Julie Chang

I'm Julie Chang for The Wall Street Journal.

Iran is intensifying efforts to jam Elon Musk's Starlink service in the country.

Iranians have been relying on Starlink to share videos of growing protests and the regime's crackdown on anti-government protesters.

Last week, Iran shut down most internet connections and throttled phone services.

Starlink is banned in the country and users of it are now being hunted.

According to a U.S.

non-profit opposed to internet censorship, Iranian authorities over the weekend began searching for and confiscating Starlink dishes in western Tehran.

AI startup Percepta has denied Palantir's allegations that it's poaching workers and stealing company secrets.

In a legal filing yesterday, Percepta instead accused Palantir of trying to deter employees from leaving.

In October, Palantir sued Percepta, alleging its two co-founders had stolen trade secrets and violated their non-solicitation agreements.

It also accused a third employee of stealing confidential documents from Palantir.

In Monday's filing, Percepta disputed Palantir's claims that it violated non-competition agreements, calling them overly broad.

Finally, SK Hynix plans to build a $13 billion chip packaging and testing facility in South Korea amid surging demand for AI chips.

SK Hynix is a major supplier of high-bandwidth memory products to NVIDIA.

The new plant is expected to be completed by the end of 2027 and will add to SK Hynix's chip packaging capacity in the country.

Here's your morning TNB Tech Minute for Thursday, January 8th.

I'm Julie Chang for The Wall Street Journal.

China will review Meta's $2.5 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus.

People familiar with the matter said the review is part of a broader Beijing effort to protect its AI technology amid an intensifying U.S.-China tech race.

Sources say Chinese officials have started identifying key Chinese AI companies and technologies for a potential export control list.