TikTok will pull its app from Google Play and App Store in Hong Kong following a new security law, saying it doesn't and wouldn't share data with China
TikTok said Monday night that it would pull its social video platform out of the Google and Apple app stores in Hong Kong amid a restrictive new law that went into effect last week.
Facebook, Telegram, Google, and Twitter say they have suspended requests for user data from Hong Kong police, following a new national security law by China
Apple is committed to being transparent … Kim Lyons / The Verge : Google, Facebook, and Twitter halt government data requests after new Hong Kong security law Tom Grundy / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP : ...
Magic Leap hires Peggy Johnson, who led Microsoft's business development, as CEO, starting in August
Peggy Johnson, who led Microsoft's business development, will take over the struggling virtual reality start-up in August. — SAN FRANCISCO — Magic Leap said on Tuesday …
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the US is “looking at” banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps amid rising tensions between US and China
- The U.S. is “looking at” banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Monday.
Fraunhofer announces H.266/VVC, a new video compression standard that it says cuts file sizes by ~50% compared to its predecessor without compromising quality
Having engineered the popular music encoding format MPEG-3 before developing the widely-used video formats H.264 (AVC) and H.265 …
A list of some tech companies the SBA says have received PPP loans of more than $150K; Bird and Index Ventures say they are wrongly listed
Scooter companies, AV startups, LIDAR manufacturers among companies receiving PPP loans — Bird, the beleaguered e-scooter company …
Palantir says it has confidentially filed an S-1 draft registration with the SEC for an IPO
Secretive surveillance startup Palantir said late Monday it has confidentially filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to go public. — Its statement for the secretive …
Kuo: “AirPods 3” will adopt a more complex system-in-package chip solution, similar to AirPods Pro, replacing the surface mount tech used in current versions
Apple's next-generation in-ear AirPods product will move to a more complex system-in-package chip solution …
Alphabet's Loon starts providing internet service to Kenya in the first-ever commercial deployment of the tech, extending 4G LTE to a ~31K square-mile area
A commercial deal in Kenya marks the first application of balloon-powered internet in Africa, the region with the lowest percentage of internet users globally.
Uber launches an on-demand grocery delivery service in 19 cities across Latin America and Canada, and says it will be available in the US later this month
The announcement follows Uber's acquisition of Cornershop in 2019 and Postmates in 2020 — Uber is launching an on-demand grocery delivery service …
Reframing “tech vs. journalism” discussion as “managers vs. employees” shows why journalists who have called attention to workplace activism have become targets
Last week, the worlds of technology and journalism were transfixed by a conflict that played …
Profile of Stanford law professor Jim Steyer, who set up the Stop Hate for Profit campaign that has led to about 800 companies joining an ad boycott of Facebook
With 800 firms now joining the Facebook advertising boycott, the man whose idea it was explains how the company could easily clean up its act
Big tech's faceoff with China risks sparking an exodus from Hong Kong and could have a much wider impact on Hong Kong's future as a financial hub
- Hong Kong announced sweeping new police powers on Monday — Facebook Inc., Google and Twitter Inc. — all of which are blocked in the mainland …
Instagram expands its TikTok rival, Reels, to India in the wake of the country's ban on Chinese apps
In the wake of India's decision to ban TikTok and dozens of other Chinese apps over privacy concerns, Instagram has expanded its TikTok rival, known as Reels, in the region.
Researchers say that 14.8% of Android users targeted with malware or adware last year were left with an infected system partition, making removal difficult
A healthy percentage of Android users targeted by mobile malware or mobile adware last year suffered a system partition infection … Tweets: @kaspersky and @campuscodi Tweets: @kaspersky : Some smartph...
Sources: Microsoft has expressed interest in acquiring the games division of Warner Bros., publisher of game franchises based on Batman, Harry Potter, others
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Sources: Walmart+, a $98/year Amazon Prime rival, will launch in July, with same-day delivery, discounts at Walmart gas stations, reserved delivery slots, more
After announcing a number of improvements to its online shopping experience, Walmart is now taking aim at Amazon Prime membership. Tweets: @delrey , @delrey , and @delrey Tweets: Jason Del Rey / @delr...
