approach generated $10B in international gaming revenue over the past year  —  This year, Tencent Holdings Ltd.’s gaming business scored record sales, defying an industry slowdown with… Read More »An interview with Tencent Games Global CEO Michelle Liu, whose hands-on dealmaking approach generated $10B in international gaming revenue over the past year (Bloomberg)

Isabella Ward / Bloomberg: Cambridge, UK-based Nu Quantum, which builds networking infrastructure to link and scale quantum computers, raised a $60M Series A led by National Grid Partners  —  Nu Quantum, a British startup that builds networking infrastructure to link… Read More »Cambridge, UK-based Nu Quantum, which builds networking infrastructure to link and scale quantum computers, raised a $60M Series A led by National Grid Partners (Isabella Ward/Bloomberg)

Pew Research Center: Survey of 1,458 US teens: 64% use AI chatbots, and 28% use them daily; 59% say they use ChatGPT, 23% Gemini, 20% Meta AI, 14% Copilot, and 9% Character.ai  —  Roughly 1 in 5 U.S. teens say… Read More »Survey of 1,458 US teens: 64% use AI chatbots, and 28% use them daily; 59% say they use ChatGPT, 23% Gemini, 20% Meta AI, 14% Copilot, and 9% Character.ai (Pew Research Center)

New York Times: Nexperia’s former CEO Frans Scheper says Wingtech, which bought the Dutch chipmaker in 2019, quickly plotted to send Nexperia’s research and IP to China  —  The former chief executive of Nexperia, a Dutch chipmaker, said Dutch officials… Read More »Nexperia’s former CEO Frans Scheper says Wingtech, which bought the Dutch chipmaker in 2019, quickly plotted to send Nexperia’s research and IP to China (New York Times)

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: The European Commission says Apple and Google’s Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA  —  Yesterday, Apple and Google announced that they have teamed up… Read More »The European Commission says Apple and Google’s Android-iPhone data transfer tool, which will be available globally, is an example of the benefits of the DMA (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)

The Guardian: Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says under-16s slipping through the cracks of the social media ban will be “booted off” the platforms in time  —  Albanese says commencement of ban a ‘proud day’ for him as prime… Read More »Australia’s eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant says under-16s slipping through the cracks of the social media ban will be “booted off” the platforms in time (The Guardian)

Dylan Butts / CNBC: Amazon will invest $35B+ in India’s cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the ~$40B it has invested in the country, and says the plan will create 1M more jobs  —  Amazon on Wednesday committed… Read More »Amazon will invest $35B+ in India’s cloud and AI sector by 2030, adding to the ~$40B it has invested in the country, and says the plan will create 1M more jobs (Dylan Butts/CNBC)