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The Pentagon has canceled the $10B JEDI cloud contract that was awarded to Microsoft but faced legal challenges from Amazon, announced new multivendor contract — - The Department of Defense said it's calling off the $10 billion cloud contract that was the subject of a legal battle involving Amazon and Microsoft.
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Source: Biden will direct the FTC to draft new right-to-repair rules, with an explicit mention of mobile phone manufacturers expected in the directive — - Order may loosen rules on who can undertake phone repairs — Pentagon contractors, farm equipment also under scrutiny
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Sources: state-backed Russian hacking group APT29 breached the RNC last week, possibly via IT provider Synnex; RNC says there's is no indication it was hacked — - Hackers part of ‘Cozy Bear,’ people familiar with matter say — RNC official says ‘no indication’ computer systems hacked
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Binance says it will temporarily suspend euro bank deposits from the EU's Single Euro Payments Area network due to “events beyond our control” — Latest block comes after flurry of regulatory pushbacks against crypto exchange — Binance said it will suspend euro bank deposits …
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Amazon open sources its Lumberyard game engine; the project will be overseen by the Linux Foundation and now be called the Open 3D Engine — Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. — Amazon is contributing its Lumberyard game engine to open source …
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A look at synthetic shares of Apple, Amazon, and others, which track the prices of real stocks and are being traded on blockchain projects like Mirror Protocol — - A DeFi ‘Trojan Horse’ finds its way to the stock market — Sounds like ‘investor-protection issue,’ says Themis's Saluzzi
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Microsoft releases emergency update to patch the “PrintNightmare” vulnerability impacting Windows Print Spooler, which could allow attackers remote PC access — Microsoft has released an emergency out-of-band security update today to patch a critical vulnerability …
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Juni, a neobank catering to e-commerce and online marketing companies, raises $21.5M Series A co-led by partners from DST Global and Felix Capital — E-commerce in Europe is expected to grow 30% this year to $465 billion, and that's giving rise to a new ecosystem of services built to cater to e-commerce merchants.
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Facebook waiving Bulletin's fees at launch is a classic Silicon Valley tactic used to quash competitors, exemplifying a strategy critics think should be illegal — Facebook's latest product, a newsletter platform called Bulletin, exemplifies a strategy that some critics think should be illegal
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EU's new law will let tech companies scan their platforms for child sexual abuse material for the next three years without fear of violating EU's privacy laws — The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a controversial law that would allow digital companies to detect and report child sexual abuse … | Lauren Strapagiel / BuzzFeed News: |
TikTok appears to be testing a Cameo-like feature called “Shoutouts” that lets users buy custom videos from creators, in select regions not including the US — TikTok appears to be testing a Cameo competitor that allows people to request and pay for custom videos from their favorite creators.
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Nvidia launches the $100M Cambridge-1 supercomputer in the UK for health care research, says it is the UK's most powerful with 400+ petaflops of AI performance — Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve? Take our AI survey to find out. — Nvidia is launching …
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