US Secret Service warns it has seen an increase in hackers targeting managed service providers, which provide remote management software for companies
US Secret Service says hackers are breaching MSPs to orchestrate ransomware attacks, point-of-sale intrusions, and business email compromise (BEC) scams.
India's shutdown of TikTok has dealt a devastating blow to the careers of many influencers as some say it has “erased the last two years of their lives”
Varsha Bansal / WIRED UK :
Uber buys food delivery service Postmates for $2.65B in an all-stock deal
I met Bastian Lehman, CEO and co-founder … Kari Astillero / Micky : Uber confirms $2.65 billion all-stock purchase of Postmates Bhumika Khatri / Inc42 Media : Daily Tech Briefing: Paytm Solidifies Ins...
US House Judiciary Committee says the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google will testify at a hearing on July 27 related to an antitrust probe
Report: active users on Ethereum-based dapps doubled in Q2; DeFi applications accounted for 97% of activity with transaction volume reaching $5.7B in June
Alexander Behrens / Decrypt :
Overview of US data on Paycheck Protection Program loans received by 40+ blockchain firms, led by ConsenSys, which allegedly received $5M-$10M in April
Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk : Tweets: @stacyherbert , @bitcoinmemehub , and @splitcapital Tweets: Stacy Herbert / @stacyherbert : The crypto companies who have received more than $1 million from US taxpa...
Sources: SiriusXM is near a deal to buy Stitcher's podcasting unit from Scripps for around $300M
Anne Steele / Wall Street Journal :
Researchers observe hackers remotely exploiting a critical bug in BIG-IP products from F5 that act as load balancers within enterprise networks; patch available
F5 released a patch … Lindsey O'Donnell / Threatpost : Admins Urged to Patch Critical F5 Flaw Under Active Attack Robert Lemos / Dark Reading : Attackers Scan for Vulnerable BIG-IP Devices After Flaw ...
Prime Video launches user profiles globally, allowing six per account, giving access to a Watchlist, personalized recommendations, and viewing progress
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Binance has acquired Swipe, a multi-currency digital wallet and Visa debit card service; Swipe is available in 31 countries in the European Economic Area
Liam Frost / Decrypt :
Crypto Facilities, a subsidiary of Kraken, obtained a Multilateral Trading Facility license in the United Kingdom, first-ever for a cryptocurrency firm
Andrew Hayward / Decrypt :
Canadian privacy watchdog says Clearview AI will cease offering facial recognition tech in Canada and suspend its contract with RCMP
before it was pushed Tom McKay / Gizmodo : Shady Face Recognition Firm Clearview AI Says It's Left Canada Amid Two Federal Investigations Tweets: Thomas Daigle / @thomasdaigle : Federal and provincial...
An overview of the recent debates surrounding content moderation, online censorship, and Section 230, as well as some proposals for reform
Anna Wiener / New Yorker : Tweets: @tonyromm , @newyorker , @hichamyezza , @newyorker , and @venkatananth Tweets: Tony Romm / @tonyromm : new yorker has a good one on the future of section 230 https:...
Sequoia Capital India says it has raised $1.35B for two new funds: a $525M venture fund and a $825M growth fund, focused on India and Southeast Asia
Manish Singh / TechCrunch :
Fraunhofer Institute study of 127 home routers from 7 brands: 46 had received zero updates in the past year and many were exposed to hundreds of known flaws
Liam Tung / ZDNet :
A look at recent changes to the pending EARN IT Act bill, and why even with these amendments, it poses a serious threat to the freedom of speech online
Riana Pfefferkorn / The Center for Internet and Society :
Ex-Yahoo engineer sentenced to five years of probation and home confinement for hacking into 6,000+ Yahoo Mail accounts to search for sexually explicit content
Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet :
Amazon's Twitch, Facebook, Nvidia, and others contend with allegations of sexual misconduct in the game streaming world, as dozens of women accuse 150+ people
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