After China imposed a restrictive national security law on Hong Kong, tech companies find themselves at a crossroads. Giants like Google and Facebook stopped responding to requests for user data in the city, but may eventually have to pull out altogether.
One marquee name to exit Hong Kong already is TikTok, which remains eager to prove its distance from its China-based parent company. TikTok also found itself embroiled in a confusing episode on Friday, when an internal Amazon email indicated that the company was ordering employees to remove the app from their phones; hours later, Amazon stated that the email was sent in error. Hate it when the drafts go live, especially when they cause an international furor.
The world of Super Smash Bros. was also thrown into turmoil this week, as dozens of members of the community came forward with allegations of sexual misconduct. Elsewhere, Russian criminal gangs are getting into business email compromise—a fancy term for phishing scams—which can only end well. And hackers are actively exploiting a vulnerability in BIG-IP networking equipment, which will only end worse.
It wasn't all bad news. Microsoft seized a bunch of domains tied to BEC activity. The robo-lawyer DoNotPay added a new service that not only unsubscribes you from marketing emails, but signs you up for any class action lawsuits against the company that was spamming you. We also ..
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