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Greg Joswiak will replace Phil Schiller as SVP of Worldwide Marketing; Schiller becomes an Apple Fellow and will continue to lead the App Store and Apple Events — Greg Joswiak joins Apple executive team as senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing — Cupertino, California …
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Tweets: @carloprina, @mhelft, @waltmossberg, @stroughtonsmith, @waltmossberg, @stevekovach, and @benthompson
| Wall Street Journal: |
With a TikTok sale, China would lose control of its first global internet sensation, hardening suspicions that the US is sabotaging its tech growth — Washington's push for Chinese company to sell American operations hardens suspicions in China that the U.S. aims to sabotage its technology
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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
In a letter to staff, ByteDance founder and CEO Zhang Yiming says a forced sale of TikTok to a US buyer is “unreasonable” and the real goal of the US is a ban — - U.S. doesn't really want to see a sale to American buyers — Founder Zhang Yiming issues second letter in two days
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
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| European Commission: |
The European Commission opens an in-depth investigation into Google's proposed acquisition of Fitbit over concerns about vast amounts of data Google could use — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Fitbit by Google under the EU Merger Regulation.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft's xCloud game streaming service will launch on September 15 on Android in 22 countries, bundled with the Xbox Games Pass Ultimate subscription — Available in 22 countries, but no iOS support at launch — Microsoft will launch its game streaming service, known as Project xCloud …
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Tweets: @gavinsbaker, @gavinsbaker, @martinsfp, @godfree, @backlon, and @xboxcanada
| Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg: |
Sony beats estimates with quarterly profit of $2.15B and says its PlayStation Plus subscription service added 3.4M users, for a total of 44.9M — - Company had delayed issuing firm full-year forecast on virus — The Last of Us 2 was a record-breaking PS4 exclusive debut| Caleb Potts / Android Police: |
Facebook adds a search tool in WhatsApp to help check viral messages for misinformation, rolling out today in Brazil, Italy, Ireland, Mexico, Spain, UK, and US — WhatsApp is one of the most popular messaging apps in the world, but that also means a lot of misinformation and rumors are shared on the platform.
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Tweets: @kaysha, @glenngabe, @jencyjac, @kantrowitz, @mariannaspring, @psythor, @sub8u, and @craigsilverman
| Kashmir Hill / New York Times: |
Fawkes, a tool developed by researchers at the University of Chicago, disguises photos with pixel-level changes that confuse facial recognition systems — Researchers at the University of Chicago want you to be able to post selfies without worrying that the next Clearview AI will use them to identify you.
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Tweets: @katecrawford, @krusynth, @normative, @ncweaver, @alenasatoshi, @hypervisible, and @kashhill
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Apple announces a refresh for its 21.5" and 27" iMacs, including 10th-generation Intel CPUs, a 1080p webcam, and SSDs as standard, shipping from next week — But the design remains the same — Apple is announcing updates for both the 27-inch and 21.5-inch iMacs.
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Tweets: @backlon, @samsheffer, and @stroughtonsmith
| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google launches Nearby Share on Android, an AirDrop-style tool, rolling out to Pixel and Samsung devices; support for Chromebooks will arrive in coming months — It only took Google nine years to catch up to AirDrop — It will finally be slightly easier to share files, images, links, and other content between Android devices.
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The Keyword, Android Police, 9to5Google, ZDNet, Gizmodo, CNBC, MSPoweruser, Neowin, and Engadget. Tweets: @andrewmartonik
| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Rippling, an employee data management company led by Parker Conrad, raises $145M led by Founders Fund, valuing it at $1.35B, up 5x from its last valuation — - Former Zenefits founder's new company valued at $1.35 billion — Investors include Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins and Coatue
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Tweets: @garrytan, @katie_roof, @alexisohanian, @quinnypig, and @parkerconrad
| Bloomberg: |
As tech giants renew vows to diversify their workforces, a look at why their efforts have fallen short, especially in retaining new Black and Latinx employees — Quora Inc., which runs the eponymous questions and answers website, couldn't figure this one out: Why were so many Black …
Tweets: @rebeccamkern, @dinabass, @caitlin__kelly, @dinabass, @girlsintech, @paigesmithnews, @adblanche, @kathytpham, @sbanjo, @prflaw, and @triketora
| Matthew Haag / New York Times: |
Facebook agrees to lease all the office space in NYC's 730,000 sq. ft. James A. Farley Building; it's added 2.2M sq. ft. in NYC office space over the past year — Despite the pandemic, the social media giant leased all the office space in the former main post office at Penn Station in Midtown.| Kate Duguid / Reuters: |
Alphabet borrowed $10B in its largest ever bond issue from the corporate debt market, which it secured at its lowest-ever cost of financing — NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) borrowed $10 billion in the investment-grade corporate debt market on Monday, the Google parent's largest ever bond issue …
Tweets: @cfcamerer, @techinvestorsmr, and @trengriffin
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google Assistant can now Broadcast to specific rooms or devices and create a “Family Bell” schedule, reminding users about daily routines and class times — With distance learning in effect for the upcoming school season, at least in the US, Google Assistant is adding a handful of features to ease the transition.
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| Jason Parham / Wired: |
Interviews with 29 Black TikTok creators highlight issues of muted posts, in-app harassment, and incidents of racism, even as users lionize Black culture — On the app, users drape themselves in the trappings of Black culture—and steal the viral spotlight. It's exploitation at its most refined and disturbing.
Tweets: @nonlinearnotes, @a_greenberg, and @kerrymflynn
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Microsoft has awarded $13.7M to security researchers who reported vulnerabilities in the last 12 months through 15 bug bounty programs, up from $4.4M last year — Microsoft has awarded $13.7 million to security researchers who have reported vulnerabilities over the last 12 months through … | Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
UK's competition watchdog approves Amazon's investment for a 16% stake in Deliveroo, ending a long battle by the firms to convince regulators to clear the deal — - The U.K.'s competition watchdog has given Amazon's minority investment — which would see it take a 16% stake in Deliveroo — the green light.
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