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| Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers: |
APK teardown of new version of Google Play Services suggests that Google is working to build an Android device network like Apple's Find My — Because Apple tightly controls the iOS ecosystem, they're able to build a massive, crowdsourced network of devices that can help locate other devices.
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| Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: |
Spotify has acquired Podz, a podcast discovery startup whose tech helps podcasters promote their show using ML to select 60-second clips of key moments — Podcasts are all the rage, but podcast discovery is a challenge. Today, Spotify announced its acquisition of Podz …
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| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Ukrainian police arrest members of ransomware gang Clop, the first time that a national law enforcement agency has carried out mass arrests of such a gang — Arrests of Cl0p hacker group members adds to pressure on other countries to follow suit — Ukrainian police have arrested members … | Sam Byford / The Verge: |
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau says OnePlus and Oppo will have more integrations moving forward, further hinting at a possible merger — OnePlus says it will ‘further integrate’ its business with Oppo. But what does that really mean? — OnePlus CEO Pete Lau has announced a “new journey” …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Researchers: encryption algorithm GEA-1, used in GPRS data in 2G networks, was deliberately weakened by its designers; ETSI blames export regulations — A new paper shows that two old encryption algorithms still used in mobile networks can be exploited to spy on phones' internet traffic.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
PUBG Mobile returns to Google Play Store in India with new name Battlegrounds Mobile India, after being banned for nine months on national security grounds — Krafton, which filed for an IPO earlier this week, has built a gigantic gaming empire. If the firm is able to raise the target $5 billion …
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| Bert Hubert's writings: |
European companies' reluctance to offer free software and services have resulted in the region being over-dependent on US and others for communication platforms — Europe's communication needs are currently almost exclusively delivered by Chinese hardware that connects us to US-based platforms.
Tweets: @chrisnahr and @nickdothutton
| Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: |
Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to open a formal investigation into Google's digital advertising business before the end of the year — EU antitrust regulators are set to open another front against Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google by launching a formal investigation … | Johana Bhuiyan / Los Angeles Times: |
Emails from 2016 show Ring provided ~100 LAPD officers with free devices or discount codes and encouraged them to promote its devices to fellow LAPD, the public — In a bid to bolster its claims as a crime-fighting tool, Ring deployed a tactic popular in the business world: influencer marketing.
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| Jonathan Vanian / Fortune: |
Fiddler AI, which makes tools to help engineers monitor machine learning systems, raises $32M Series B led by Insight Partners — Subscribe to Fortune Daily to get essential business stories straight to your inbox each morning. — Investors are betting that a former Facebook engineer …
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| Simon Clark / Wall Street Journal: |
JPMorgan buys UK-based digital wealth manager Nutmeg, which has 140K+ customers and about $5B in assets under management; sources say deal is worth about $1B — Digital wealth manager Nutmeg has around 140,000 customers and $5 billion in assets — JPMorgan Chase & Co. agreed … | Andrew Asmakov / Decrypt: |
Two major Chinese banks now allow customers to exchange digital yuan for fiat at 3,000+ ATMs in Beijing, in an expansion of China's digital currency experiment — Two major Chinese banks now allow customers to exchange the country's new central bank digital currency (CBDC) …
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| Laurel Deppen / GeekWire: |
Seattle-based Leafly, which runs an online marketplace for cannabis, raises $23M from existing investors; Leafly has 120M annual visitors — Seattle-based online cannabis marketplace Leafly has closed $23 million in new funding, GeekWire confirmed with the company.| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Transform, which develops tools for businesses to query and build metrics from data troves, comes out of stealth with $20M Series A, after $4.5M seed in 2020 — The biggest tech companies have put a lot of time and money into building tools and platforms for their data science teams …
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Study: 48% of ad traffic on “fake” news publishers and 32% of ad traffic on “low credibility sites” like Breitbart is served by Google — It's about a third for"low credibility" sites. … Fake news is a problem. Yet the sites that publish it keep surviving …
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| Sanket Jain / The Verge: |
Social health activists in India have been tasked with curbing COVID-19 misinformation, with many workers using WhatsApp to stop its spread — The backbone of India's rural healthcare system is now tasked with beating back COVID-19 myths, one message at a time
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| Eric Geller / Politico: |
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Jonathan Vanian / Fortune:
Fiddler AI, which makes tools to help engineers monitor machine learning systems, raises $32M Series B led by Insight PartnersFind
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Andrew Asmakov / Decrypt:
Two major Chinese banks now allow customers to exchange digital yuan for fiat at 3,000+ ATMs in Beijing, in an expansion of China's digital currency experimentFind
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Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan to open a formal investigation into Google's digital advertising business before the end of the yearFind
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Study: 80% of organizations that paid a ransom were hit by a second ransomware attack; 66% orgs cited revenue losses after the attack and 53% cited brand damageFind
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Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Ukrainian police arrest members of ransomware gang Clop, the first time that a national law enforcement agency has carried out mass arrests of such a gangFind
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Bert Hubert's writings:
European companies' reluctance to offer free software and services have resulted in the region being over-dependent on US and others for communication platformsFind
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Sanket Jain / The Verge:
Social health activists in India have been tasked with curbing COVID-19 misinformation, with many workers using WhatsApp to stop its spreadFind
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