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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Apple sues NSO Group in US federal court, seeking to ban NSO from using Apple products and alleging NSO illegally targeted Apple users with surveillance tools — Apple accused NSO Group, the Israeli surveillance company, of “flagrant” violations of its software, as well as federal and state laws.
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Apple plans to notify targets of state-sponsored spyware attacks like NSO's ForcedEntry and commits $10M to cybersurveillance researchers and advocates — Apple also announced a $10 million contribution to support cybersurveillance researchers and advocates
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| Nikkei Asia: |
Sources: Apple taps TSMC to mass produce 4nm 5G modem chips for the iPhone in 2023, in an effort to reduce its reliance on Qualcomm — U.S. company aims to cut reliance on Qualcomm for key components — Apple plans to adopt TSMC's 4-nanometer chip technology for its 5G modems as it seeks to cut reliance on Qualcomm.| The Verge: |
Samsung says it will build a ~$17B, 1,200+ acre chip factory in Taylor, Texas, roughly 30 miles from its Austin facility, operational in H2 2024 — Creating 1,800 jobs in the city of Taylor — Samsung officially announced a new advanced chip-making plant in Texas, that's estimated …
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Tweets: @faisalislam, @judgecarter, @samsungnewsus, and @gregabbott_tx
| CoinDesk: |
Indian government submits a bill to ban most cryptocurrencies and aims to create a framework that would facilitate the creation of a CBDC — While the bill might be the same as the draft submitted in January, expectations had grown that the government would submit a final version that would be accommodative to crypto.
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Tweets: @nischalshetty, @nischalshetty, @arpiit, @cryptooindia, @nbalajiv, @coindesk, @monikahalan, and @gautamchhugani
| Reuters: |
Chinese state media says a regulator told Tencent to submit any new apps or updates for inspections through December 31; Tencent says its apps remain functional — Tencent Holdings' (0700.HK) apps remain functional and available for download, the company said on Wednesday in response … | Jennifer Elias / CNBC: |
Internal email chain shows over 600 Google employees have signed a document opposing Google's vaccine mandate, which Google says it firmly stands behind — - Several hundred Google employees have signed and circulated a manifesto opposing its widened Covid vaccine mandate, according to internal communications viewed by CNBC.
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Tweets: @caseynewton, @jenn_elias, @wexler, @stevekovach, @ericnewcomer, and @caseynewton
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Twitter updates its iOS app to avoid timelines refreshing and causing tweets to disappear, after rolling out the update on web last week — ‘It should stay put!’ — Twitter has updated its iOS app to prevent those annoying situations where tweets disappear as you're trying to read them, the company has announced.| Jordan Pearson / VICE: |
ConstitutionDAO's organizers say the project has run its course and will shift its Discord channel into read-only mode in two weeks — The attempt by crypto fans to buy a copy of the Constitution has been defined by chaos since it failed. Now, it's dead. — Jordan Pearson
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Tweets: @constitutiondao, @carnage4life, @jamesrbuk, @sadalsvvd, @motherboard, @twobitidiot, @gabrielayuso, @carnage4life, and @sarthakgh
| Nikkei Asia: |
Japan's top banks and 70 other companies are preparing to trial a new digital currency, backed by bank deposits, for large business transactions in H2 2022 — Top lenders and NTT join test of vehicle for business transactions — A consortium of over 70 Japanese companies look to launch a digital currency as early as 2022.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple delays the release of its digital ID feature in the Wallet app for iOS and watchOS until early 2022 — Apple recently updated its website to indicate that an upcoming iOS 15 and watchOS 8 feature that will let you add your driver's license or state ID to your iPhone and Apple Watch …
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Tweets: @joannastern, @maxwinebach, and @rsgnl
| Taylor Soper / GeekWire: |
CoreStack, which offers companies AI-powered cloud governance software, raises a $30M Series B led by Avatar Growth Capital, bringing its total funding to $45M — The news: Seattle-area startup CoreStack raised a $30 million Series B round led by Avatar Growth Capital.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Spotify debuts Netflix Hub, collecting official soundtracks, playlists, and podcasts for top Netflix content, in seven countries including the US, UK, and India — Looking for the soundtrack from your favorite Netflix show? Now, it will be easier to find thanks to an expanded partnership between Netflix and Spotify.
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Spotify, TechRadar, iThinkDifferent, Android Headlines, BGR India, The Verge, Android Police, MSPoweruser, XDA Developers, Deadline, The Mac Observer, Input, and CNET
Tweets: @jherskowitz and @spotifynews
| Vikas Sn / Moneycontrol: |
India-based Dream Sports, which runs online fantasy platform Dream11, raises $840M led by D1, Tiger Global, and others at an $8B valuation, up from $5B in March — Dream11 spent heavily on advertising and promotions during the fiscal, in a bid to capitalise on the surge in mobile gaming in the country| James Marson / Wall Street Journal: |
How Belgian police infiltrated messaging service Sky ECC in February and March, gaining access to a billion messages and facilitating arrests and drug seizures — Criminals thought encrypted Sky ECC cellphones were impregnable, but cops tapped a billion messages, yielding arrests and drug seizures
Tweets: @marson_jr, @keegan_hamilton, and @shelbyholliday
| Patrick Howell O'Neill / MIT Technology Review: |
Sources: French officials were in the final stages of buying NSO's Pegasus spyware in July, but opted not to after claims that French politicians were targeted — French officials were close to buying controversial surveillance tool Pegasus from NSO earlier this year.| Sneha Shah / The Economic Times: |
Indian used car marketplace Spinny raises a $285M Series E led by ADQ and Tiger Global at a $1.75B post-money valuation, after raising $108M in July — The company's valuation of $1.5 billion pre-money has nearly doubled since it raised $108 million from Tiger Global and others in July.
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TechCrunch, Tech in Asia, VCCircle, Entrackr, and Inc42 Media
| Mimi Billing / Sifted: |
Denmark-based podcasting and audio tech startup Podimo raises a $78M Series B led by 83North and Highland Europe — Companies in this sector have traditionally had difficulties in monetising audio content. Sweden's Acast introduced advertising as a way to pay the podcast's creators for their content.Sponsor Posts
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