Sources: Biden’s crackdown on Chinese tech exports was driven by fears over China using supercomputers and AI to develop weapons and crack encrypted messaging (New York Times)

Emma Roth / The Verge:
Wickr Me, the free encrypted messaging app acquired by AWS in 2021, will shut down on December 31, 2023 and stop accepting new users at the end of 2022  —  Wickr Me, the free encrypted messaging app owned by Amazon Web Services, is shutting down on December 31st, 2023.

Deeksha Bhardwaj / Hindustan Times:
India proposes a legal framework to regulate over-the-top communications services, including encrypted apps like WhatsApp and Signal, and intercept messages  —  The bill, if implemented in its current form, will have reaching ramification for the industry that is based on the premise of privacy and security of encrypted messages

Sabrina Ortiz / ZDNet:
Google signs a cooperative research and development agreement with the NIST to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices with open-source designs  —  Chips used to develop new nanotechnology and semiconductor devices oftentimes have a large price tag, posing a big obstacle for innovation.

Charles Hutzler / Wall Street Journal:
Biden issues an EO directing the CFIUS to increase scrutiny of deals that may give China and other adversaries access to critical technologies and personal data  —  A new executive order directs the panel screening foreign investment, Cfius, to look at deals in areas U.S. officials say are of interest to China

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal launches its Stories feature out of beta on Android and iOS; users’ Stories will automatically expire after 24 hours  —  End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal is rolling out a new Stories feature to all users on Android and iOS, the company announced on Monday.

Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple’s iPhone exports from India crossed $1B since April 2022 and could reach $2.5B by March 2023, up from $1.3B in the year ending March 2022  —  Apple Inc.’s iPhone exports from India crossed $1 billion in the five months since April, according to people familiar with the matter …