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Source: Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok — The talks come as TikTok's ownership by a Chinese company is under scrutiny by the White House and lawmakers. — SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft is in talks to acquire TikTok, the Chinese-owned video app, according to a person with knowledge …
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: President Trump plans to sign an order directing China's ByteDance to divest its ownership of TikTok — President Donald Trump plans to sign an order to direct China's ByteDance Ltd.'s to divest its ownership of the popular U.S.-based music-video app TikTok, according to people familiar …
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| Ryan Hughes / WFLA-TV: |
A Florida state attorney files 30 felony charges against a 17-year old arrested in Tampa, in connection with the July 15 Twitter hack — TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - A Tampa teenager is in jail, accused of being the “mastermind” behind a hack on the social media website Twitter that caused limited access …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
In an update to the July 15 hack, Twitter says a few employees were targeted in a phone spear phishing attack, and it had since limited access to internal tools — ‘This attack relied on a significant and concerted attempt to mislead certain employees’ — Twitter provided an update …
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| Joseph Cox / VICE: |
DOJ announces charges against two other suspects in the Twitter hack, including a 19-year-old in UK and a 22-year-old in Orlando, Florida — The arrest comes after hackers hijacked some of the most high profile accounts on the social network by leveraging an internal Twitter tool. — Joseph Cox
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| Financial Times: |
Sources: Nvidia in talks to buy Arm in a cash-and-stock deal that would value it at more than the $32B SoftBank paid to buy the UK chip designer in 2016 — US chipmaker seeks cash-and-stock purchase of UK chip designer from its Japanese owner — US chip company Nvidia is in talks to buy …
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Tweets: @tomwarren, @pauldix, @arashmassoudi, @geoffblaber, @marco_peereboom, @dylan522p, @mattlynley, @ldignan, @varunkrish, @ruskin147, @fletch_sc, @anshelsag, and @lionelbarber
| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook confirms it will begin rolling out official music videos across its platform in the US, and introduce a new Music destination within Facebook Watch — Facebook today confirmed it will begin rolling out official music videos across its platform in the U.S., as TechCrunch first reported …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Apple surpasses Saudi Aramco to become the world's most valuable company after its shares closed up 10.47%, giving it a market valuation of $1.84T — - Apple is now the world's most valuable company. — It surpassed Saudi Aramco. — Apple's strong fiscal third quarter earnings, released Thursday, boosted its stock.| Caitlin Dewey / OneZero : |
A look at the “hustle economy”, where unemployed teachers, cooks, and dancers are turning to Patreon, Twitch, and OnlyFans to monetize their digital offerings — Unemployed teachers, cooks, dancers are turning to Patreon, Twitch, and OnlyFans — e have nothing to sell besides physical touch.
Tweets: @wmmna, @ubi_works, @ibogost, @ozm, @30_helens, @bijanstephen, @gretchenamcc, and @steverousseau
| Julia Alexander / The Verge: |
Netflix is rolling out playback speed controls of up to 0.5x slower or 1.5x faster on Android devices and is set to begin testing the option for iOS — Stream up to 0.5 times slower or 1.5 times faster — Netflix is letting people choose the speed at which they want to watch something …
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Tweets: @tsuvik, @sepinwall, @arthoescinema, @martinsfp, @judyberman, @nicalexiac, @bytowne, @jmrivera02, and @robtrench
| Megan Graham / CNBC: |
Pinterest closes up 36% after reporting Q2 revenue of $272M, up 4% YoY, and global MAUs of 416M, up 39% YoY — - Pinterest shares closed up 36.13% on Friday. — The company reported earnings before the bell on Friday. It saw total revenue of $272 million, an increase of 4% year-over-year …
Tweets: @elizluke, @vixbuyer, and @megancgraham
| Dave Burke / The Keyword: |
Google updates its Exposure Notification API with interoperability between countries, ability for apps to work without turning on location in Android 11, more — In May, we partnered with Apple to launch the Exposure Notifications System (ENS) and made it available to public health authorities around …
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| Sean Keane / CNET: |
Canalys, Counterpoint, and IDC agree that Huawei shipped more smartphones than any other vendor in Q2, surpassing Samsung and pushing Apple to third place — Samsung and Apple held the top spot for years, but Canalys Counterpoint and IDC say the coronavirus pandemic gave the Chinese company the edge.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Cyrus Mistry, group product manager for Chrome OS, talks about how and why Windows apps are arriving on Chrome OS via a partnership with Parallels — Google revealed earlier this year that it's planning to support Windows applications on Chromebooks thanks to a partnership with Parallels.
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| Steven Musil / CNET: |
Twitter permanently bans the account of white supremacist David Duke — Duke's Twitter account was “permanently suspended” for violating the company's policy against hateful conduct, a spokesperson for the social network says. — White supremacist David Duke has been permanently banned …
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| Makena Kelly / The Verge: |
Emails from Jeff Bezos and other Amazon employees suggest the acquisition of Ring was for “market position — not technology” — ‘And that market position and momentum is very valuable’ — On Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee held its last hearing as part … Sponsor Posts
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