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European Commission sends preliminary findings to Apple and opens additional non-compliance investigation against Apple under the Digital Markets Act ( ec.europa.eu )

The Disinformation Machine: How Susceptible Are We to AI Propaganda? ( hai.stanford.edu )

Has Facebook Stopped Trying? ( www.404media.co )

In spring, 2018, Mark Zuckerberg invited more than a dozen professors and academics to a series of dinners at his home to discuss how Facebook could better keep its platforms safe from election disinformation, violent content, child sexual abuse material, and hate speech. Alongside these secret meetings, Facebook was regularly...

Why does Asia scan to pay when the rest of the world taps? • The Register ( www.theregister.com )

Talking Tiananmen with a Chinese chatbot: Chinese developers hope to build the AI of the future. What, if anything, will it have to say about the past? ( chinamediaproject.org )

As China strives to surpass the United States with cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence, the leadership is keen to ensure technologies reach the public with the right political blind spots pre-engineered. Can Chinese AI hold its tongue on the issues most sensitive to the Chinese Communist Party?...

Android's new anti-theft features ( blog.google )

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Amazon-Powered AI Cameras Used to Detect Emotions of Unwitting UK Train Passengers ( www.wired.com )

Hacker Breaches Scam Call Center, Warns Victims They've Been Scammed ( www.404media.co )

'Hong Kongization?’ - Chinese cyberattacks and disinformation campaigns against Taiwan surge, security agency says ( www.taipeitimes.com )

Taiwan's National Security Bureau (NSB) official Ko Cheng-heng said that Beijing’s campaign against Taiwan would spark a strong backlash from democracies around the world....

A cyberattack forces a big US health system to divert ambulances and take records offline ( abcnews.go.com )

A cyberattack on the Ascension health system operating in 19 states across the U.S. forced some of its 140 hospitals to divert ambulances, caused patients to postpone medical tests and blocked online access to patient records...

What Happens When a Romance Writer Gets Locked Out of Google Docs ( archive.ph )

Pro-Russia hackers target critical infrastructure in North America and Europe ( securityaffairs.com )

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The Unbreakable Kryptos Code ( www.youtube.com )

Taiwan: Beijing's information war has failed to make China's system of governance attractive to Taiwanese, but it drives polarisation and reduces people's trust in democratic institutions, poll shows ( www.journalofdemocracy.org )

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Elon Musk's SpaceX contracted to destroy retired space station - BBC News ( www.bbc.co.uk )

China's state subsidies in green technologies significantly higher than those in EU and OECD countries, distorting competition, researchers say ( www.intereconomics.eu )

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Powerspout + solar + battery = the perfect combination. ( www.youtube.com )

Does a VPN used on a smartphone with Wi-Fi disabled (mobile data only enabled) provide any sort of protection?

I've never completely understood this, but I think the answer would probably be "no," although I'm not sure. Usually when I leave the house I turn off wifi and just use mobile data (this is a habit from my pre-VPN days), although I guess I should probably just keep it on since using strange Wi-Fi with a VPN is ok (unless someone...