Some app developers say Apple is buying Google ads to cut App Store work-arounds off at the pass. Huawei thinks it has an end run around US sanctions. The audacious hacker that managed to send fake emails from the FBI’s own servers. The story behind the big Taproot update to Bitcoin. And the DAO of crypto enthusiasts looking to buy a copy of the US Constitution.

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Links:

• Apple Quietly Buying Ads Via Google For High-Value Subscription Apps To Capture App Publisher Revenue (Fortune)
• Samsung releases Android 12-powered One UI 4 for Galaxy S21 phones (The Verge)
• Huawei Recruits Smartphone Partners to Sidestep U.S. Sanctions (Bloomberg)
• FBI system hacked to email 'urgent' warning about fake cyberattacks (Bleeping Computer)
• Hoax Email Blast Abused Poor Coding in FBI Website (KrebsOnSecurity)
• A major upgrade to bitcoin just activated — here’s what investors should know (CNBC Make It)
• A crypto group has raised nearly $3 million in Ether to bid on a rare copy of the U.S. Constitution (Fortune)

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