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Researchers discover a strain of Linux malware, Shikitega, that uses polymorphic encoding and abuses legitimate cloud services to infect servers and IoT devices — With polymorphic encoding and a multistage infection chain, Shikitega is hard to detect. — Researchers this week unveiled …
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| Alexandra S. Levine / Forbes: |
At Code, CEOs and politicians voiced concerns about TikTok's power, rapid growth, and surveillance potential, as some called for the app to be banned altogether — At the Code Conference in LA, tech and media CEOs and politicians all expressed concerns about the Chinese-owned app — as a competitor, and as a national security risk.| Manya Saini / Reuters: |
The US SEC plans to add an Office of Crypto Assets to review company filings involving crypto assets, providing “greater and more specialized support” — The U.S. securities regulator will set up two new offices to deal with filings related to crypto assets and the life sciences sector, the agency said on Friday.
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Sources: the US government plans more curbs on US shipments to China of chipmaking tools and chips for AI, affecting Lam Research, Applied Materials, and others — The Biden administration plans next month to broaden curbs on U.S shipments to China of semiconductors used for artificial intelligence …
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
Report: ransomware gangs are using intermittent encryption, where files are partly encrypted, to evade detection tools looking for intense file I/O operations — A growing number of ransomware groups are adopting a new tactic that helps them encrypt their victims' systems faster while reducing … | Reuters: |
Sources: Sea, whose market cap has gone from $200B+ in October 2021 to ~$28B, shuts some Latin American operations and cuts hundreds of gaming jobs in Shanghai — Singapore-based Sea Ltd's (SE.N) e-commerce arm Shopee will exit Argentina and shut local operations in Chile …
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A look at the increasing efforts of device manufacturers, telecom companies, and satellite operators to connect smartphones to satellites in remote locations — Years of preparation helped tech giant, but other phone makers, wireless carriers and aerospace companies have similar ambitions| Wall Street Journal: |
Tractor maker Deere, which plans self-driving tractors in 2022, predicts that 10% of its revenue will come from software fees by the end of the decade — Equipment maker, rivals roll out software to boost yield, but some farmers voice concerns over their data| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Insider Intelligence projects US online sales to rise just 9.4% to $1T in 2022, the first single-digit YoY growth, including slower Amazon sales, up 9% to $400B — Amazon.com Inc. sellers are bracing for a bleak holiday shopping season as inflation-bitten consumers curb their spending.
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| Hirun Cryer / GamesRadar: |
Ubisoft says it is developing three mobile games exclusively for Netflix: Mighty Quest 2, Valiant Hearts 2, and a new Assassin's Creed title — There's also a new Valiant Hearts game in the works — Ubisoft just announced a partnership with Netflix for three games.| Biz Carson / Protocol: |
An overview of the trends for 223 startups in YC's Summer 2022 Demo Day batch: enterprise made up the bulk at 39%, followed by fintech and developer tools — Hello, and welcome to Pipeline. I'm Biz Carson, and I once slept on the street overnight in London to be in the front row …
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| Ben Munster / Decrypt: |
A look at the two-day Crypto Policy Symposium on September 5, the world's first conference for crypto skeptics, from policymakers and journalists to programmers — The Crypto Policy Symposium in London was a historic gathering of crypto skeptics—and nobody tried to sell me anything.
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| Cecilia D'Anastasio / Bloomberg: |
Roblox CEO David Baszucki says the company has 2M+ DAUs in Russia, as EA, Nintendo, Take-Two, Epic, Ubisoft, Microsoft, and Sony slow or cease sales in Russia — Roblox Corp.'s popularity in Russia is increasing even as almost every other publicly traded gaming company has retreated from the country after its invasion of Ukraine.| Mia Sato / The Verge: |
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