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| Morgan Meaker / Wired: |
A look at the fake online traffic business, as some ad exchanges look the other way and advertisers are embarrassed to admit they purchased fraudulent inventory — Botmasters have created a Kafkaesque system where companies are paying huge sums to show their ads to bots. And everyone is fine with this.
Tweets: @rralstonagile
| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Symantec details an ongoing campaign by the Witchetty hacking group, potentially tied to a China-backed threat actor, that hides malware in a Windows logo image — Security researchers have discovered a malicious campaign by the ‘Witchetty’ hacking group, which uses steganography to hide a backdoor malware in a Windows logo.
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| Kadhim Shubber / Financial Times: |
Sources: Celsius founder Alex Mashinsky withdrew $10M from the crypto lender weeks before freezing customer accounts; one source says $8M was used to pay taxes — Scrutiny of Alex Mashinsky grows after crypto lender was left with hole in balance sheet — Celsius Network founder Alex … | Bettina Makalintal / Eater: |
Instagram food photography is becoming more realistic, driven by generational changes, more diverse food creators, and a frustration with the curation culture — The food blogger aesthetic has given way to something more realistic and DIY: Laissez-faire Instagram food is here| Nate Hopper / New Yorker: |
A profile of David Mills, who created the Network Time Protocol in the 1980s, as about two dozen Internet Engineering Task Force contributors work toward NTPv5 — An obscure software system synchronizes the network's clocks. Who will keep it running? — In 1977, David Mills …
Tweets: @yminsky, @hkanji, @hannahseidlitz, @rlove, @nicolasnova, and @uhoelzle
| William Gallagher / AppleInsider: |
Local media: South Korea's Fair Trade Commission raided Apple's Seoul offices over allegations the App Store is charging 33% IAP fees rather than the stated 30% — Officials from Korea's Fair Trade Commission conducted a dawn raid on Apple's offices in Gangnam-gu, Seoul …
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Tweets: @benlovejoy, @bruceqburke, and @fosspatents
| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
Stadia was doomed from the start because Google knows next to nothing about gaming and no one wants to invest in services they don't trust Google to keep around — There's a lot of chatter right now about the “surprise” shutdown of Stadia, Google's game-streaming service.
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| Zecharias Zelalem / Context: |
The UN Food Programme and the WHO say a nearly two-year internet and phone shutdown in Ethiopia's Tigray region is hampering aid delivery and health monitoring — As fighting rages on in Ethiopia's war-torn Tigray region, one of the world's longest telecommunications shutdowns is hampering aid deliveries …
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| Amy Forliti / Associated Press: |
JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a US lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped her in 2018 — Chinese billionaire and JD.com founder Richard Liu agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by a former University of Minnesota student who alleged he raped …
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| Grace Browne / Wired: |
A look at AI chatbots that seek to improve mental health, like Wysa and Woebot, which have millions of users despite scant research to support their efficacy — With human therapists in short supply, AI chatbots are trying to plug the gap—but it's not clear how well they work. — Bots Run the Internet| Jeanny Yu / Bloomberg: |
Tencent is no longer China's most valuable company after its shares dropped 64% since Jan. 2021, wiping $623B in market value, more than any other firm globally — Tencent Holdings Ltd. has lost its title as China's biggest company to liquor giant Kweichow Moutai Co., the latest sign …
Tweets: @doomlaser, @jojjeols, and @chinabeigebook
| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
As car makers cede control of their auto-operating systems to Apple and Google, the limited choice in the duopoly of smartphone OSes may soon extend to cars — In the future, your choice of smartphone ecosystem—Android or iPhone—could determine which make and model of car you choose
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