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The Guardian: Interviews with 70+ sources describe how Facebook and Instagram have become major sales platforms for child trafficking and can often be slow to remove content  —  Our two-year investigation suggests that the tech giant Meta is struggling to prevent criminals from using its platforms to buy and sell children for sex Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: Germany is in talks to limit the export of chemicals used to make advanced chips to China, seeking to join US and EU allies in closing ranks on China  —  Germany is in talks to limit the export of chemicals to China that are used to manufacture semiconductors as Berlin steps up efforts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse offers to buy Danish investment management software company SimCorp for €3.9B in cash; SimCorp had €561M in 2022 revenue  —  Stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE) on Thursday announced a 3.9 billion euro ($4.31 billion) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple reports European MAUs for its App Stores: iOS has 101M, iPadOS has 23M, macOS has 6M, tvOS has 1M, and watchOS, Books, and Podcasts have under 1M each  —  In order to comply with the European Digital Services Act, Apple has been forced to reveal the number of monthly active user … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse offers to buy Danish investment management software company SimCorp for €3.9B in cash; SimCorp had €561M in 2022 revenue  —  Stock exchange operator Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE) on Thursday announced a 3.9 billion euro ($4.31 billion) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: A profile of ASML, the most valuable tech company in Europe, as the US-China chip war escalates; ASML’s next apartment-sized machine ships in 2025 for $380M+  —  In 1984, Martin van den Brink, a young Dutch engineer, joined a newly created venture in a quiet corner of the Netherlands. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jeffrey Knockel / The Citizen Lab: An analysis of Baidu, Bilibili, Bing, Douyin, Weibo, and other Chinese search platforms finds 60K censorship rules, implemented differently by each service  —  This report has an accompanying FAQ.  —  Key findings  — Across eight China-accessible search platforms analyzed — Baidu … Lees verder op Tech Meme

The Citizen Lab: An analysis of Baidu, Bilibili, Bing, Douyin, Weibo, and other Chinese search platforms finds 60K censorship rules, implemented differently by each service  —  A comparison of search censorship in China … Key findings  — Across eight China-accessible search platforms analyzed … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Cecilia D’Anastasio / Bloomberg: The UK CMA’s objection to Microsoft’s Activision deal focuses on the nascent cloud gaming market, a departure from regulators focusing on mature markets  —  UK regulators blocked Microsoft Corp.’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard Inc. over concerns it would harm competition in cloud gaming … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Chris Stokel-Walker / Wired: Legal experts say Twitter is breaching US laws prohibiting false advertising by implying that some celebrities paid for Blue when they haven’t  —  The law says you can’t falsely claim that celebrities are paying for Twitter Blue.  —  Twitter’s verification system debacle has had more twists … Lees verder op Tech Meme