An attempt led by Baidu, Tencent, and ByteDance to circumvent Apple's privacy policies, called CAID, has failed to get traction after Apple blocked app updates (Patrick McGee/Financial Times)

Patrick McGee / Financial Times:
An attempt led by Baidu, Tencent, and ByteDance to circumvent Apple's privacy policies, called CAID, has failed to get traction after Apple blocked app updates  —  Tracking system for iPhones developed by Chinese tech groups fails to gain traction  —  A co-ordinated attempt by Chinese tech companies …

Sources: One97 Communications, parent of Paytm, will file a draft prospectus as early as July 12 for a domestic IPO, to raise $2.3B at a $24B-$25B valuation (Reuters)

Reuters:
Sources: One97 Communications, parent of Paytm, will file a draft prospectus as early as July 12 for a domestic IPO, to raise $2.3B at a $24B-$25B valuation  —  One97 Communications Ltd, the parent of Indian payments firm Paytm, will file a draft prospectus as early as July 12 …

A look at Dutch company ASML, the global leader in $150M+ EUV chip making machines, which are used by firms like TSMC and are subject to export bans to China (Don Clark/New York Times)

Don Clark / New York Times:
A look at Dutch company ASML, the global leader in $150M+ EUV chip making machines, which are used by firms like TSMC and are subject to export bans to China  —  A $150 million chip-making tool from a Dutch company has become a lever in the U.S.-Chinese struggle.  It also shows how entrenched the global supply chain is.

ByteDance selling TikTok AI to companies including in India

China-based ByteDance which is the parent company of TikTok, has reportedly started selling the AI technology of the short video-making app to other companies, including in India where the app is banned. https://ift.tt/3ylcsz1

Facebook's failure to pay attention to non-English languages is allowing hate speech to flourish

We and our team are the first Australian social scientists to receive funding through Facebook's content policy research awards, which we used to investigate hate speech on LGBTQI+ community pages in five Asian countries: India, Myanmar, Indonesia, the Philippines and Australia. https://ift.tt/3jJ2DGV

Global VR headset market grows over 52%, Facebook leads

Led by Facebook, the global shipments of virtual reality (VR) headsets grew 52.4 per cent (year over year) in the first quarter of 2021, according to a new IDC report. https://ift.tt/2V3znjP