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China's state media quoted a government adviser, who said ByteDance should study the new export list and “seriously and cautiously” consider halting TikTok deal — Chinese government trade adviser cautions app maker to study new regulations prior to sale
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| Coco Liu / Nikkei Asian Review: |
China updates its export control list, adding AI tech including “personalized content recommendations based on data analysis”, which may affect TikTok US sale — Popular video app's powerful algorithm likely to face ‘dual-use’ restrictions — HONG KONG — Beijing …
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New York Times, The Information, and Thurrott
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Story of Vietnamese hacker “Hieupc”, who was earning $125K/month running a bustling identity theft service, and was recently released from prison — At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as “Hieupc” was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service …
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| Filipe Espósito / 9to5Mac: |
Apple has terminated Epic's App Store account, following legal dispute between the companies; Epic has an alternative Apple account to manage its Unreal Engine — As previously warned by Apple, Epic's App Store account has now been terminated due to the Fortnite developer knowingly violating App Store policy.
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| Matthew Boyle / Bloomberg: |
Walmart sells Shoes.com and Bare Necessities lingerie brand as a part of a broader streamlining of its digital businesses to focus on its main website — - Retailer is offloading Shoes.com and Bare Necessities — Walmart Inc. is divesting two more of its online brands … | Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: |
ReliaQuest, a managed cybersecurity and intelligence services provider, raises $300M led by KKR, says its revenue grew more than 450% in the past three years — ReliaQuest, a company developing a cybersecurity managed service and intelligence platform for global enterprises …
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| Todd Shields / Bloomberg: |
Google and Facebook remove Hong Kong as a destination for the proposed Pacific Light Cable Network undersea cable project, refile keeping Taiwan and Philippines — - Underseas internet project refiled for Taiwan and Philippines — Companies re-apply without Pacific Light Data Communication
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| Aliide Naylor / Gizmodo: |
How Belarusians turned to VPNs and a private Telegram channel to bypass censorship when its internet was shut down using deep packet inspection — Illustration: Elena Scotti (Photos: Getty Images, Screenshots via Twitter) — In early August, Belarus—sometimes called Europe's last dictatorship …
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| Julia Angwin / The Markup: |
Facebook has quietly removed “multicultural affinity” ad targeting option that allowed targeting by race, after years of charges of illegal discrimination — Earlier this month, Facebook quietly removed the ability of advertisers to target users by race.| Byrne Hobart / The Diff: |
As Palantir files to go public, an in-depth analysis of its business model, a look at its politics and challenges it faces amid a widespread move to privacy — Plus! Wirecard, Yuan, Housing, Financial Education for Future 1%ers, Alphabet Insurance — Normally when a company files its S-1 … | Ryan Mac / BuzzFeed News: |
At an all-hands, Zuckerberg said Kenosha Guard's Page remained online after the shooting due to “an operational mistake” as some staff questioned his leadership — Frustrated Facebook employees slammed CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday during a companywide meeting …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Neuralink, Musk's brain-computer interface company, revealed a prototype showing readings from a pig's brain using a coin-shaped device implanted under skull — During a press conference held virtually this afternoon, scientists at Elon Musk's Neuralink gave a progress update.
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| New York Times: |
Once a cautionary tale of arrogant tech, Microsoft now operates one of the most effective influence operations in DC, with TikTok its latest campaign — The tech giant, once an example of how not to operate in the nation's capital, now has a successful influence operation there.| Sherisse Pham / CNN: |
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