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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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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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MacRumors, AppleInsider, iThinkDifferent, fossbytes.com, iPhone Hacks, iPhone in Canada Blog, 9to5Mac, Cult of Mac, and iMore
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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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| 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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Sources: weeks before Didi's US IPO, the Chinese regulator that eventually ordered Didi's app banned had suggested to the company that it delay the listing — Ride-hailing giant, under pressure to reward shareholders, pushed ahead with NYSE listing despite concerns of China's cybersecurity watchdog
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| Julia Reda: |
GitHub Copilot's use of GPL code for training is not infringement; adopting a maximalist copyright stance will ultimately hurt the Free Software community — 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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| 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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| 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.| Joe Pompeo / Vanity Fair: |
After a two-year break, Allen & Co.'s annual Sun Valley conference starts Tuesday with CEOs from Apple, Facebook, Amazon, and Netflix attending — All around, even as the Delta variant begins to sink its teeth into unvaccinated pockets of the U.S., there are signs of life getting …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Hands-on with Microsoft Store on Windows 11: UI overhaul and speed improvements are nice; addition of much-needed apps like Zoom and WinZip is a promising start — The Windows store is finally getting apps people care about — Microsoft's dysfunctional app store for Windows …
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| Romain Dillet / TechCrunch: |
ManoMano, which operates an e-commerce site for DIY, home improvement, and gardening products, raises $355M Series F led by Dragoneer at a $2.6B valuation — French startup ManoMano has raised a Series F funding round of $355 million led by Dragoneer Investment Group.
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| 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.
Tweets: @alanbeattie and @chadbown
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