Experts say the weakening of LockBit and BlackCat marks a significant milestone in efforts to thwart cybercriminals, but ransomware hackers are not going away (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Experts say the weakening of LockBit and BlackCat marks a significant milestone in efforts to thwart cybercriminals, but ransomware hackers are not going away  —  - LockBit and BlackCat thrived using ransomware as service model  — Law enforcement seized websites belong to both hacking groups

A look at the US venture debt landscape a year after SVB collapsed, as none of the new options have become as appealing as the "one-stop shop" SVB offered (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
A look at the US venture debt landscape a year after SVB collapsed, as none of the new options have become as appealing as the “one-stop shop” SVB offered  —  Venture capitalists and tech groups have had to adjust to life without the ‘one-stop shop’ SVB offered

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Trump comes out in support of TikTok, saying a ban will help "Facebook and Zuckerschmuck" double their business and Facebook is the "true enemy of the people" (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)

Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Trump comes out in support of TikTok, saying a ban will help “Facebook and Zuckerschmuck” double their business and Facebook is the “true enemy of the people”  —  - Congress members were inundated with calls from angry constituents after TikTok told its users …

Apple's handling of Epic's account closure turned a US contract dispute into a DMA enforcement priority due to the appearance of a gatekeeper silencing critics (Florian Mueller/games fray)

Florian Mueller / games fray:
Apple's handling of Epic's account closure turned a US contract dispute into a DMA enforcement priority due to the appearance of a gatekeeper silencing critics  —  Context: Apple terminated an app developer account obtained by Epic Games' Swedish subsidiary in order to build an alternative iOS app store …

Sources: China is in the process of raising $27B+ for its largest chip fund ever to counter US curbs, with most of the capital expected from local governments (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: China is in the process of raising $27B+ for its largest chip fund ever to counter US curbs, with most of the capital expected from local governments  —  - Local government, SDIC may join China's biggest-ever chip fund  — Washington urges allies to tighten China export controls