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July 7, 2021, 12:05 PM

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Bloomberg:
China's crackdown on its tech giants wiped a combined $823B off their market value since a Feb. peak, with Tencent, Alibaba, and Kuaishou as the biggest losers  —  - Selling in technology sector seen continuing this quarter  — Hang Seng Tech Index has lost 31% from February high
Tom McKay / Gizmodo:
In an attempt to keep ahead of China's regulations, Tencent says it'll use a facial recognition system to prevent minors from playing games late into the night  —  Shenzhen, China-based gaming giant Tencent has announced it will use a face recognition system to prevent minors in its home country …
Bloomberg:
Sources: China plans rule changes requiring Chinese companies to seek approval to list overseas, even if the unit selling shares is incorporated outside China  —  - Securities regulator working to change overseas listing rules  — Change would require VIE firms to get nod to list offshore
Jason Schreier / Bloomberg:
Ubisoft confirms it's developing Assassin's Creed Infinity, an online service with evolving gameplay that expands over time, seeking to emulate Fortnite and GTA  —  Assassin's Creed, a video game franchise set in huge worlds where each one can take hundreds of hours to complete, is getting even bigger.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Donald Trump says he is suing Facebook, Twitter, and Google, as well as their CEOs, alleging the companies have violated his First Amendment rights  —  - Former President Donald Trump announced he is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google, as well as their respective CEOs Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey and Sundar Pichai.
Alfred Ng / The Markup:
Public records and a 2019 version of its user guide show just how invasive AnyVision's facial recognition software can be; AnyVision's customers include schools  —  One school using the software saw that a student's face was captured more than 1,000 times during the week
Michael P. Regan / Bloomberg:
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
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
Mozilla's crowdsourced study about YouTube over a 10-month period finds 71%+ videos flagged as objectionable by participants were recommended by YouTube itself  —  For years YouTube's video-recommending algorithm has stood accused of fuelling a grab-bag of societal ills by feeding users …
Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Report: Indian startups raised a record $10.46B in H1 2021, vs. $4B in H1 2020 and $11.6B in all of 2020; India produced 16 unicorns this year  —  Indian startups have raised a record $10.46 billion in the first half of 2021, up from $4 billion in H1 2020.  —  A startup founder …
Bloomberg:
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
Ryan Browne / CNBC:
Wise begins trading in London direct listing, valuing the money transfer firm at $11B, and launches OwnWise, a program to let users own a stake in the company  —  - Wise shares opened at £8 a share Wednesday morning, giving the company a market value of £8 billion ($11 billion).
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Massachusetts-based Silk, which builds tools to improve database performance, raises $55M led by S Capital, bringing its total raised to $294M+  —  Where does your enterprise stand on the AI adoption curve?  Take our AI survey to find out.  —  Silk, a platform designed to improve database performance …
Financial Times:
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 …
Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
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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