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How Tor is fighting Russia's efforts since December 2021 to block the anonymous browser, such as by using Telegram to share details of volunteer-run Tor bridges — Russia has been trying to block the anonymous browser since December—with mixed results. — For years, the anonymity service Tor …
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| Joanna Glasner / Crunchbase News: |
A look at the rise and fall of Bird, now a penny stock with a public market cap under $160M, as valuations in the scooter and bike rental sector collapse — Almost exactly five years ago, the scooters came. That's when Bird, the first unicorn in this once sizzling startup sector, launched its inaugural scooter-sharing service.
Tweets: @parismarx, @maxwellstrachan, @trengriffin, @carnage4life, and @gerritd
| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Salesforce, whose logo appeared on Helium's website next to Lime's, also says it is not a Helium partner; Helium has removed both logos from its website — Helium listed the two companies as users on its homepage — On Friday, Mashable reported that Helium, a crypto project praised … | Matt Binder / Mashable: |
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| Gayatri Suroyo / Reuters: |
Indonesia blocks PayPal, Yahoo, Steam, Epic Games, Counter-Strike, Dota 2, and other websites for not complying with licensing rules introduced in November 2020 — Indonesia has blocked search engine website Yahoo, payments firm Paypal and several gaming websites due to failure to comply …
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| Natasha Singer / New York Times: |
Cyberattack on Illuminate Education, exposing information on 1M+ students, highlights the dangers of stockpiling sensitive info on millions of school children — At a moment when education technology firms are stockpiling sensitive information on millions of school children, safeguards for student data have broken down.
Tweets: @funnymonkey, @nytmetro, @leoniehaimson, @csoleil, @seangraf, @balbonipaolo, and @mindingprivacy
| Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
Human rights groups say Facebook approved English and Swahili ads instigating ethnic violence in Kenya, after claiming to “ensure a safe and secure” election — Kenya's national cohesion watchdog has threatened to suspend the social network from the country in a week if it doesn't mitigate hate speech.
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A look at the GOP's escalating pressure campaign against Google over Gmail's filters allegedly marking fundraising emails from right-wing candidates as spam — As fundraising slows, the GOP is blaming Gmail's spam filter. The tech giant rejects claims of bias but is moving to placate Republicans, anyway.| Cal Newport / New Yorker: |
Chasing TikTok's success and leaving behind the protection of hard-to-replicate, large social graphs could end the lengthy dominance of platforms like Facebook — Facebook is trying to copy TikTok, but this strategy may well signal the end of these legacy platforms.| Nikkei Asia: |
A look at the supply chain resilience myth, as efforts to replicate the chipmaking process inside single countries or regions reveal and exacerbate bottlenecks — TAIPEI — In the sweltering Asia summertime of mid-June, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. urgently dispatched a team …
Tweets: @kizzy224, @pstasiatech, @genemgrossman, @chengtingfang, and @mtdtl
| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Dell XPS 13 Plus review: thin, light, a great OLED screen, and a powerful P-series chip, but expensive, gets very hot, a poor battery life, and very few ports — The XPS 13 has a new design and a whole bunch of new problems — Dell collectively shocked everyone who follows the laptop market when it announced the XPS 13 Plus.| New York Times: |
Some streamers on Twitch, a more intimate platform than others, endure threats and stalkers and say Twitch gives limited support when dangerous situations arise — Stars on Twitch, the video game streaming platform, invite viewers into their homes virtually. What happens when one shows up in person?| Rieko Miki / Nikkei Asia: |
The US and Japan plan to open a 2nm chip R&D center in 2022 and start mass production as early as 2025, to establish secure supply chains amid Taiwan tensions — Economic and diplomatic chiefs to discuss supply chains at 2+2 meeting Friday — Taiwan hosts the lion's share …
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