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ProtonMail CEO says services must comply with laws unless based 15 miles offshore — ZDNet

After ProtoMail gave a climate activist’s IP address to French authorities under court order, the individual was identified and arrested shortly after, writes Campbell Kwan.

Here is the link: https://www.zdnet.com/article/protonmail-ceo-says-services-must-comply-with-laws-unless-based-15-miles-offshore/

You can find a blog post by Proton founder and chief executive Andy Chen here.

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Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it — The Verge

President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year, writes Lauren Feiner.

IBM to acquire HashiCorp for $6.4B

IBM and HashiCorp have entered into an agreement for IBM to acquire HashiCorp, a provider of infrastructure and security management products, for $6.4 billion.

Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry — CNBC

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter, writes Ashley Capoot.