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Investigation: 32 US brokers are selling overlapping datasets with ~2.9B profiles of people pegged as “actively pregnant” or “shopping for maternity products” — Gizmodo identified 32 brokers selling data on 2.9 billion profiles of U.S. residents pegged as …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
In iOS 16 beta 4, Apple finally adds support for Apple Pay in non-Safari browsers like Chrome and Edge, possibly in response to the EU's Digital Markets Act — Not just Safari — Apple Pay could finally be compatible with Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox in iOS 16.
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| Politico: |
In addition to chip subsidies, the US must rethink its immigration policies to lure high-skilled workers and invest in STEM to become a manufacturing hub again — JOHNSTOWN, Ohio — Just 15 minutes outside of downtown Columbus, the suburbs abruptly evaporate.| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
The US CHIPS Act's financial aid is unlikely to cover all giant projects, meaning the Department of Commerce will face difficult choices in who gets the money — The long wait for legislation to boost the US's position in global semiconductor manufacturing is almost over.| Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
As the US passes its CHIPS Act, China plans to invest ~$150B through 2030 on chips, South Korea eyes $260B in chip investments by 2027, and the EU plans $40B — The question is whether semiconductor giants choose America over other locations that have offered incentives and lower costs for years
Tweets: @jchengwsj and @jonhusted
| Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: |
Bolt Mobility, co-founded by Usain Bolt, seems to have ceased operations and vanished from at least five US cities, leaving unusable e-bikes; Bolt raised $40.2M — Bolt Mobility, the Miami-based micromobility startup co-founded by Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, appears to have vanished without … | Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
As the market downturn sees some US tech investors and startups hunkering down, others continue as normal; Q2 average investment deal sizes are at record levels — Market correction leaves some startups in crisis as others take employees on vacation — Why a 2022 Recession Would Be Unlike Any Other
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| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
How Tor has been fighting Russia's efforts to block the anonymous browser since December 2021, including using Telegram to share volunteer-run Tor bridges — Russia has been trying to block the anonymous browser since December—with mixed results. — For years, the anonymity service Tor …
Tweets: @heartlandorg, @wedf_forum, @oliverlinow, and @natynettle
| Neha Wadekar / Washington Post: |
Researchers say Meta is failing to moderate dangerous content on Facebook in Kenya, citing failures in AI as well as linguistic and cultural expertise gaps — NAIROBI — The shooter approaches from behind, raising a pistol to his victim's head. He pulls the trigger and “pop,” a lifeless body slumps forward.
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
A cyberattack on Illuminate Education, exposing the personal data of 1M+ students, highlights the dangers of stockpiling school children's sensitive information — At a moment when education technology firms are stockpiling sensitive information on millions of school children, safeguards for student data have broken down.
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Metacurity. Tweets: @funnymonkey, @seangraf, @imeluny, @alexanderrusso, @csoleil, @leoniehaimson, @nytmetro, @mindingprivacy, and @balbonipaolo
| Bloomberg: |
India generates ~$19B from auctioning airwaves, including for 5G; Reliance Jio spent $11B+ on 24,740 megahertz, followed by Bharti Airtel and Vodafone — Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. spent more than $11 billion, emerging the top buyer in India's airwaves auction …
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| Financial Times: |
A look at Samsung's mounting semiconductor problems: reportedly losing Qualcomm and Nvidia's business to TSMC, Galaxy S22 lagging iPhone 13's chips, and more — Move follows warnings from investors, analysts and employees that chipmaker is losing its technological edge
Tweets: @wholemarsblog, @crsdavies, and @chinabeigebook
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