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August 5, 2018, 9:05 PM

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Debby Wu / Bloomberg:
TSMC, after shutting down some chip fabs on Friday due to a computer virus, says it's recovered 80% of the impacted tools and expects a full recovery by Monday  —  - TSMC expects full recovery Aug. 6 after suffering virus attack  — Incident to delay shipments, affect third-quarter revenue
Washington Post:
Facebook's increased scrutiny of ads targeting ethnic groups is delaying the approval of political ads for Hispanics and Spanish-speaking audiences  —  Political strategists say recent moves by Facebook to secure its powerful advertising engine are hampering their ability to communicate …
Reuters:
Sources: UK's GCHQ questioned security of Huawei's equipment in part because it uses US-based Wind River's VxWorks OS, which will stop receiving patches in 2020  —  LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] is facing increased scrutiny in Britain because it is using …
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South China Morning Post:
Profile of Jane Sun, CEO of Ctrip, a Nasdaq-listed Chinese online travel firm valued at $23B, on gender inequality and fighting internet platforms like Meituan  —  Ability to attract top talent seen as mission critical for specialist companies like Ctrip, which are facing increasing competition …
Adam Fisher / New York Magazine:
Former employees reflect on the rise and fall of General Magic, which spun out of Apple in 1990 with much of the original Mac team to build a PDA-like device  —  Chances are that you've never heard of General Magic, but in Silicon Valley the company is the stuff of legend.
BBC:
Venezuelan officials: drones carrying explosives went off as President Maduro was giving a live televised speech; he's unharmed, but seven soldiers were injured  —  Venezuelan officials say explosive drones went off as President Nicolás Maduro was giving a live televised speech in Caracas, but he is unharmed.

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