Google has updated Chrome to detect phishing attacks much faster than before. The latest version of the world’s most popular web browser can uncover attempts
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Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, YouTube, and others will now add content from white supremacist and far-right militias to a key counterterrorism database (Elizabeth Culliford/Reuters)
Elizabeth Culliford / Reuters: Facebook, Twitter, Microsoft, YouTube, and others will now add content from white supremacist and far-right militias to a key counterterrorism database
FTC asks a federal judge for an extension until August 19 to file an updated antitrust suit against Facebook and says Facebook has agreed to the proposal (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)
Cecilia Kang / New York Times: FTC asks a federal judge for an extension until August 19 to file an updated antitrust suit against Facebook
Biden has to play hardball with platforms like Facebook that amplify disinformation in order to prioritize Americans' wellbeing over Big Tech's whims (Roger McNamee/Wired)
Roger McNamee / Wired: Biden has to play hardball with platforms like Facebook that amplify disinformation in order to prioritize Americans’ wellbeing over Big Tech’s
Ex-Google employee recounts how Google abandoned a redesign attempt of Chrome on Android, that was similar to iOS 15's Safari, with the URL bar at the bottom (Abner Li/9to5Google)
Abner Li / 9to5Google: Ex-Google employee recounts how Google abandoned a redesign attempt of Chrome on Android, that was similar to iOS 15’s Safari, with
BT, Sky and Virgin Media BLOCK millions from watching movies online
Speaking to TorrentFreak about the block, the MPA said: “Piracy harms everyone involved in the creative process – from writers, directors, and producers to cast
Analysts and US officials say the disinformation-for-hire industry is booming, as influencers get approached by back-alley firms to spread falsehoods (Max Fisher/New York Times)
Max Fisher / New York Times: Analysts and US officials say the disinformation-for-hire industry is booming, as influencers get approached by back-alley firms to spread
China's tech crackdown has focused on consumer-facing internet companies, perhaps because Xi believes hard tech like chipmaking is more geopolitically important (Noah Smith/Noahpinion)
Noah Smith / Noahpinion: China’s tech crackdown has focused on consumer-facing internet companies, perhaps because Xi believes hard tech like chipmaking is more geopolitically important
As China ramps up testing of its digital yuan, its call for help from Ant and Tencent has led to an awkward dynamic, as Alipay and WeChat Pay are likely rivals (Jing Yang/Wall Street Journal)
Jing Yang / Wall Street Journal: As China ramps up testing of its digital yuan, its call for help from Ant and Tencent has led
Kenyan tech founders say there is a funding bias toward North American and European expats in the country; analysis: only one Kenyan founder raised $1M+ in 2019 (Yinka Adegoke/Rest of World)
Yinka Adegoke / Rest of World: Kenyan tech founders say there is a funding bias toward North American and European expats in the country; analysis:
