Techmeme: How China's mass collection of personal info and its new, unevenly enforced data security rules contribute to a thriving underground market for stolen data (Karen Hao/Wall Street Journal)

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Katie Bo Lillis / CNN:

Sources: the FBI determined around 2017 that Huawei gear in cell towers near US military bases in the Midwest was capable of capturing and disrupting DoD comms — On paper, it looked like a fantastic deal. In 2017, the Chinese government was offering to spend $100 million to build  …

More: The Hill, PhoneArena, Slashdot, and Huawei Central

Tweets: @atomicanalyst, @nukestrat, @shashj, @madrid_mike, @senrubiopress, @alex_panetta, @frankfigliuzzi1, @esotericcd, @pierrepaulhus, @yusufdfi, and @nktpnd

Karen Hao / Wall Street Journal:

How China's mass collection of personal info and its new, unevenly enforced data security rules contribute to a thriving underground market for stolen data — Government's mass collection of personal information aids social control but undermines national security, cybersecurity researchers say

Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal:

DoorDash and Uber Eats are moving beyond food, focusing on groceries and alcohol, as users cut spending due to high inflation and a potential economic downturn — Delivery apps look to move beyond food as they face high inflation, a potential economic downturn — Grubhub CEO on the Postpandemic Future of Food Delivery

Tweets: @preetika_rana, @ericbellmanwsj, @berber_jin1, and @jerrycap

Zeyi Yang / MIT Technology Review:

Gamers in China, where online porn is banned, are using the Steam app Wallpaper Engine as a cloud drive and a video player to exchange adult-only content — Wallpaper Engine has become a haven for ingenious Chinese users who use it to smuggle adult content as desktop wallpaper. But how long can it last?

More: Slashdot and PC Gamer

Tweets: @zeyiyang, @sub8u, and @techreview

Gilad Edelman / Wired:

A look at the bipartisan American Data Privacy and Protection Act, which privacy experts say might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law — A bill with bipartisan support might finally give the US a strong federal data protection law. — Usually, when Congress is working …

More: Pixel Envy and Electronic Frontier Foundation

Tweets: @eff, @z3r0trust, @pauldokas, @adamkovac, @andrewcouts, @juliaangwin, and @giladedelman

Jeanne Whalen / Washington Post:

How the nearly two-year-old chip shortage upended Detroit's car manufacturing, which a historian says may be the biggest disruption since the 1970s fuel crisis — The worst crisis for automakers in 50 years has left dealerships with little to sell as prices soar for consumers — Listen

Andy Maxwell / TorrentFreak:

Epidemic Sound, which offers music tracks to creators, sues Meta, alleging approximately 94% of content using Epidemic's music on Meta's platforms is unlicensed — Faced with the prospect of copyright strikes, Content ID claims and potential account loss, thousands of YouTubers, TikTok users …

More: United States District Court, Northern District of California, Hypebot, Complete Music Update, Billboard, Music Business Worldwide, Reuters, Digital Music News, Music Ally, and The Cadence. Tweets: @helienne

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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:

Uber admits it failed to inform the FTC of the November 2016 hack that affected 57M passengers and drivers, as part of a settlement to avoid US criminal charges — Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) on Friday accepted responsibility for covering up a 2016 data breach that affected 57 million passengers …

More: Engadget, Mercury News, U.S. Department of Justice, KTVU-TV, CBS News, and The Economic Times

Frank Chaparro / The Block:

Blockchain infrastructure company Chain acquires Measurable Data Token, including the cash-back app RewardMe and the financial data protocol MeFi, for $100M — - Chain acquires Measurable Data Token ecosystem for $100 million. — The deal is unique inasmuch as it will involve a merge between Chain's XCN and MDT.

More: Chain. Tweets: @markfidelman

Dinesh Nair / Bloomberg:

Sources: British satellite internet startup OneWeb is nearing a merger with France's Eutelsat, in a deal valuing OneWeb at $3B+; Eutelsat invested in OneWeb — British satellite firm OneWeb is nearing a deal to combine with France's Eutelsat Communications SA in a transaction that would create …

More: Reuters and Financial Times

Tweets: @shannonmstirone, @markmccaughrean, and @jeff_foust

Jennifer Elias / CNBC:

CBRE: San Francisco's office vacancy rate rose to 24.2% in Q2 2022, up 0.4% QoQ, as tech companies' flexible return-to-office demands slows the city's recovery — - The office vacancy rate in San Francisco rose to 24.2% in the second quarter from 23.8% in the prior period, according to CBRE research.

More: New York Post. Tweets: @conorsen, @jenn_elias, and @myles_younger

Kaoruko Ishibushi / Rest of World:

Survey of ~14K delivery drivers in Japan: most work 40 hours or less per week, 63% are “satisfied”, and 82% would keep their jobs “for a while” or “forever” — Platform work has freed people from oppressive workplace culture. For now. — • TOKYO, JAPAN

Tweets: @anupkaphle

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