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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
TikTok outflanked Facebook, focusing on curation and user-made video, but its China ties mean privacy, censorship, and propaganda issues should lead to a US ban — Over the last week, as the idea of banning TikTok in the U.S. has shifted from a fringe idea to a seeming inevitability …
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| Shannon Vavra / CyberScoop: |
Microsoft issues a patch for a critical “wormable” flaw affecting OSes including Windows 10 and Server; Check Point says the flaw has been in code for 17 years — Microsoft is issuing a patch for a severe and wormable Windows Domain Name System Server vulnerability …
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Wired, Check Point Research, Microsoft Security …, Ars Technica, iTnews, Dark Reading, The Verge, The Hacker News, Gizmodo, Threatpost, Wccftech, Computer Business Review, and Slashdot
Tweets: @ravivtamir, @lukolejnik, @msftsecresponse, @iscdotorg, @alexstamos, @msftsecintel, @lassfolk, @backchnnl, @cisakrebs, @leojtravis10, @shanvav, @campuscodi, and @singe. Thanks:@gregotto
| Wall Street Journal: |
UK says it will bar telecom companies from purchasing new equipment from Huawei and gives them until 2027 to remove its technology from their 5G networks — British government gives cellular companies until 2027 to remove Chinese firm's technology — LONDON—The British government …
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| VICE: |
Report: phones of many politicians in Spain, including the Pres. of the Parliament of Catalonia, were hacked; source: Spain has been an NSO customer since 2015 — The cellphones of several politicians in Spain, including that of the president of one of the countries' autonomous regional parliaments …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Regulations passed this week in the EU afford App Store devs new protections, such as a 30 day warning before removing an app from store, with some exceptions — App Store developers in the European Union now have more protections afforded to them following the passage of new regulations this week …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Spotify is launching a Trending podcast chart with 50 rising shows, and expanding its Top chart to the 200 most popular shows overall, localized by region — A long-awaited feature — Spotify is revamping its podcast charts today to help listeners find new shows and keep up with what people are enjoying in their area.
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Tweets: @gchicco, @adrjeffries, @finalfourcast, and @ashleyrcarman
| Jeremy Horwitz / VentureBeat: |
Samsung predicts early commercialization of 6G networks “as early as 2028”, and places bets on terahertz radio spectrum to reach peak data rates 50 times 5G — Take the latest VB Survey to share how your company is implementing AI today. — Just as the earliest 5G networks began …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google Play Pass, Android's rival to subscription-based game store Apple Arcade, adds 150 more titles, a $29.99/year pricing option, and expands outside the US — Google Play Pass, the Android alternative to subscription-based game store Apple Arcade, is expanding.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Investigation: Google Search displays YouTube videos more prominently than nearly identical videos from Facebook and other sites; sources say this is by design — Facebook and other competitors host the same videos, but engineers have made changes that effectively preference YouTube—owned by Google—over other video sources.
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Tweets: @loudmouthjulia, @johnwest, @jennystrasburg, @mhbergen, @benpershing, @wsjtech, and @wsj
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
In email to artists, Facebook announces launch of officially licensed music videos on US artist Pages; artists will be enrolled August 1 if they don't opt out — Facebook is preparing to launch officially licensed music videos on its social network in the U.S. next month, in a direct challenge to YouTube.
