TNL - 30 July

FTC launches probe into ‘surveillance pricing’

FCC blasts T-Mobile’s 365-day phone locking, proposes 60-day unlock rule | Ars Technica

Congress Wants To Let Private Companies Own The Law | Techdirt

Scoop: Wyden secures KOSA win, but will vote no

AOC’s Deepfake AI Porn Bill Unanimously Passes the Senate

US Urges Vigilance by Tech Startups, VC Firms on Foreign Funds

DHS Has a DoS Robot to Disable Internet of Things ‘Booby Traps’ Inside Homes

US Prepares Jamming Devices Targeting Russia, China Satellites

CrowdStrike CEO to testify about massive outage that halted flights and hospitals - The Verge

US opens investigation into Delta after airline cancels thousands of flights | Microsoft IT outage | The Guardian

Judge in SolarWinds case rejects SEC oversight of cybersecurity controls

Social media platforms that mine user data aren’t shielded by federal communications law, California court says | Courthouse News Service

Digital tax talks in G20 spotlight as US tariff threat looms | Reuters

US judge will not block Biden administration ban on worker ‘noncompete’ agreements | Reuters

EU to investigate Delivery Hero and Glovo over food delivery cartel concerns | TechCrunch

Meta risks sanctions over “sneaky” ad-free plans confusing users, EU says | Ars Technica

Switzerland now requires all government software to be open source | ZDNET

China Is Getting Secretive About Its Supercomputers

Crowdstrike: How China swerved worst of global tech meltdown

Malaysia asks Microsoft, CrowdStrike to consider covering losses from global outage - CNA

Japanese media say AI search infringes copyright, urge legal reform

Bangladesh is experiencing a ‘near-total’ internet shutdown amid student protests

Philippines shutters its online gambling industry amid tax evasion, human trafficking concerns | TechSpot

The Kremlin Jails the Father of Russia’s Internet - CEPA

Nigeria fines Meta $220 million for violating consumer, data laws | Reuters

Hackers leak documents from Pentagon IT services provider Leidos, Bloomberg News reports | Reuters

Phish-Friendly Domain Registry “.top” Put on Notice – Krebs on Security

A Hacker ‘Ghost’ Network Is Quietly Spreading Malware on GitHub | WIRED

Hackers shut down heating in Ukrainian city with malware, researchers say | TechCrunch

Cyber firm KnowBe4 hired a fake IT worker from North Korea | CyberScoop

Telegram zero-day for Android allowed malicious files to masquerade as videos

California officials say largest trial court in US victim of ransomware attack | AP News