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TikTok confirms it plans to sue the Trump administration as early as next week over executive order banning transactions with TikTok and ByteDance — TikTok is planning to sue the Trump administration over the president's executive order banning transactions with the popular video-sharing app …
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
U.S. WeChat Users Alliance, a nonprofit, files a lawsuit in district court in SF against Trump's executive order banning transactions with WeChat and ByteDance — Group of users of popular Tencent-owned app says Trump administration's planned curbs violate civil rights, target Chinese-Americans
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Apple says it won't require IAP in WordPress app “since the developer removed the display of their service payment options”, apologizes for confusion caused — “We [...] apologize for any confusion that we have caused” — On Friday, the internet erupted in a small way to learn …
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Matt Mullenweg says Automattic will add IAP for WordPress.com plans to WordPress iOS app after Apple froze app updates and demanded the addition — This sounds ridiculous — WordPress, the iOS app, lets you build and manage a website right from your iPhone or iPad.
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| Stephen Warwick / iMore: |
Q&A with FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller and analyst Neil Cybart about the merits of Epic's lawsuits against Apple and Google, and the economics of the App Store — “Epic's complaints are very well-crafted, but the hurdle for establishing an antitrust violation is high”| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
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| David Berreby / National Geographic: |
A detailed look at some key developments/breakthroughs in robotics, amid an increasing interest in robots during the pandemic, and what to expect in the future — Machines now perform all sorts of tasks: They clean big stores, patrol borders, and help autistic children. But will they make life better for humans?
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National Geographic. Tweets: @techweez, @lunamoth, @mildrarobotics, @davidberreby, @davidberreby, @kengesr, @interlime, @kennelliott, @cccalum, @builtrobotics, @ianknowlson, @ieeedigitalreal, and @davidberreby
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Freepik, a popular freemium stock photos marketplace, discloses data breach and says hacker obtained info of 8.3M users, including usernames and password hashes — Freepik is one of the most popular websites on the internet, currently ranked #97 on the Alexa Top 100 sites list.| Wall Street Journal: |
As workspace usage of Slack and Microsoft Teams soars, lawyers see an uptick in harassment claims, as messaging is more informal and often misinterpreted — Chat applications have become a major way employees stay connected, but some see an uptick in agitation and bullying| Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero : |
Workplace chat apps may alter work conversations the way social media alters public discourse, leading to issues like internal divisions and group harassment — Slack and its counterparts ‘create problems, high school-type problems,’ one CEO said — Sitting among peers at a gathering a few years ago …
Tweets: @sub8u, @ozm, @ozm, @medium, @lordravenscraft, @lunamoth, @kantrowitz, and @kantrowitz
| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
FBI and CISA warn of an ongoing voice phishing campaign targeting remote workers in the US aimed at stealing login credentials for corporate networks/VPNs — The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday issued a joint alert …
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Wired, Engadget, ZDNet, Krebs on Security, CyberScoop, Federal Computer Week, and BleepingComputer
Tweets: @arekfurt, @wired, @a_greenberg, @briankrebs, and @a_greenberg
| Alex Kantrowitz / OneZero: |
Q&A with Casey Newton on incentives for media and reporters in the age of social media, why some people in tech hate tech press, evolution of Facebook, and more — The Verge's Silicon Valley editor discusses tech media, recent issues with Facebook, and more … Part of the tech world is fed up with tech journalists.| Grady McGregor / Fortune: |
MediaTek stock dropped 10%+ last week as investors fear that newly tightened US sanctions against Huawei, announced last week, now also apply to MediaTek chips — The Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek was poised to be one of the largest beneficiaries of the United States' yearslong campaign against Huawei, the Chinese telecom giant.Sponsor Posts
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