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The new bill explicitly targets Huawei Technologies, and ZTE Corp. U.S. lawmakers believe the companies secretly collaborate with the Chinese government on censorship and espionage. Because of this, they can be a threat to U.S. national security. These sanctions are enforced under the Secure Equipment Act. The bill was passed by the U.S. Senate on a 420-4 vote two weeks ago and required President Biden to sign it. These new restrictions will certainly increase tensions between Washington and Beijing....

The Squid Game app with ‘Joker’ malware has already been removed The Squid Game app with ‘Joker’ malware has already been removed That app has been spotted in the Play Store, and Google already removed it. Now, there are hundreds of other Squid Game-related apps out there, and over 200 of them are available via the Play Store. Together, they’ve been downloaded over a million times. Now, the wallpaper that got taken down is called “Squid Wallpaper 4K HD”, and its malicious nature was spotted by a cybersecurity researcher, Lukas Stefanko....

The FTC first filed its antitrust lawsuit against Meta back in December 2020, when the company was still known as Facebook. The lawsuit targets the social media giant’s alleged monopoly power in the market. The agency alleges that Meta abused its power by acquiring firms that could challenge its monopoly. Particularly speaking, we are talking about Facebook’s 2012 and 2014 purchases of Instagram and WhatsApp, respectively. FTC wants to unwind those acquisitions....

That’s where Mana comes in. This nifty new rewards platform actually provides you with benefits for your gaming and entertainment purchases, as well as for playing games. Once you sign up, you will have your Mana checking account and Visa Debit Card, provided by MVB Bank, Inc., Member FDIC, which you can use to make all gaming and non-gaming related purchases. Each time you make a purchase, you then earn points that you can redeem for game keys, gift cards, in-game currency, and more....

The May SMR (Security Maintenance Release) for the carrier-locked variants of the Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 5G in the US comes with firmware version G781USQS7FVD4. This update fixes around 50 security vulnerabilities. The majority of those issues were discovered on Google’s version of Android and were patched by the Android maker. But more than a dozen of those were specific to Samsung devices and were accordingly fixed by the Korean behemoth....