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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)

An attempt led by Baidu, Tencent, and ByteDance to circumvent Apple’s privacy policies, called CAID, has failed to get traction…

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A look at surveillance apps Shadowtrack and SmartLink, which are used by states and ICE as parole apps replacing GPS ankle bracelets (Todd Feathers / The Guardian)

A look at surveillance apps Shadowtrack and SmartLink, which are used by states and ICE as parole apps replacing GPS…

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Sensor Tower: Clubhouse was downloaded 2.7M times in March, a 72% decline from February’s 9.5M+ (Sean Burch / The Wrap)

Sensor Tower: Clubhouse was downloaded 2.7M times in March, a 72% decline from February’s 9.5M+  —  After pulling in 9.5…

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In December, accounting firm Prager Metis International purchased a ~$35K property in Decentraland and PwC’s Hong Kong unit bought property in Sandbox (Mark Maurer / Wall Street Journal)

In December, accounting firm Prager Metis International purchased a ~$35K property in Decentraland and PwC’s Hong Kong unit bought property…

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Ajaib, an Indonesia-based stock trading and investment app that claims to have 1M monthly active users, raises $25M Series A led by Horizons Ventures (Catherine Shu / TechCrunch)

Ajaib, an Indonesia-based stock trading and investment app that claims to have 1M monthly active users, raises $25M Series A…

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