#TechNews from India.

India’s election commission ordered X to take down a post from President Modi’s party that was deemed to promote racial tension. medianama.com/2024/05/223-ec…

Read the latest paper from Michael Frank arguing for a rethinking of U.S. export controls to effectively limit the Chinese semiconductor and AI ecosystem.

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#TechNews from China.

Huawei rolls out an in-house operating system to reduce its reliance on Google’s Android OS in smartphones and smart devices. asia.nikkei.com/Business/China…

#TechNews from Mexico and the EU.

TikTok is planning to expand its e-commerce business to Mexico, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain and is targeting $50 billion in worldwide sales on the platform for this year. scmp.com/tech/tech-tren…

#TechNews from the UK.

Child safety rules issued under the UK’s Online Safety Act will require robust age verification and the curation of recommendation algorithms to provide age-appropriate content. theguardian.com/media/article/…

#TechNews from Saudi Arabia.

The CEO of Saudi Arabia’s $100 billion AI investment fund said the company would be willing to divest from China if asked to do so by the US. scmp.com/tech/article/3…

#TechNews from Germany.

A German telco is moving core network services for one million of its 5G customers onto the Amazon Web Services cloud, a global first for mobile operators. ca.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/TE…

'The U.S. technology sector’s ability to innovate and flourish is directly tied to the country’s ability to ensure its national security.'

Read the latest CSIS Strategic Technologies Program and CSIS Scholl Chair paper on the U.S. tech innovation ecosystem and national security. csis.org/analysis/beyon…

#TechNews from Japan.

Intel is partnering with 14 Japanese companies to automate back-end chipmaking processes like packaging as part of an effort to shift these operations out of China and Southeast Asia. asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tech/…

#TechNews from India.

Indian telcos are calling for a ban on the sale of Wi-Fi 6E routers, arguing that the 6GHz band should be kept open until the government decides whether to auction it off as licensed spectrum. lightreading.com/wifi/indian-te…

'Maintaining the U.S. competitive edge in technology requires a whole-of-government approach to incentivizing innovation,' write CSIS Strategic Technologies Program and CSIS Scholl Chair in their latest report on global technology competition.

Learn more: csis.org/analysis/beyon…

#TechNews from Singapore.

Amazon Web Services is expected to invest $12 billion in cloud and AI projects in Singapore over the next four years. straitstimes.com/tech/amazon-in…

#TechNews from Australia.

A study found that engagement with news content on Facebook reached an all-time low in Australia as Meta threatens to ban news content altogether over a proposed revenue sharing arrangement with news publishers. theguardian.com/technology/art…

#TechNews from North Korea.

North Korean hackers have been exploiting weak email authentication protocols to impersonate prominent experts from think tanks and academia to gain access to intelligence on adversaries’ foreign policy strategies. infosecurity-magazine.com/news/north-kor…

Tomorrow at 10:00AM: CSIS Strategic Technologies Program hosts an event on NTIA's Wireless Innovation Fund. Join the event to hear from Alan Davidson, Sarah Morris, Amanda Toman, and Diane Rinaldo.

Register here: csis.org/events/us-depa…

#TechNews from Indonesia.

Amnesty International has identified Indonesia as an “emerging hub” for spyware, citing recent sales and shipment of surveillance tools from Israel, Greece, Singapore, and Malaysia. darkreading.com/cybersecurity-…

'Maintaining the U.S. competitive edge in technology requires a whole-of-government approach to incentivizing innovation,' write CSIS Strategic Technologies Program and CSIS Scholl Chair in their latest report on the global technology competition.

Learn more: csis.org/analysis/beyon…

'If predictions of “Peak China” have any merit, and if the United States can avoid a clash in the years it will take China under Xi to decline, it can afford testing antirust policy in some years, but not at the moment,' writes CSIS Strategic Technologies Program.

Read More: csis.org/analysis/innov…

Don’t miss the latest episode of Inside Cyber Diplomacy, in which James A. Lewis and Chris Painter sat down with Deborah A. McCarthy to discuss negotiations on the UN Cybercrime Treaty.

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#TechNews from Australia.

Smart cameras equipped with AI wildfire-detection software are being used to replace human fire spotters in Tasmania. abc.net.au/news/2024-05-0…