Sources: a number of recently disclosed malicious websites used to hack into iPhones over a two-year period were designed to target Uyghur Muslims in China
A number of malicious websites used to hack into iPhones over a two-year period were targeting Uyghur Muslims, TechCrunch has learned.
Viral Chinese deepfake app Zao, which lets users put themselves in pre-selected scenes from popular movies and soap operas, sparks privacy concerns
The launch of deepfake-style face swap app ZAO has seen it leap up the download charts in China, but it's also raising a host of privacy concerns
Sources: Android and Windows have also been targeted by the websites that sought to infect iPhones of Uighur ethnic minority in China
The unprecedented attack on Apple iPhones revealed by Google this week was broader than first thought. Multiple sources with knowledge of the situation …
Facebook confirms it is considering testing removal of Like counts
Facebook could soon start hiding the Like counter on News Feed posts to protect users' from envy and dissuade them from self-censorship. Instagram is already testing this in 7 countries including Can...
A closer look at software architecture lock-in, which many developers consider their archenemy, in its many forms like vendor lock-in, product lock-in, and more
A significant share of architectural energy is spent on reducing or avoiding lock-in. That's a rather noble objective …
Jack Dorsey's Twitter account was hacked on Friday, possibly by a group that calls themselves the Chuckle Squad, which posted a number of racist tweets
and he's the CEO of Twitter John Callaham / Android Authority : Regularly changing your Twitter password is important, as Twitter CEO found out Tweets: @twittercomms : We're aware that @jack was compr...
The US starts imposing 15% tariffs on certain tech products made in China like the Apple Watch; 15% tariffs on laptops and cellphones go into effect on Dec. 15
The Trump administration slapped tariffs on roughly $110 billion in Chinese imports on Sunday, marking the latest escalation …
Apple launches a free screen replacement program for aluminum models of Watch Series 2 and Series 3 that exhibit a crack along the rounded edge of the screen
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Analysis: Nokia leads in facilitating Android updates, with 96% of smartphones sold since Q3 running Android Pie, followed by Samsung's 89% and Xiaomi's 84%
- Key brands had fewer than a third of their sub-US$200 smartphones updated to the latest Android version.
Profile of Lambda School, an online coding program that is free in exchange for a share of post-graduation income, has 2,700 students, and is growing 10%/month
Early this summer, the tech entrepreneur Austen Allred was on Reddit, as he often is, when he noticed something suspicious. Tweets: @nathanmart , @gregoryjbarber , and @austen Tweets: Nathan Martin / ...
A profile of Kaszek Ventures, which focuses on Latin America and has raised $600M across two new funds, putting their total capital under management at ~$1B
Kaszek Ventures, the investment firm that has been one of the primary architects of the recent boom in startup financing and growth …
How Amazon's subcontracted delivery network allows it to shed responsibility for exploitative working conditions and accidents caused while delivering packages
DarkCyber found a FedEx tag on the door to our office. Tweets: Scott Galloway / @profgalloway : Drivers have to deliver over 250 packages a day—a dizzying pace of less than 2 min/package 100s of crash...
French police, with help from Avast, hijack and neutralize a cryptocurrency mining botnet that controlled ~850,000 infected Windows PCs with Retadup malware
In a rare feat, French police have hijacked and neutralized a massive cryptocurrency mining botnet controlling close to a million infected computers.
London-based Koru Kids, a platform for finding and managing childcare, raises £10M Series A led by Atomico, bringing its total raised to £14.1M
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Inside Foxconn's manufacturing facilities in India, where it operates two plants and has plans for two more as it looks to diversify its operations beyond China
On a steamy summer morning, dozens of buses pull up outside a cluster of low-slung, blue buildings in the south Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Tweets: @sihamese , @vindugoel , @bloombergquint , and @...
A look at an online community of volunteer editors who are keeping EA Sports' college football title NCAA Football alive, six years after it was discontinued
Michael Weinreb / The Ringer : Tweets: @tefomohapi and @mgsiegler Tweets: @tefomohapi : get this a lot with iconic game titles, championship manager community is still alive as well https://twitter.c...
IBM's move to open source key tech in its Power processor could benefit IoT device makers, Apple, and Microsoft, while Intel, Qualcomm, ARM, and AMD could lose
It's a heck of an announcement by Big Blue, and this is a heck of a list. — At the Linux Foundation's Open Source Summit in San Diego … Tweets: @jperlow Tweets: Jason Perlow / @jperlow : I think thi...
A look at the growing tensions between food delivery apps like Zomato and Swiggy in India and restaurants frustrated by their steep commissions and discounts
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How China came close to the US in the 1960s in building a strong semiconductor industry but lost its way due to politics and a misguided industrial strategy
South China Morning Post : Tweets: @chrisyeh , @andrewbatson , @scmpnews , and @zensoo Tweets: Chris Yeh / @chrisyeh : TIL China imports $312 billion worth of computer chips per year, mainly from the...
A look at the Sodinokibi ransomware, which quickly gained a reputation among cybercriminals since its discovery, and recently hit 20+ local Texas governments
Ionut Ilascu / BleepingComputer :
Swiss banking software company Temenos to acquire Kony, an Austin-based bank-focused mobile app development business, for $559M plus an earn-out of $21M
Stephanie Condon / ZDNet :
AMD exec says EPYC server chips Secure Encrypted Virtualization, which uses an embedded Arm secure coprocessor, resulted from AMDs work on Xbox and PlayStation
Dylan Martin / CRN : Tweets: @kylebaker . Thanks: @dylanljmartin Tweets: Kyle Baker / @kylebaker : I did not know about this SEV feature was in the current consoles or that AMD used arm to achieve su...
Apps for reporting cars that block bike lanes can help even the balance of power between cyclists and drivers, but they also have troubling privacy implications
Sarah Holder / The Atlantic :
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