Square’s parent company Block sells access to customers’ email addresses used to receive receipts, which experts say falls short of best privacy practices (Ben Brody/Protocol)

Ben Brody / Protocol:
The White House unveils its principles to enhance tech platform accountability and competition, including Section 230 reforms and robust data protections  —  The White House on Thursday praised “bipartisan interest in Congress in passing legislation to protect privacy” …

Callan Quinn / The Block:
Binance shares addresses for its wallets and details its holdings: 475K BTC, 4.8M ETH, 17.6B USDT, 21.7B BUSD, 601M USDC, 58M BNB, and a $1B SAFU fund  —  – Binance has released the addresses of its hot and cold wallets.  — It provided a snapshot of its current holdings.

Hugh Schofield / BBC:
France designates “dark stores” run by Gorillas, Getir, and other instant delivery startups as warehouses, not shops, forcing them to close in some cities  —  France has taken steps to outlaw so-called dark stores – city-centre food depots used for instant home deliveries ordered over the internet.

Hartley Charlton / MacRumors:
Square launches support for Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhone to sellers in the US, available within its Square Point of Sale app for iOS on the iPhone XS or newer  —  Square today publicly launched support for Tap to Pay on iPhone to sellers across the U.S., enabling small merchants …

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE:
Meta rolls out its Precision Time Protocol to its data centers, upgrading on the Network Time Protocol, aiming to sync its networks down to nanoseconds  —  Meta Platforms Inc. today detailed an internal initiative years in the making that focused on upgrading its data centers’ timing protocol …

Kate Kaye / Protocol:
Microsoft helped build a robust AI ecosystem in China but the company could be forced to reexamine its relationship with the country under tighter US rules  —  Through decades of support, Microsoft was an instrumental force helping China become the AI powerhouse it is today.