Month: July 2022

Lina Khan’s attempt to block Meta’s Within acquisition upends decades of antitrust standards and could shift how DC regulates competition in nascent industries (Cecilia Kang/New York Times)

Cecilia Kang / New York Times: Lina Khan’s attempt to block Meta’s Within acquisition upends decades of antitrust standards and could shift how DC regulates competition in nascent industries  —  Lina Khan may set off a shift in how Washington regulates competition by filing cases in tech areas before they mature.

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Daily Authority: ⚰️ Exynos extinction?

Happy Friday, everyone! I’ve recently reconnected with the classic 90s strategy game Heroes of Might & Magic III. It’s incredible how well the game has aged more than two decades after release. Just make sure you get the GOG version and not the HD remaster on Steam. The future of Samsung’s Exynos processors in question

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It’s past time to figure out cross-cloud security

I’ve addressed concerns with multicloud security many times before. Here’s the essence of what I and others assert: Multicloud complexity causes systemic security issues. That’s a fact. Today let’s talk about how we can mediate this complexity to deal with security risks, and what will solve the problems. It does not take a rocket scientist

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Sources: EU is considering creating a new directorate headed by two top antitrust officials, amid concerns EU competition watchdog may struggle to enforce DMA (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters: Sources: EU is considering creating a new directorate headed by two top antitrust officials, amid concerns EU competition watchdog may struggle to enforce DMA  —  The European Commission is considering creating a new directorate that may be headed by two top antitrust officials to enforce tough …

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Sources: a Chinese government PR division asked to open a stealth account on TikTok, targeting Western audiences; TikTok declined the “sensitive” request (Olivia Solon/Bloomberg)

Olivia Solon / Bloomberg: Sources: a Chinese government PR division asked to open a stealth account on TikTok, targeting Western audiences; TikTok declined the “sensitive” request  —  A Chinese government entity responsible for public relations attempted to open a stealth account on TikTok targeting Western audiences …

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