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Dark and Darker Devs Distributing Game on Discord as Playtest Goes Ahead Amid Legal Issues
E-commerce company with hundreds of millions of users accused of distributing Android malware
Google recently suspended e-commerce giant Pinduoduo’s official Play store app and warned users that several of the company’s other apps contain malware. Pinduoduo’s main Google Play store app (and the Apple App Store’s, for that matter) is likely harmless, but Google said versions from other distribution channels are dangerous.
New York court orders Drake and 21 Savage to stop distributing their fake Vogue cover
US Commerce Dept. unveils strategy for distributing CHIPS Act funds
An announcement made this week by the US Department of Commerce detailed the agency’s plans for distribution of $50 billion appropriated under the CHIPS and Science Act, which was signed into law last month by President Joe Biden.
The Act is aimed primarily at revitalizing the domestic semiconductor manufacturing industry in the US, which has seen its market share slip drastically in recent years due to high operational costs compared to its East Asian competition.
About $28 billion of the CHIPS and Science Act funds earmarked for the Commerce Department will go toward underwriting expansions of existing semiconductor manufacturing facilities or the construction of new ones. Specifically, the funds will be made available as loan guarantees and subsidies or grants and cooperative agreements, and the department has said that it hopes to focus more on loan underwriting in order to maximize how far the CHIPS Act dollars will go.
Brisbane man arrested for distributing spyware to thousands of cyber criminals since age 15
Jacob Wayne John Keen, 24, was arrested for allegedly selling a trojan virus named Imminent Monitor to cyber criminals, domestic violence perpetrators, among others from as many as 128 different countries. The tool allowed users to target unsuspecting victims to steal their personal data, track information entered into documents, and…