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Andrew Griffin / The Independent:

A look at Apple's secret testing lab where Secure Enclave chips are subjected to extreme tests, and Q&A with Craig Federighi about Apple's commitment to privacy — UK exclusive: In a never-before-seen look at the company's privacy and security work, it takes on criticism …

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Sources: Alibaba is considering raising $20B via a second listing in Hong Kong, after raising a record-breaking $25B in its 2014 market debut on the NYSE — - It's said to be angling for Hong Kong in the second half — The offering comes after the Hong Kong exchange relaxes rules

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Yancey Strickler / OneZero:

The internet is becoming a dark forest, full of life that's retreated from public view, as private spaces like Facebook Groups and invite-only forums have grown — This is also what the internet is becoming: a dark forest — In his sci-fi trilogy The Three Body Problem …

More: Labnotes. Tweets: @medium, @fabiochiusi, @annehelen, @mathewi, @mathewi, @tashmahal, and @legalnomads

Daniel Cooper / Engadget:

Nvidia brings pro-level Quadro RTX 5000 series to laptops, announces 17 “RTX Studio” laptops from seven partners including ASUS, Dell, HP, Razer, and Gigabyte — NVIDIA has succeeded in shrinking its beefy Quadro RTX 5000 graphics hardware in order to bring it to laptops.

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:

Nvidia unveils its first AI platform for edge devices, Nvidia EGX, compatible with AWS and Azure IoT offerings; launch partners include Cisco, HPE, and Lenovo

More: HPCwire, VentureBeat, and ZDNet. Tweets: @tmhayduk

Matthew Wall / BBC:

Since GDPR, Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it has launched 19 cross-border investigations, 11 of which focus on Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram — Social media giant Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp have been the subject of most data investigations in the Republic …

More: Telecompaper and Data Protection Commission

Philip Nabben / Lexology:

In the year since GDPR took effect, a look at the first wave of decisions and fines issued by data protection authorities in EU countries

Leika Kihara / Reuters:

Japanese government says, starting August 1, it will limit foreign ownership of companies in 20 sectors in its IT and telecom industries — TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government said on Monday that high-tech industries will be added to a list of businesses for which foreign ownership of Japanese firms is restricted.

More: Neowin, TechGenYZ, pageone.ng, CryptoNewsZ, and KrASIA

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Sam Byford / The Verge:

ASUS announces the ZenBook Pro Duo with two 4K screens, a 15-inch 16:9 OLED display and a 32:9 IPS “ScreenPad Plus” screen directly above the keyboard — One of the most decadent laptops ever created — Asus always likes to use its hometown trade show of Computex …

More: Engadget, BGR, PCWorld, Mashable, Gizmodo, CNET, Android Authority, and Windows Central

Tweets: @cherlynnlow, @nerdyandnatural, and @andrewchen

Cate Cadell / Reuters:

As the Tiananmen anniversary nears, censorship by Chinese internet companies has ramped up and is largely automated with AI and voice and image recognition tech — BEIJING (Reuters) - It's the most sensitive day of the year for China's internet, the anniversary of the bloody June 4 crackdown …

Tweets: @reuters, @donie, and @profcarroll

Bloomberg:

Neolix, a Chinese driverless vehicle company, is mass producing autonomous delivery vans, expects to manufacture a thousand vans in its first year — - Chinese startup begins mass production of robo-delivery vans — Besides Neolix, Silicon Valley's Nuro is testing similar tech — Forget drones.

Robin Wauters / Tech.eu:

SoundCloud acquires rights management platform Repost Network, which is used by over 20M audio creators and offers content distribution to over 25 stores — SoundCloud, the audio platform company started in Berlin back in 2007, has acquired rights management and distribution company Repost Network …

More: SoundCloud newsroom, Los Angeles Business Journal, Billboard, Music Business Worldwide, RAIN News, Digital Music News, and hypebot

Tweets: @ohmdee and @robinwauters

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