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In a post on the REvil dark web blog, the gang takes credit for the Kaseya attack, claims it infected 1M+ systems, and demands $70M in bitcoin for the decryptor — The REvil ransomware gang is asking for a $70 million ransom payment to publish a universal decryptor that can unlock …
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| Trevor Hunnicutt / Reuters: |
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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
An attempt led by Baidu, Tencent, and ByteDance to circumvent Apple's privacy policies, called CAID, has failed to get traction after Apple blocked app updates — Tracking system for iPhones developed by Chinese tech groups fails to gain traction — A co-ordinated attempt by Chinese tech companies …
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| Patience Haggin / Wall Street Journal: |
Report: spending on iOS ads has fallen one-third between June 1 and July 1, while Android spending rose 10%; less than 33% of iOS users opt-in to tracking — Android ad prices have jumped, as iOS users opt out of being tracked, early data show — Advertisers have begun shifting … | Newley Purnell / Wall Street Journal: |
Facebook, Twitter, and Google have privately warned Hong Kong's government that they could stop offering services if planned anti-doxxing rules go ahead — Industry group representing companies says proposed anti-doxing rules could put staff based locally at risk of criminal charges
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| Bloomberg: |
Just days after Didi's NYSE debut, Chinese regulators mandate app stores ban Didi Chuxing app, alleging violations in its collection and usage of personal info — - Internet watchdog asks operators to remove ride-hailing app — The surprise ban comes days after Didi's New York debut
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| Wall Street Journal: |
China launches probes into truck hailing apps from Full Truck Alliance and an online recruiting app from Kanzhun, both Chinese firms listed on NYSE and Nasdaq — Reviews follow a similar move against ride-hailing giant Didi — A unit of China's cybersecurity regulator launched data-security reviews …
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| Joshua Zitser / Insider: |
GETTR, the new pro-Trump social platform, acknowledges it was hacked on its July 4 launch, with the usernames of prominent accounts being defaced — - GETTR, founded by former Trump aide Jason Miller, was hacked on the day of its official launch. — The accounts of Miller …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
A look at Apple's changing attitudes towards decentralizing out of Silicon Valley, hybrid work arrangements, and remote work options for a post-pandemic world — This is the free version of Power On. If you like it, consider subscribing to Bloomberg.com — you'll receive …
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iMore, 9to5Mac, MacRumors, Six Colors, iPhone in Canada Blog, Patently Apple, iThinkDifferent, Cult of Mac, AppleInsider, and 9to5Mac
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| Julia Reda: |
GitHub Copilot is not infringing copyright; the free software community should not adopt a maximalist copyright stance as it will only hurt in the long run — This is a slightly modified version of my original German-language article first published on heise.de under a CC-by 4.0 license.
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thelig.ht, fossbytes.com, Drew DeVault's blog, and TechnoLlama
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| Don Clark / New York Times: |
A look at Dutch company ASML, the global leader in $150M+ EUV chip making machines, which are used by firms like TSMC and are subject to export bans to China — A $150 million chip-making tool from a Dutch company has become a lever in the U.S.-Chinese struggle. It also shows how entrenched the global supply chain is.| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Egypt-based MaxAB, a B2B food and grocery delivery startup, raises $40M Series A led by RMBV — Globally, food and grocery delivery startups have been raising mega-rounds of late, especially those in Europe as the pandemic has given rise to more people ordering online more than ever.
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Techpoint Africa, FinSMEs, and TechCabal
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After a two year break, Allen & Co's annual Sun Valley conference starts Tuesday; sources say executives from Discovery, Amazon, and Netflix are attending — Allen & Co. event brings business leaders together after one-year hiatus due to pandemic, for a gathering rife with deal-making potentialSponsor Posts
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