Pinterest courts creators via its stories-like permanent Idea Pins, sophisticated analytics and monetization tools, and promoting kinder, friendlier engagement (David Pierce/Protocol)

David Pierce / Protocol:
Pinterest courts creators via its stories-like permanent Idea Pins, sophisticated analytics and monetization tools, and promoting kinder, friendlier engagement  —  Most of Pinterest's best-known creators didn't start using Pinterest as creators.  In fact, most of them started using the platform …

Sources: after the Didi crackdown, China-based fitness app Keep, podcasting platform Ximalaya, medical data analytics startup LinkDoc pause their US IPO plans (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Sources: after the Didi crackdown, China-based fitness app Keep, podcasting platform Ximalaya, medical data analytics startup LinkDoc pause their US IPO plans  —  SoftBank and Tencent-backed Keep's move comes as China cracks down on ride-hailing group  —  China's most popular fitness app pulled …

Square plans to make hardware wallet for bitcoin

Square Inc will make a hardware wallet for bitcoin, the payments company confirmed in a tweet on Thursday shortly before US Senator Elizabeth Warren flagged growing risks posed to consumers and financial markets by the cryptocurrency market. https://ift.tt/3hZOoek

Five former Kaseya employees say they have warned the company about its lax security practices, and were laid off or quit as Kaseya failed to address the issues (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Five former Kaseya employees say they have warned the company about its lax security practices, and were laid off or quit as Kaseya failed to address the issues  —  - Ransomware attack hit as many as 1,500 businesses this month  — Workers say Kaseya ignored warnings about key vulnerabilities

Some Black TikTok creators describe unfair treatment by the platform and wider influencer economy, leading some to strike from creating new dances (Isabella Simonetti/Bloomberg)

Isabella Simonetti / Bloomberg:
Some Black TikTok creators describe unfair treatment by the platform and wider influencer economy, leading some to strike from creating new dances  —  After their strike, there's more to fix on TikTok  —  Mya Nicole Johnson, a 15-year-old Black influencer with 675,000 TikTok followers …

Phones with the "Anom" messaging app used in FBI and AFP's global sting are being sold on the secondary market, revealing the ArcaneOS operating system and more (Joseph Cox/VICE)

Joseph Cox / VICE:
Phones with the “Anom” messaging app used in FBI and AFP's global sting are being sold on the secondary market, revealing the ArcaneOS operating system and more  —  ‘Anom’ phones used in an FBI honeypot are mysteriously showing up on the secondary market.  We bought one.  —  Joseph Cox