Nowhere to hide

Hi, it’s Drake in New York. Technology has changed the meaning of camouflage in modern war. But first...Three things you need to know today: [View in browser]( [Bloomberg]( Hi, it’s Drake in New York. Technology has changed the meaning of camouflage in modern war. But first... Three things you need to know today: • Apple raised prices for [TV+, Arcade and News+]( • Bain Capital is looking to [sell Rocket Software]( • A Chinese EV maker will bring [driver assist to Europe]( The new camouflage Armies don’t just have to know how to fight. They also need to know how to hide. Over the years, technology has made that harder and harder: When the newly invented airplane started being used for reconnaissance in World War I, commanders realized they had to disguise their positions not just on the front lines but far behind them, too. A French word, camouflage, made its way into the English language for the first time. Today, there are a growing number of new technologies for observation. Armies, like everyone else, are having to relearn how they conceal themselves. That seems to be one of the lessons military strategists are taking from the grinding war in Ukraine. “A lot of what we do,” General James Rainey, the commanding officer of the US Army Futures Command, said in a Bloomberg interview this week, “was about the enemy not seeing you or finding you.” But now the enemy can see you in more and more ways. They can track you with satellites or with cheap off-the-shelf drones. They can locate you by tracing the electromagnetic signals of your own communication devices. And they can also follow you on social media. The Ukrainian military has been able to target rocket attacks because of videos Russian soldiers [uploaded to TikTok](. Several years ago independent analysts realized that active-duty American military personnel posting their workouts to the fitness app Strava were revealing the locations of [secret bases]( in Afghanistan and Syria. Still, Rainey points out, being seen “doesn’t mean that the enemy can understand what they’re seeing.” Though Rainey doesn’t make the connection himself, one case study is Hamas, which managed to plan and successfully carry out its horrific terrorist attack on Israel and kill 1,400 people, mostly civilians, even as it was being closely tracked by Israeli intelligence. Hamas leaders seem to have done this, in part, by serving up [comforting misinformation]( on phone calls they knew were being listened in on. In a world of ubiquitous surveillance, in other words, it’s not enough to hide. You have to mislead. —[Drake Bennett](mailto:dbennett35@bloomberg.net) The big story More than two-thirds of Amazon employees took time off for [pain and exhaustion](, suggesting injury is more widespread than previously known, according to a new study. Get fully charged Apple plans to revamp its lineup of AirPods headphones starting next year including by [updating the earbud design and upping the audio quality](. The UK’s antitrust watchdog extended its probe of [Adobe’s $20 billion acquisition of Figma](. Google and Nvidia backed a startup that helps developers gain [higher computing power from specialized processors]( that train AI. United Launch Alliance’s CEO said his company is [a good acquisition target](. More from Bloomberg Get Bloomberg Tech weeklies in your inbox: - [Cyber Bulletin]( for coverage of the shadow world of hackers and cyber-espionage - [Game On]( for reporting on the video game business - [Power On]( for Apple scoops, consumer tech news and more - [Screentime]( for a front-row seat to the collision of Hollywood and Silicon Valley - [Soundbite]( for reporting on podcasting, the music industry and audio trends - [Q&AI]( for answers to all your questions about AI Follow Us Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Want to sponsor this newsletter? [Get in touch here](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Tech Daily newsletter. If a friend forwarded you this message, [sign up here]( to get it in your inbox. [Unsubscribe]( [Bloomberg.com]( [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( [Ad Choices](