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| Bloomberg: |
US reverses directive requiring international students take an in-person class to avoid being sent home, following a suit with support from the tech industry — - Deal ends standoff that could have sent thousands back home — Schools can now resume planning for the fall semester
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Tweets: @amandaorson, @josheidelson, @mattsheehan88, and @segalmr
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
Amazon unveils Dash Cart, a shopping cart that links to Amazon account, tracks items placed inside, and allows cashierless checkout, first at Amazon's LA store — The Dash Cart is coming to Amazon's LA grocery store later this year — Amazon is expanding its real-world footprint …
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CNBC, TechCrunch, SiliconANGLE, Android Headlines, Input, Ars Technica, Business Insider, Gizmodo, TechCrunch, Android Authority, and GeekWire
Tweets: @annierpalmer, @marshacollier, @jerrycap, @mat, @hypervisible, @mcwm, @mgtalksretail, @trixxy, @ernsthemingwavy, and @ebruenig
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Business giant SAP patches RECON bug, which impacted most of its customers and let hackers create admin accounts on SAP servers — SAP patches bug impacting most of its apps and customer base. — Business giant SAP released a patch today for a major vulnerability that impacts the vast majority of its customers.
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Onapsis, us-cert.cisa.gov, SC Media, Krebs on Security, Oracle, SecurityWeek, cloudpro.co.uk, Dark Reading, The Hacker News, BleepingComputer, CyberScoop, Computer Business Review, and CSO
Tweets: @cyb3rops, @benedictevans, @onapsis, @cynicalsecurity, @campuscodi, and @cyber
| Abrar Al-Heeti / CNET: |
Google sued for allegedly tracking users' app activity via Firebase even after opting out of sharing data in settings, following Incognito mode suit last month — This follows a suit last month claiming Google tracked people using Chrome's incognito mode. — A lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges …
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| Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: |
Kano releases the second-generation model of its $300 “buildable” 2-in-1 Windows 10 tablet aimed at kids, with upgraded CPU and updated design — More of a real laptop, less of a toy — Kano is releasing a second-generation model of its buildable Windows 10 PC …
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| Frank Konkel / Nextgov: |
US House Oversight subcommittee chair for national security sends letters to Apple and Google seeking assurances on the risks of apps made by foreign entities — Rep. Stephen Lynch seeks commitments from the tech giants to be more transparent about applications on their stores.| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Datto, a provider of cloud-based data backup software and protection services for SMBs, has confidentially filed for an IPO — - Company could plan listing for later this year or 2021 — Datto Inc., a developer of cloud-based data backup software, has filed confidentially …
Tweets: @pitchbooknews
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
A look at Mitre Corp., a government-linked skunkworks organization that has been making bleeding edge tech for US agencies for more than six decades — Whether it's an invisible Aston Martin or an exploding pen, whenever James Bond needs a high-tech edge, he heads right for Q and his secretive MI6 lab.
Tweets: @iblametom, @muckrock, @forbestech, @iblametom, @iblametom, @iblametom, @elparece, @iblametom, and @beajammingh
| Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge: |
Massachusetts sues Uber and Lyft, alleging they misclassified drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, following California — 'Uber and Lyft set the rates. They alone set the rules. Drivers are employees' — Massachusetts filed a lawsuit against Uber and Lyft … | Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
AMD unveils its first line of workstation processors, Ryzen Threadripper Pro, with up to 64 cores, only available in OEM hardware; Lenovo is the launch partner — Last year we spotted that AMD was in the market to hire a new lead product manager for a ‘workstation division’.
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CNET, PCMag, Tom's Hardware, 9to5Toys, TechRadar.com, Forbes, NDTV Gadgets 360, ZDNet, HotHardware, PCWorld, Phoronix, cinema5D, Windows Central, Digital Trends, HotHardware, Wccftech, and IT Management
Tweets: @anandtech, @tapbot_paul, and @iancutress
| Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: |
Two weeks after India banned TikTok, Bangalore-based short video app Roposo says it's peaking at 500K new users per hour and expects 100M users by August — - India ban helps local apps like Roposo draw millions of users — Indian firms store data in India, cater to local sensibilities
Tweets: @bloombergquint and @michalzajda
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Snapchat says it is testing exploring public content with vertical swipes, similar to TikTok — Snapchat could be gearing up to more directly challenge TikTok. The company confirmed it's testing a new experience that allows users to move through Snapchat's public content with a vertical swiping motion … Sponsor Posts
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