Techmeme: Study: spending on digital marketing grew by 44% last year in the US and Britain to $52B, with global spending on “martech” estimated to near $100B (Douglas Busvine/Reuters)

Thoughts on why Chrome 69's forced login behavior is so bad: when Google silently changes its biggest user-facing privacy option, it risks burning users' trust — This blog is mainly reserved for cryptography, and I try to avoid filling it with random “someone is wrong on the Internet” posts.

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Starting with Chrome 69 on desktop, users logging in to a Google site or service are automatically logged in to Chrome, which is a new mandatory login behavior

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Nellie Bowles / New York Times:

Former ProPublica reporters are starting The Markup, a news site to investigate big tech, with a $20M gift from Craigslist's Craig Newmark and other funding — The Markup, dedicated to investigating technology and its effect on society, will be led by two former ProPublica journalists.

More: TechCrunch. Tweets: @hamishmckenzie, @jameeljaffer, @mlcalderone, and @sulliview

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Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet:

Walmart says 17,000+ Oculus Go headsets will be used in its US stores by end of year to train its employees, in an expansion of a pre-existing program — Walmart said it is using the headsets to train within three key areas: new technology, compliance, and soft skills like empathy and customer service.

More: blog.walmart.com, VentureBeat, The Verge, Engadget, Road to VR, TechCrunch, PCMag, Geek News Central, Ubergizmo, CNET, Business Insider, and Digital Trends

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Lora Kolodny / CNBC:

Eric Schmidt says the internet will bifurcate in the next 10-15 years into a Chinese-led internet, with fewer freedoms and more censorship, and one led by US — - Speaking at a private event hosted by Village Global VC yesterday night, tech luminary and former Google CEO Eric Schmidt predicted …

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Wolfie Zhao / CoinDesk:

California's Fair Political Practices Commission bans political donations in cryptocurrencies for candidates running for public offices in the state — Candidates running for public offices in the U.S. state of California may not receive donations in cryptocurrencies, according to a new ruling from the state's political watchdog.

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David Stanway / Reuters:

China has shut down 4,000+ websites and online accounts, removed 147,000 pieces of information during its three-month campaign against “harmful” content — SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China has shut down more than 4,000 websites and online accounts in a three-month campaign against …

Aradhana Aravindan / Reuters:

Singapore fines Grab and Uber $9.5M over merger, outlines measures that it is says will spur competition and lessen the deal's impact on drivers and riders — SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's anti-trust watchdog fined ride-hailing firms Grab and Uber a combined S$13 million ($9.5 million) …

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Kevin Buckland / Bloomberg:

Source: Toyota has agreed to add Android Auto to its vehicles; Toyota announced compatibility with Apple's CarPlay in January — - Deal ends years of resistance to Google platform over safety — Japanese carmaker already has compatibility with CarPlay

More: Engadget, Android Police, Android Authority, and SlashGear

Michael Sykes / Axios:

Research by The Harris Poll: 59% of Generation Z students list YouTube, rather than textbooks, as their preferred learning tool — Generation Z students, classified as being between the ages of 14 and 23, believe that YouTube is a bigger contributor to their education than textbooks, according to a study by Pearson Education.

Douglas Busvine / Reuters:

Study: spending on digital marketing grew by 44% last year in the US and Britain to $52B, with global spending on “martech” estimated to near $100B — FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Spending on digital marketing grew by 44 percent last year in the United States and Britain to $52 billion …

Komal Gupta / Livemint:

WhatsApp appoints grievance officer to curb fake news in India — WhatsApp India's grievance officer, Komal Lahiri, who was appointed last month, will be based in the US — New Delhi: Facebook Inc.-owned messaging service WhatsApp has appointed a grievance officer for India …

More: The Next Web, NDTV Gadgets 360, businesstoday.in, Times of India, and NDTV.com

Tweets: @sushantsinha, @roshini008, and @livemint

Jonathan Swan / Axios:

Sources: Trump administration, including Commerce, Treasury, Defense departments, planning a push against China in a few weeks, citing IP theft and cyberattacks — The Trump administration is planning to launch a major, “administration-wide,” broadside against China, according to two sources briefed …

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