Journals

CNN: A look at Tencent’s bet on Weixin Palm Payment, a palm scanning system launched in China in May 2023 for users of Weixin Pay, WeChat’s sister app  —  Editor’s Note: Sign up for CNN’s Meanwhile in China newsletter, which… Read More »A look at Tencent’s bet on Weixin Palm Payment, a palm scanning system launched in China in May 2023 for users of Weixin Pay, WeChat’s sister app (CNN)

Financial Times: CoinShares: US bitcoin ETFs had inflows of $984M in the first two days of trading, with BlackRock having $508M of inflows; Grayscale had $579M of outflows  —  Grayscale has outflows of $579mn as investors turn to BlackRock and… Read More »CoinShares: US bitcoin ETFs had inflows of $984M in the first two days of trading, with BlackRock having $508M of inflows; Grayscale had $579M of outflows (Financial Times)

Wall Street Journal: Sources: the Cyberspace Administration of China plans to review Shein’s data handling and sharing practices, which could delay company’s forthcoming US IPO  —  The Cyberspace Administration of China is looking into the ways Shein handles information on… Read More »Sources: the Cyberspace Administration of China plans to review Shein’s data handling and sharing practices, which could delay company’s forthcoming US IPO (Wall Street Journal)

Wired: Researchers describe a GPU memory vulnerability that allows attackers to exfiltrate data from some devices with Apple, Qualcomm, Intel, and other chips  —  Patching every device affected by the LeftoverLocals vulnerability—which includes some iPhones, iPads, and Macs—may prove difficult.

Gokul Pisharody / Reuters: Thomson Reuters acquires a 53.81% stake in Swedish e-invoicing provider Pagero, and raises the buyout offer by 25% to $789M, seeking to ward off rival bids  —  raised its offer to buy Sweden’s Pagero (PAGERO.ST)  — … Read More »Thomson Reuters acquires a 53.81% stake in Swedish e-invoicing provider Pagero, and raises the buyout offer by 25% to $789M, seeking to ward off rival bids (Gokul Pisharody/Reuters)

Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: The CISA and the FBI warn that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet to steal credentials for AWS, Microsoft 365, and other cloud apps  —  CISA and the FBI warned today that threat… Read More »The CISA and the FBI warn that threat actors using Androxgh0st malware are building a botnet to steal credentials for AWS, Microsoft 365, and other cloud apps (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

Joann Muller / Axios: Uber is working with Tesla to urge its drivers to switch to EVs in a bid to be emissions-free in the US and Canada by 2030, including by sharing trip data  —  Uber is working with… Read More »Uber is working with Tesla to urge its drivers to switch to EVs in a bid to be emissions-free in the US and Canada by 2030, including by sharing trip data (Joann Muller/Axios)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Magic Leap’s CEO and CTO talk about the future of the company, as a filing shows it received $590M in debt funding from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund  —  Magic Leap announced in a filing that… Read More »Magic Leap’s CEO and CTO talk about the future of the company, as a filing shows it received $590M in debt funding from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

Sander Lutz / Decrypt: The Treasury and IRS say they aren’t enforcing a rule requiring businesses to report the receipt of digital assets worth $10K+ within 15 days of receiving them  —  The tax law would require business-related crypto transactions… Read More »The Treasury and IRS say they aren’t enforcing a rule requiring businesses to report the receipt of digital assets worth $10K+ within 15 days of receiving them (Sander Lutz/Decrypt)

Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: Apple revises its US App Store rules to let devs link to outside payment methods, but will charge a commission of 27%, or 12% for small business program devs  —  In light of the US Supreme… Read More »Apple revises its US App Store rules to let devs link to outside payment methods, but will charge a commission of 27%, or 12% for small business program devs (Chance Miller/9to5Mac)