** Australian tech stocks .AXIJ fall as much as 8.8% to 3-1/2-month low in its steepest drop since mid-May 2022
** Last down 7%
** Stocks set to log fourth straight session of losses
** Wall Street peers fell on Friday on weak economic data and worries of softening consumer demand .N
** Adding pressure, shares of Australian logistics software maker WiseTech Global WTC.AX slid nearly 22% after four directors stepped down due to differing views around the role of the company's billionaire founder and former CEO Richard White
** Tech sub-index has declined 3.4% so far this year
(Reporting by Sneha Kumar in Bengaluru)
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