Month: April 2022

Investigation details Binance’s efforts to build ties with the Russian government, including handing over data on opposition leader Alexei Navalny in April 2021 (Reuters)

Reuters: Investigation details Binance’s efforts to build ties with the Russian government, including handing over data on opposition leader Alexei Navalny in April 2021  —  In April 2021, Russia’s financial intelligence unit met in Moscow with the regional head of Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange.

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AWS Amplify adds visual development tool

Amazon Web Services has unveiled AWS Amplify Studio, a visual interface intended to simplify front-end and back-end development for web and mobile applications. The point-and-click visual development environment extends the AWS Amplify tool set for building web and mobile apps, allowing developers to visually build back ends and front ends and incorporate AWS services such

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Why we multicloud

Multicloud is a more polarizing concept than I once thought. Because multicloud is an overwhelming trend these days, I often hear both sides of the debate about whether multicloud is the next evolution of cloud. Or will it simply create new problems we must later solve? Complexity adds cost and risk Many argue that multicloud

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As the EU prepares its third landmark tech law in the last few years, the US has enacted just two narrow federal tech laws in the past 25 years (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: As the EU prepares its third landmark tech law in the last few years, the US has enacted just two narrow federal tech laws in the past 25 years  —  Federal privacy bills, security legislation and antitrust laws to address the power of the tech giants have all failed

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A look at Douban, a Reddit-like social network that China has targeted in its crackdowns; Douban was fined $1.65M in 2021 and has shut down popular forums (Viola Zhou/Rest of World)

Viola Zhou / Rest of World: A look at Douban, a Reddit-like social network that China has targeted in its crackdowns; Douban was fined $1.65M in 2021 and has shut down popular forums  —  Douban’s tight-knit communities have finally made it a target of Beijing’s tech crackdown.  —  • HONG KONG

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Sources: after churning out 500+ original programs last year, Netflix is looking to add fewer new titles and focus more on quality, while reining in spending (Joe Flint/Wall Street Journal)

Joe Flint / Wall Street Journal: Sources: after churning out 500+ original programs last year, Netflix is looking to add fewer new titles and focus more on quality, while reining in spending  —  Streaming service spent lavishly on productions to win subscribers, but now growth has slowed  —  For Netflix Inc., NFLX -3.47% ▼ the

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