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Huawei announces HarmonyOS update for its smartphones

The Verge

Huawei has announced that its HarmonyOS operating system is coming to its smartphones via a forthcoming update. Huawei’s consumer business CEO Richard Yu says the company is updating around 100 of its devices globally to the new operating system, which also includes tablets like the MatePad Pro.

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Here’s the nuclear option to opt out of tracking on iOS

Vox

Apple’s mobile operating system update, iOS 14.5, With App Tracking Transparency, apps will have to ask users for their permission to access Apple’s Identifier for Advertising (IDFA), a unique code assigned to mobile devices. Developers, not Apple, decide when to put up the prompt. Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images.

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Why Facebook and Apple are fighting over your privacy

Vox

Angry CEOs, operating system updates, and maybe even a lawsuit — the feud continues. Apple’s tracking-optional mobile operating system update is coming to iPhones this spring, and the new privacy-preserving features will give users the ability to opt out of being followed around the internet via trackers in their apps.

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Why the new iOS update is such a big deal

Vox

The latest version of the company’s mobile operating system, iOS 14.5, At the same time, the move has frustrated app developers and tech companies that have relied on the reservoir of user data for years, and who fear they’re likely to be cut off from it in the near future. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.

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Americans are one step closer to a national contact tracing app for Covid-19

Vox

States are now able to create contact tracing apps that work with those from other states, thanks to a national server that works with the exposure notification tool developed by Apple and Google and stores information about potential exposures from all states that use it. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.

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Lazarus APT Targeting Cryptocurrency, CISA Warns

SecureWorld News

The threat actors use social engineering to encourage individuals to download trojanized cryptocurrency applications on Windows or macOS operating systems. The malicious applications are derived from a variety of open-source projects and purport to be cryptocurrency trading or price prediction tools.

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The new Apple-Google contact tracing tool finally seems useful

Vox

Virginia told Recode that it spent nearly $230,000 to develop the app and $1.5 One huge upside to the new Exposure Notifications Express tool, however, is that states no longer have to spend the time or money developing their own apps. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network. million people.

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