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Sources: Mark Zuckerberg stoked concerns about Chinese internet companies and TikTok in meetings with officials and several senators in Washington, DC last fall — Social-media tycoon emphasized threat from Chinese internet companies as he worked to fend off U.S. regulation of Facebook
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U.S. WeChat Users Alliance, a nonprofit, files a lawsuit in district court in SF against Trump's executive order banning transactions with WeChat and ByteDance — Group of users of popular Tencent-owned app says Trump administration's planned curbs violate civil rights, target Chinese-Americans
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MacRumors, The Verge, news.com.au, iPhone in Canada Blog, AppleInsider, South China Morning Post, Mashable, PYMNTS.com, Reuters, Engadget, PingWest, and Deadline
Tweets: @wsj, @daniele_manca, and @jannwolfe
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TikTok confirms it plans to sue the Trump administration as early as this week over executive order banning transactions with TikTok and ByteDance — TikTok is planning to sue the Trump administration over the president's executive order banning transactions with the popular video-sharing app …
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| The Verge: |
In a new filing, Epic says revocation of its developer tools by Apple will harm the developer ecosystem and adds a declaration of support from Microsoft — ‘An unlawful effort to... chill any action by others who might dare oppose Apple,’ new motion reads — Apple is threatening …
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Tweets: @xboxp3, @brian_armstrong, @russellbrandom, @pasokongal, @grummz, @firt, @hoeglaw, @epicnewsroom, @legacykillahd, @paulg, @tha_rami, @tapbot_paul, @amandafarough, @mikebeas, @migueldeicaza, @bob_burrough, @gruber, @fosspatents, @futterish, @backlon, @spawnwavemedia, @mattyglesias, @backlon, @thellance, @stevesi, @hardcoremetal89, @alexlindsay, @advances, @tolmasky, @stadiarokks, @gruber, @chetfaliszek, @ps5lion, @matthewstoller, @dylanljmartin, @briannawu, and @hedgeyecomm
| Stephen Warwick / iMore: |
Q&A with FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller and analyst Neil Cybart about the merits of Epic's lawsuits against Apple and Google, and the economics of the App Store — “Epic's complaints are very well-crafted, but the hurdle for establishing an antitrust violation is high”
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Tweets: @timsweeneyepic, @fosspatents, @imore, and @freezydorito
| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Apple says it won't require IAP in WordPress app “since the developer removed the display of their service payment options”, apologizes for confusion caused — “We [...] apologize for any confusion that we have caused” — On Friday, the internet erupted in a small way to learn …
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Tweets: @photomatt, @whitmer, @photomatt, @photomatt, @robleathern, @binarybits, @topjohnwu, @gartenberg, @ia, @digitaldutta, @jdevalk, @tha_rami, @carnage4life, @blader, @ia, @timbray, @benedictevans, @benthompson, @photomatt, @backlon, @tiffany, @martinsfp, @markgurman, @starfire2258, @metasynthie, @aallan, @gruber, @jandavidhassel, @thetacticalbrit, @benthompson, @aral, @randhindi, @starfire2258, @tha_rami, @nickstatt, @neilcybart, @anildash, @grummz, @brianroemmele, @breakzplatform, @shen, @benedictevans, @newsycombinator, @danielpunkass, @irvinebroque, @jan_ekholm, @jaredcwhite, @baekdal, @carnage4life, @tprstly, and @caseynewton
| Sidney Fussell / Wired: |
US law enforcement agencies are getting more savvy about using information collected by smart speakers and other devices as part of criminal investigations — Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on the devices, which can include internet queries, food orders, and overheard conversations.
Tweets: @wired, @hypervisible, @zenalbatross, @quiara, @claytoncubitt, @homolingual, @onekade, and @jay_hernandez
| Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: |
Researchers detail unfixed flaws with messaging service Bridgefy, a self-described “protest app”, that could let attackers deanonymize users and more — Researchers notified the company in April of serious flaws that have yet to be fixed. — The rise of mass protests over the past year …
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| Hyunjoo Jin / Reuters: |
South Korea's antitrust watchdog says Apple Korea has offered to spend $84M on supporting small businesses, consumers, and others, to address antitrust concerns — SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Inc.'s (AAPL.O) South Korean unit has proposed measures to address antitrust concerns and offered …
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9to5Mac, MacRumors, AppleInsider, Patently Apple, MSPoweruser, and Cult of Mac
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Luminar, a lidar tech startup backed by Peter Thiel, Volvo, and GoPro's founder Nick Woodman, plans to go public via a $3.4B merger with a SPAC — - Gores Metropoulos said to agree on merger with Luminar — Luminar investors to retain 80% of company after Gores deal| Kenrick Cai / Forbes: |
Enterprise data science startup Dataiku raises $100M Series D led by Stripes and Tiger Global Management — At a time when tech giants such as Google and Amazon are weaving artificial intelligence throughout their company fabrics, data remains siloed at many companies outside of tech … | Phuong Nguyen / Reuters: |
Sources: Vietnamese tech company VNG sues TikTok for copyright infringement, saying it used songs owned by Zing, a VNG subsidiary, without the company's consent — HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnamese technology firm VNG is suing TikTok, the popular short-form video app, saying it does … Sponsor Posts
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