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Sources: a number of recently disclosed malicious websites used to hack into iPhones over a two-year period were designed to target Uyghur Muslims in China — A number of malicious websites used to hack into iPhones over a two-year period were targeting Uyghur Muslims, TechCrunch has learned.
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| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
Sources: Android and Windows have also been targeted by the websites that sought to infect iPhones of Uighur ethnic minority in China — The unprecedented attack on Apple iPhones revealed by Google this week was broader than first thought. Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation … | Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Inside Foxconn's manufacturing facilities in India, where it operates two plants and has plans for two more as it looks to diversify its operations beyond China — On a steamy summer morning, dozens of buses pull up outside a cluster of low-slung, blue buildings in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh.
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| Juli Clover / MacRumors: |
Apple launches a free screen replacement program for aluminum models of Watch Series 2 and Series 3 that exhibit a crack along the rounded edge of the screen — Apple today announced the launch of a new screen replacement program for Series 2 and Series 3 Apple Watch models, due to cracking issues.
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How Amazon's subcontracted delivery network allows it to shed responsibility for exploitative working conditions and accidents caused while delivering packages — Deaths and devastating injuries. A litany of labor violations. Drivers forced to urinate in their vans.
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| Tarun Pathak / Counterpoint Research: |
Analysis: Nokia leads in facilitating Android updates, with 96% of smartphones sold since Q3 running Android Pie, followed by Samsung's 89% and Xiaomi's 84% — - Key brands had fewer than a third of their sub-US$200 smartphones updated to the latest Android version.
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| South China Morning Post: |
How China came close to the US in the 1960s in building a strong semiconductor industry but lost its way due to politics and a misguided industrial strategy — This is the first in a series of in-depth articles examining China's efforts to build a stronger, domestic semiconductor industry …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
French police, with help from Avast, hijack and neutralize a cryptocurrency mining botnet that controlled ~850,000 infected Windows PCs with Retadup malware — In a rare feat, French police have hijacked and neutralized a massive cryptocurrency mining botnet controlling close to a million infected computers.
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| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was hacked on Friday, possibly by a group that calls themselves the Chuckle Squad, which posted a number of racist tweets — It appears to be the same group that went after YouTubers — Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was hacked on Friday afternoon …
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| Stephanie Condon / ZDNet: |
Swiss banking software company Temenos to acquire Kony, an Austin-based bank-focused mobile app development business, for $559M plus an earn-out of $21M — The Switzerland-based banking software company is aiming to step up its presence in the US, where addressable market for digital front office banking software is $9 billion.| Gregor Hohpe / Martin Fowler: |
A closer look at software architecture lock-in, which many developers consider their archenemy, in its many forms like vendor lock-in, product lock-in, and more — A significant share of architectural energy is spent on reducing or avoiding lock-in. That's a rather noble objective …
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| Steve O'Hear / TechCrunch: |
London-based Koru Kids, a platform for finding and managing childcare, raises £10M Series A led by Atomico, bringing its total raised to £14.1M — Koru Kids, the London-based startup that helps you find and manage childcare, has raised £10 million in new funding to scale its platform.Sponsor Posts
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