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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta plans to let people in the EU directly download apps through Facebook ads; a pilot is set to start with select Android app developers as soon as in 2023 — Meta is planning to let people in the EU directly download apps through Facebook ads, setting the company up to eventually compete with Google and Apple's app stores.
More: Android Authority, Silicon Republic, AppleInsider, Android Central, Mashable, Gizchina, TechRadar, Engadget, Laptop Mag, Techlusive, Metaverse Post, MediaNama, MEF, Social Media Today, and 9to5Mac
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| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
YouTube is running a test globally that limits ad blocker users to three videos, giving them the option to turn off their tool or subscribe to YouTube Premium — YouTube is currently running what it describes as a “small experiment globally,” warning users to toggle off their ad blockers …
More: The Verge, Android Authority, Engadget, XDA Developers, 9to5Google, The Register, Dexerto, Neowin, PhoneArena, TechCrunch, Tom's Guide, TechSpot, Gizchina, T3, GSMArena.com, Android Police, Mashable, Laptop Mag, Beehaw, Android Central, Digital Trends, TechRadar, SlashGear, Thurrott, Phandroid, gHacks Technology News, and MakeUseOf
Bluesky: @maniamoth.bsky.social and @djcentos7.bsky.social
Mastodon: @carnage4life@mas.to and @topher@mastodon.online
Twitter: @chriswelch, @accursedfarms, @dcuthbert, and @alexeheath
Forums: Hacker News and r/technology
| Daryna Antoniuk / The Record: |
Hackers claim responsibility for an attack on Russian satellite service Dozor-Teleport; IODA project says the network has been offline since 10pm EST on June 28 — A group of previously unknown hackers has claimed responsibility for a cyberattack on the Russian satellite communications …
More: Washington Post, CyberScoop, Metacurity, and PCMag
Twitter: @netblocks, @ajvicens, @daryna_antoniuk, and @lukolejnik
Forums: r/worldnews and r/UkrainianConflict
| Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: |
The Netherlands publishes new export controls to restrict more ASML machines from export to China, starting September 1; ASML doesn't expect a “material impact” — The Netherlands published new export controls that will restrict more of ASML Holding NV's chipmaking machines from being sent to China.
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| Kent Walker / Google: |
Google tells Canada's government the company will remove Canadian news links from Search, News, and Discover and close News Showcase when Bill C-18 takes effect — President of Global Affairs, Google & Alphabet … The Government of Canada has enacted a new law called Bill C-18 …
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Forums: Hacker News, r/google, r/neoliberal, r/canada, r/CanadianConservative, and r/worldnews
| Sachin Ravikumar / Reuters: |
The UK amends its Online Safety Bill, requiring higher age verification standards for porn sites and holding executives personally responsible for child safety — Britain said on Friday it had tightened protections in its Online Safety Bill that will prevent children from viewing pornography …
More: The Guardian, Bloomberg, GOV.UK, Neowin, Silicon Republic, and UKTN
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
Executives from over 150 European companies sign an open letter saying the draft AI Act will jeopardize the EU's competitiveness without addressing challenges — Executives from 150 businesses, including Siemens and Heineken, highlight risks of tight regulation
More: Wall Street Journal, Silicon Republic, Metaverse Post, The Verge, Tech Monitor, Associated Press, Light Reading, Cointelegraph, Reuters, and EU Policy Blog
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| Carly Page / TechCrunch: |
TSMC confirms it experienced a data breach after being listed as a victim by the LockBit ransomware gang, which is demanding $70M not to publish stolen data — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract chipmaker, has confirmed it's experienced a data breach …
More: SecurityWeek, Tech Monitor, Tom's Hardware, Wccftech, and Infosecurity
| Kotaku: |
Niantic lays off 230 employees, closes its Los Angeles studio, and moves away from in-house game development, saying its expenses grew faster than its revenue — Pokémon Go will remain one of Niantic's top priorities moving forward — Niantic is shuttering its Los Angeles studio …
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Forums: r/Games, r/PikminBloomApp, r/technology, r/pokemongo, r/nbaallworldhub, and r/Ingress
| Reuters: |
The UK CMA says it is worried Adobe's $20B acquisition of Figma could “stifle innovation” and gives Adobe five days to submit proposals to address concerns — Britain's competition regulator on Friday said Photoshop owner Adobe Inc's (ADBE.O) $20 billion buyout …
More: GOV.UK, Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, Financial Times, and Gamereactor UK. Twitter: @cmagovuk
| Aaron Holmes / The Information: |
Court documents: Satya Nadella said Azure's cloud server business had $34B in revenue in the year to June 2022; AWS generated $72B in revenue in the same period — For years Microsoft has kept a lid on details about the true size of its Azure cloud server rental business …
More: BigTechWire, SiliconANGLE, and The Verge
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| Hooyeon Kim / Bloomberg: |
Following the collapse of TerraUSD and Luna, South Korea passes the Virtual Asset User Protection law, which defines digital assets, imposes penalties, and more — South Korea approved its first standalone digital-asset bill to boost investor protection just over a year after the implosion …
More: The Block, crypto.news, Bitcoinist.com, Cointelegraph, CCN.com, Cryptopolitan, and Inside Bitcoins
| Bloomberg: |
Filing: Fidelity refiles for a spot bitcoin ETF with the US SEC, after similar applications from BlackRock, Invesco, WisdomTree, Valkyrie, Bitwise, and others — Fidelity Investments is the latest financial services heavyweight to throw its name into the race to offer the first US exchange-traded fund investing in Bitcoin.
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| Julia Love / Bloomberg: |
Police in San Francisco and other cities are obtaining warrants for Waymo and Cruise driverless car camera footage to help solve murders and other crimes — In December 2021, San Francisco police were working to solve the murder of an Uber driver. As detectives reviewed local surveillance footage …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
An Indian court dismisses Twitter's lawsuit against the government's content rules and fines the company ~$61K for failing to explain its delayed compliance — An Indian court has dismissed Twitter's lawsuit against the federal government that sought to challenge New Delhi's block orders on tweets and accounts.| Alexa Corse / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Linda Yaccarino advocated for Twitter to rejoin the Tech Coalition, which fights CSAM, and approved $40K in dues; its membership lapsed in March 2023 — CEO Linda Yaccarino approved $40,000 annual cost to participate in group as part of her efforts to reassure advertisersSponsor Posts
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