Author: Tech Support

    • Construction of a $20B chip manufacturing plant in Wuhan stopped due to lack of funding, the latest example of China's semiconductor efforts failing to take off (South China Morning Post)

    South China Morning Post: Construction of a $20B chip manufacturing plant in Wuhan stopped due to lack of funding, the latest example of China’s semiconductor efforts failing to take off  —  Construction on a US$20 billion state-of-the-art semiconductor manufacturing plant in Wuhan has stalled due to a lack of funding It’s … Construction of a

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    • How a law professor became the target of posts on conservative sites, social media harassment, and PR firms hired by gig economy companies, for supporting AB5 (Dara Kerr/CNET)

    Dara Kerr / CNET: How a law professor became the target of posts on conservative sites, social media harassment, and PR firms hired by gig economy companies, for supporting AB5  —  Labor activists are targeted in a social media campaign as gig economy companies spend millions to prevent workers from becoming employees. How a law

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    • Medium says it had 1.2B page views in Q2 and now has "several hundred thousand" paying subscribers, and will start offering custom domains again (Ev Williams/The Official Medium Blog)

    Ev Williams / The Official Medium Blog: Medium says it had 1.2B page views in Q2 and now has “several hundred thousand” paying subscribers, and will start offering custom domains again  —  Upcoming features and a status update  —  We’ve had a busy summer.  —  Last month, we announced new features coming to our publishing

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    ReliaQuest, a managed cybersecurity and intelligence services provider, raises $300M led by KKR, says its revenue grew more than 450% in the past three years (Christine Hall/Crunchbase News)

    {$inline_image} Christine Hall / Crunchbase News: ReliaQuest, a managed cybersecurity and intelligence services provider, raises $300M led by KKR, says its revenue grew more than 450% in the past three years  —  ReliaQuest, a company developing a cybersecurity managed service and intelligence platform for global enterprises … ReliaQuest, a managed cybersecurity and intelligence services provider,

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    • Story of Vietnamese hacker "Hieupc", who was earning $125K/month running a bustling identity theft service, and was recently released from prison (Brian Krebs/Krebs on Security)

    Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: Story of Vietnamese hacker “Hieupc”, who was earning $125K/month running a bustling identity theft service, and was recently released from prison  —  At the height of his cybercriminal career, the hacker known as “Hieupc” was earning $125,000 a month running a bustling identity theft service … Story of Vietnamese

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    • Google and Facebook remove Hong Kong as a destination for the proposed Pacific Light Cable Network undersea cable project, refile keeping Taiwan and Philippines (Todd Shields/Bloomberg)

    Todd Shields / Bloomberg: Google and Facebook remove Hong Kong as a destination for the proposed Pacific Light Cable Network undersea cable project, refile keeping Taiwan and Philippines  —  – Underseas internet project refiled for Taiwan and Philippines  — Companies re-apply without Pacific Light Data Communication Google and Facebook remove Hong Kong as a destination

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    China's state media quoted a government adviser, who said ByteDance should study the new export list and "seriously and cautiously" consider halting TikTok deal (Wall Street Journal)

    {$inline_image} Wall Street Journal: China’s state media quoted a government adviser, who said ByteDance should study the new export list and “seriously and cautiously” consider halting TikTok deal  —  Chinese government trade adviser cautions app maker to study new regulations prior to sale China's state media quoted a government adviser, who said ByteDance should study

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