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Ad-measurement company Tenjin: following Apple's IDFA changes, spending on iOS ads fell one-third between June 1 and July 1, while Android spending rose 10% — Android ad prices have jumped, as iOS users opt out of being tracked, early data show — Advertisers have begun shifting …
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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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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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.| 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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| 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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| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
Uber wants to fund education and career-building programs for drivers and Lyft is exploring ways to reduce drivers' expenses, as they deal with driver shortages — Pressure builds at companies to make gig work more attractive; ‘it is absolutely a reckoning’| Robin Harding / Financial Times: |
Inside Japan's strategy to boost its once-dominant chip industry; Japan has 84 chip factories, more than any other country, but they are mostly small and old — After decades of decline, Tokyo wants to boost the country's once-dominant chip industry — This article is an on-site version of our Trade Secrets newsletter.
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| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
Nexperia, a Dutch chip firm owned by China's Wingtech, says it plans to acquire UK's largest chip plant; sources say the deal is worth around $87M — - Nexperia, which became NWF's second largest shareholder in 2019, said the acquisition will help it to make more chips and meet soaring demand.Sponsor Posts
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