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Sources: the FBI determined around 2017 that Huawei gear in cell towers near US military bases in the Midwest was capable of capturing and disrupting DoD comms — On paper, it looked like a fantastic deal. In 2017, the Chinese government was offering to spend $100 million to build …
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| Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal: |
How China's mass collection of personal info and its new, unevenly enforced data security rules contribute to a thriving underground market for stolen data — Government's mass collection of personal information aids social control but undermines national security, cybersecurity researchers say| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
DoorDash and Uber Eats are moving beyond food, focusing on groceries and alcohol, as users cut spending due to high inflation and a potential economic downturn — Delivery apps look to move beyond food as they face high inflation, a potential economic downturn — Grubhub CEO on the Postpandemic Future of Food Delivery
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| Zeyi Yang / MIT Technology Review: |
Gamers in China, where online porn is banned, are using the Steam app Wallpaper Engine as a cloud drive and a video player to exchange adult-only content — Wallpaper Engine has become a haven for ingenious Chinese users who use it to smuggle adult content as desktop wallpaper. But how long can it last?| Gilad Edelman / Wired: |
A look at the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which privacy experts say might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law — A bill with bipartisan support might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law. — Usually, when Congress is working …
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| Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post: |
How the nearly two-year-old chip shortage upended Detroit's car manufacturing, which a historian says may be the biggest disruption since the 1970s fuel crisis — The worst crisis for automakers in 50 years has left dealerships with little to sell as prices soar for consumers — Listen| Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak: |
Epidemic Sound, which offers music tracks to creators, sues Meta, alleging approximately 94% of content using Epidemic's music on Meta's platforms is unlicensed — Faced with the prospect of copyright strikes, Content ID claims and potential account loss, thousands of YouTubers, TikTok users … | Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: |
Uber admits it failed to inform the FTC of the November 2016 hack that affected 57M passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement to avoid US criminal charges — Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers …
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Blockchain infrastructure company Chain acquires Measurable Data Token, including the cash-back app RewardMe and the financial data protocol MeFi, for $100M — - Chain acquires Measurable Data Token ecosystem for $100 million. — The deal is unique inasmuch as it will involve a merge between Chain's XCN and MDT.| Dinesh Nair / Bloomberg: |
Sources: British satellite internet startup OneWeb is nearing a merger with France's Eutelsat, in a deal valuing OneWeb at $3B+; Eutelsat invested in OneWeb — British satellite firm OneWeb is nearing a deal to combine with France's Eutelsat Communications SA in a transaction that would create … | Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
CBRE: San Francisco's office vacancy rate rose to 24.2% in Q2 2022, up 0.4% QoQ, as tech companies' flexible return-to-office demands slows the city's recovery — - The office vacancy rate in San Francisco rose to 24.2% in the second quarter from 23.8% in the prior period, according to CBRE research.| Kaoruko Ishibushi / Rest of World: |
Survey of ~14K delivery drivers in Japan: most work 40 hours or less per week, 63% are “satisfied”, and 82% would keep their jobs “for a while” or “forever” — Platform work has freed people from oppressive workplace culture. For now. — • TOKYO, JAPAN
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