Report: Apple to give some developers more access to iPhone NFC chip for Apple Pay-like contactless interactions like opening doors or replacing transit cards
The Information reports that Apple will be taking a big leap in iOS 12, giving some third-party developers full access …
Some US news sites like the LA Times and the Chicago Tribune restrict access from EU as GDPR goes into effect
FBI and DOJ ask users to restart routers and NAS devices to disrupt VPNFilter malware and help identify infected devices, which Cisco estimates is 500K+ devices
Feds take aim at potent VPNFilter malware allegedly unleashed by Russia. — The FBI is advising users of consumer-grade routers …
Trump tweets that ZTE will have to pay $1.3B fine, give high-level security guarantees, and change its management and board to have US sanctions lifted
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration told lawmakers it had reached a deal that would keep the Chinese telecom firm ZTE alive …
Digital privacy activist Max Schrems files official GDPR complaints against Google, Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram over forced consent
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In a final ruling, Egypt's court orders regulators to block YouTube for one month over the 2012 “Innocence of Muslims” video that denigrates Prophet Mohammad
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's top administrative court ruled on Saturday that regulators must block the video file-sharing site YouTube …
With the arrival of GDPR, ad platform vendors like DoubleClick warn publishers about steep EU ad volume declines, at least for the short term
The arrival of the General Data Protection Regulation's enforcement May 25 has hurled the digital media and advertising industries into a tailspin.
Behind Amazon's approach to identifying factors limiting its growth, and how Twitter, Snapchat, Facebook, Instagram can benefit from adopting a similar strategy
My first job at Amazon was as the first analyst in strategic planning, the forward-looking counterpart to accounting, which records what already happened.
Analysis: IBM and Oracle are tens of billions behind Amazon, Google, and Microsoft in CAPEX, and grow much slower in cloud infrastructure from a much lower base
In previous installments (2017, 2018) of Follow the CAPEX™ (merch store opening soon!), we've looked at the capital expenditures behind … Tweets: @jonathansorum , @timsneath , @charlesfitz , @jaypipes...
Chinese authorities have prosecuted 98 people for the alleged $2B OneCoin crypto investment scheme that involved up to 2M victims across 20+ provinces in China
Prosecutors in China have charged a final four suspects of almost 100 that were said to be involved in an alleged $2 billion cryptocurrency pyramid scheme.
Apple to start reporting government requests to remove apps from App Store, satisfied 79% of ~30K government requests for info on devices from July to Dec. 2017
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Sources: after outcry from some artists and employees, Spotify reconsidering its hateful content and conduct policy, plans to restore XXXTentacion to playlists
Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg :
Leaked training documents show how Facebook classifies hate speech groups, allowing praise for white nationalism and white separatism but not white supremacy
Joseph Cox / Motherboard :
Sources: China to approve Qualcomm-NXP deal in next few days, but with conditions, as regulators fear merged company's dominance in areas like mobile payments
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @lingling_wei Tweets: Lingling Wei / @lingling_wei : China's U-turn on Qualcomm coincides with Trump's U-turn on ZTE. Following Trump's pledge to save ZTE, Wang Qishan t...
A look at JPMorgan Chase's Quorum, an open source project blurring the lines between private enterprise blockchains and public blockchains like Ethereum, Zcash
Amber Baldet flings an oversize yellow die atop a display counter at a Best Buy near Times Square in Manhattan. — Five.
WeChat's 500+ “mini games” together have amassed 457M users, according to QuestMobile report, almost half of the app's 1.04B user base
I saw my mother sitting in the dark one night, her face illuminated by her smartphone's screen. She kept tapping on the device … Tweets: @serkantoto and @mbrennanchina Tweets: Dr. Serkan Toto / @serk...
Parisian authorities charged two French teens for allegedly hacking Vevo's YouTube account last month and altering some music videos with pro-Palestine messages
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Studios band media arms together, offering deals for TV, film, and shortform video to talent in order to compete with Netflix's deep pockets
With deep-pocketed Netflix poaching hitmakers Shonda Rhimes and Ryan Murphy with nine-figure paydays, rivals are “going bats— crazy” … Tweets: @thrmattbelloni and @natjarv Tweets: Matthew Belloni / @t...
Interview with nine members of the Facebook team tasked with fighting misinformation on how recent product changes affect the way the News Feed works
On Monday, I sat down with nine members of the team at Facebook fighting fake news: Eduardo Ariño de la Rubia, John Hegeman … See also Mediagazer
Alexia Bonatsos, former co-editor of TechCrunch, unveils her new seed-stage venture fund, Dream Machine, and says the fund has made seven investments to date
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Tweets: @iam_preethi , @semil , and @alexia Tweets: Preethi Kasireddy / @iam_preethi : I've only worked with @alexia for a few months so far but I can honestly say that s...
Investigation reveals US national security panel CFIUS lacks resources to vet all investment and M&A deals that give the Chinese access to cutting-edge US tech
Politico : Tweets: @ebkania and @marcorubio Tweets: Elsa B. Kania / @ebkania : A POLITICO investigation found that CFIUS rarely polices certain avenues that China leverages to access U.S. technologie...
Lawyers, journalists, and other key players talk about the antitrust case against Microsoft, and how it may relate to today's dominance of Google and Facebook
Key players in the Microsoft … Tweets: Victor Luckerson / @vluck : 20 years ago today the government declared Microsoft an anti-competitive monopoly, paving the way for startups like Google, which man...
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