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Sources: Mark Zuckerberg stoked concerns about Chinese internet companies and TikTok in meetings with officials and several senators in Washington, DC last fall — Social-media tycoon emphasized threat from Chinese internet companies as he worked to fend off U.S. regulation of Facebook
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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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| CNBC: |
TikTok confirms it plans to sue the Trump administration as early as this 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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| The Verge: |
In a new filing, Epic says revocation of its developer tools by Apple will harm the developer ecosystem and adds a declaration of support from Microsoft — ‘An unlawful effort to... chill any action by others who might dare oppose Apple,’ new motion reads — Apple is threatening …
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| Sidney Fussell / Wired: |
US law enforcement agencies are getting more savvy about using information collected by smart speakers and other devices as part of criminal investigations — Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on the devices, which can include internet queries, food orders, and overheard conversations.
Tweets: @wired, @hypervisible, @zenalbatross, @quiara, @claytoncubitt, @homolingual, @onekade, and @jay_hernandez
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail unfixed flaws with messaging service Bridgefy, a self-described “protest app”, that could let attackers deanonymize users and more — Researchers notified the company in April of serious flaws that have yet to be fixed. — The rise of mass protests over the past year … | 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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Tweets: @photomatt, @whitmer, @photomatt, @photomatt, @binarybits, @gartenberg, @digitaldutta, @tha_rami, @carnage4life, @blader, @ia, @robleathern, @topjohnwu, @jdevalk, @ia, @benedictevans, @timbray, @benthompson, @backlon, @tiffany, @martinsfp, @markgurman, @starfire2258, @photomatt, @metasynthie, @aallan, @gruber, @jandavidhassel, @thetacticalbrit, @benthompson, @aral, @randhindi, @starfire2258, @tha_rami, @nickstatt, @anildash, @grummz, @neilcybart, @brianroemmele, @breakzplatform, @shen, @benedictevans, @newsycombinator, @danielpunkass, @irvinebroque, @jan_ekholm, @jaredcwhite, @baekdal, @carnage4life, @tprstly, and @caseynewton
| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
South Korea's antitrust watchdog says Apple Korea has offered to spend $84M on supporting small businesses, consumers, and others, to address antitrust concerns — SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Inc.'s (AAPL.O) South Korean unit has proposed measures to address antitrust concerns and offered …
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Luminar, a lidar tech startup backed by Peter Thiel, Volvo, and GoPro's founder Nick Woodman, plans to go public via a $3.4B merger with a SPAC — - Gores Metropoulos said to agree on merger with Luminar — Luminar investors to retain 80% of company after Gores deal| Craig Silverman / BuzzFeed News: |
Investigation: Chinese phone maker Transsion, which sells the ~$30 Tecno W2, preinstalled malware on some devices, leading to stolen data and money from users — When Mxolosi saw a Tecno W2 smartphone in a store in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was attracted to its looks and functionality.
Tweets: @craigsilverman
| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Enterprise data science startup Dataiku raises $100M Series D led by Stripes and Tiger Global Management — At a time when tech giants such as Google and Amazon are weaving artificial intelligence throughout their company fabrics, data remains siloed at many companies outside of tech … | Eric Pfanner / Bloomberg: |
UK grocery giant Tesco says it will create 16,000 permanent jobs in its e-commerce division, on top of the 4,000 already created during the pandemic — Tesco Plc plans to create permanent roles for 16,000 new workers in its online business, underlining a pandemic-fueled shift … Sponsor Posts
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