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    TikTok’s Canadian arm has been ordered to shut down by the government.

    Industry minister François-Philippe Champagne says the government is acting “to address the specific national security risks related to ByteDance Ltd.’s operations in Canada.”

    However, Canada is not attempting to ban or control the TikTok app:

    The government is not blocking Canadians’ access to the TikTok application or their ability to create content. The decision to use a social media application or platform is a personal choice.

    TikTok has responded, saying it would challenge the order in court.

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    Delta is suing CrowdStrike over July’s global IT outage.

    Reuters reports Delta filed a lawsuit Friday over the July 19th crash, blaming CrowdStrike for having “forced untested and faulty updates to its customers, causing more than 8.5 million Microsoft Windows-based computers around the world to crash.”

    Delta’s CEO already called out Microsoft and CrowdStrike during a CNBC interview (included below), saying, “When was the last time you heard of a big outage at Apple?,” while Microsoft said Delta ignored offers to help recover faster.

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    Hyundai’s cool, small EV spotted in the US for some reason.

    The Hyundai Casper (in Korea) / Inster (everywhere else) is a compact utility vehicle that’s just too good to come to the United States... or is it?

    Electrek points out spy photographer kindelauto’s pic of one rolling around in California, which could still mean nothing for a potential US release. We shouldn’t get our hopes up about Hyundai’s grand electrification plans, but we will anyway.

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    ‘Salt Typhoon’ hackers reportedly targeted phone numbers for Trump and Harris campaigns.

    The Wall Street Journal previously reported Chinese hackers “engaged in a vast collection of internet traffic” from ISPs, including Verizon, AT&T, and Lumen, that reached the system used for court-ordered wiretapping requests. The New York Times now says Donald Trump and JD Vance were targeted in the Verizon breach.

    Later on Friday afternoon, the WSJ followed up with another report confirming that, while saying other targets included people affiliated with the Harris campaign and even a WSJ writer reporting on the investigation. The FBI and Verizon also acknowledged an investigation without adding additional details.

    Update: Added details from WSJ.

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    NYT: Bill Gates donated $50 million to an organization backing Kamala Harris.

    The Times writes that Gates told friends he’s donated about $50 million to a 501(c)(4) “dark money” organization, Future Forward USA Action. It’s the nonprofit arm of what the Times previously described as “The biggest super PAC in American politics.”

    Gates didn’t endorse Harris when asked, and is quoted saying:

    I support candidates who demonstrate a clear commitment to improving health care, reducing poverty and fighting climate change in the U.S. and around the world.

    I have a long history of working with leaders across the political spectrum, but this election is different, with unprecedented significance for Americans and the most vulnerable people around the world.