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

Reuters: Samsung reports Q1 operating profit down 95% YoY to ~$478.6M, its lowest since 2009, revenue down 18% YoY to ~$47.6B, and a ~$3.4B loss for its chip division  —  Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) flagged a gradual recovery for chips in the second half of the year after its semiconductor business reported … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google plans to add E2EE to Google Authenticator “down the line”, after researchers warned that its new feature to sync 2FA codes is not E2E encrypted  —  On Monday, Google Authenticator launched the ability to sync 2FA codes to your Google Account. Lees verder op Tech Meme

BBC: Microsoft’s Brad Smith says the CMA blocking the Activision deal was “probably the darkest day in our four decades” in the UK and will be “bad for Britain”  —  Microsoft’s president has launched a furious attack on the decision by UK regulators to block its deal to buy US video game company Activision Blizzard, Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emily Nicolle / Bloomberg: London-based Standard Chartered subsidiary Zodia, which provides custody services for crypto assets, raised a $36M Series A led by Japan’s SBI Holdings  —  Standard Chartered’s spin-off crypto custodial unit Zodia Custody Ltd. closed $36 million in new funding as part of a round led by Japan’s SBI Holdings … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gerry Smith / Bloomberg: Sources: DraftKings plans to launch a free, ad-supported video streaming service with videos of podcasts the company sponsors, expected to debut in coming weeks  —  DraftKings Inc. is planning to launch its own streaming video service, the latest evidence that sports betting and media are converging. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: A California judge tentatively rules Elon Musk must testify about his Autopilot statements, after Musk’s lawyers argued he is a subject of many deepfake videos  —  A California judge on Wednesday ordered Tesla CEO Elon Musk to be interviewed under oath about whether he made certain statements regarding … Lees verder op Tech Meme