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YouTube's TikTok competitor YouTube Shorts is rolling out globally.YouTube’s TikTok competitor, YouTube Shorts, is now rolling out globally. The service launched first in India last year, before expanding to around 26 countries including the US and the UK. (Jon Porter via The Verge)
Biden team weighs digital trade deal to counter China in Asia. White House officials are discussing proposals for a digital trade agreement covering Indo-Pacific economies as the administration seeks ways to check China’s influence in the region, according to people familiar with the plans. (Bloomberg)
Senate appoints former NSA official as head of US cybersecurity agency. A former NSA and White House official has been appointed to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at a time when ransomware and other kinds of cyberattacks are on the rise. (Mariella Moon via Engadget)
Not just a wave, but a movement: journalists unionize at record numbers. In the past decade, workers at news publications have launched more than 200 union drives, and over 90% of them have been successful. Media outlets have called it a “wave.” (Angela Fu via The Poynter Institute)
June Consumer Prices Likely Rose Sharply Again as Economy Rebounded. U.S. consumer prices likely continued to climb swiftly in June, as the economic recovery gained steam and demand outpaced the supply of labor and materials. (Gwynn Guilford via Wall Street Journal)
Eka Ventures closes $95M Impact VC fund for sustainable consumption, healthcare and society. Eka Ventures team It's clear that there is an enormous and growing appetite amongst consumers to switch to products and services which address some of the biggest issues of our era, whether it be climate change or problems with… (Mike Butcher via TechCrunch)
Beyond Kaseya: Everyday IT Tools Can Offer 'God Mode' for Hackers. Across the internet, more than a thousand companies spent the last week digging out from a mass ransomware incident. In the wake of the devastating compromise of Kaseya's popular IT management tool, researchers and security professionals are… (Andy Greenberg via WIRED)
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