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Sources: ByteDance has agreed to divest US operations of TikTok under a proposed new deal with the White House that would see Microsoft take over TikTok in US — NEW YORK (Reuters) - China's ByteDance has agreed to divest the U.S. operations of TikTok completely in a bid to save a deal with the White House …
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President Trump says he will act as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok in the United States — - President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he will act soon to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the United States. — Trump did not specify whether he will act through an executive order …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Microsoft, which was in advanced talks to buy the US operations of TikTok, has paused negotiations after Trump said on Friday that he opposes the deal — Talks aren't believed to be dead, but the companies are trying to get clarity on White House's stance
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| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
Acquiring TikTok would be a big bet for Microsoft in the consumer social media space that could bring content moderation and other regulatory risks — Consumer products have been a minefield for the software giant even as Xbox has succeeded — For Microsoft MSFT .54% Corp. Chief Executive …
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| Michael Schuman / The Atlantic: |
Profile of ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming, his early decision to make TikTok an international platform, and how TikTok's fate rests on US-China relations — Zhang Yiming embodies what the United States wanted China to be. He is the founder and chief executive of a company, ByteDance … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Court documents show how FBI used a leaked copy of the OGUsers forum database, user details from Discord, and data from Coinbase to track down Twitter hackers — A timeline of the Twitter hack composed from court documents published today. — After earlier today US law enforcement charged … | Ryan Hughes / WFLA-TV: |
A Florida state attorney files 30 felony charges against a 17-year old who was 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 …
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| Janko Roettgers / Protocol: |
Q&A: Niantic COO Megan Quinn on plans to open up tech that powers Pokémon Go to other developers, working with Qualcomm on AR reference hardware, and more — Starting a new job during the pandemic can be a challenge. Joining a 600-plus employee startup as a C-level executive …
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| Will Knight / Wired: |
Data from the US Census Bureau on 583,000 businesses in 2018 shows AI adoption is slow: 8.9% use AI in any form, 2.8% use ML, and 2.5% use voice recognition — A big study by the US Census Bureau finds that only about 9 percent of firms employ tools like machine learning or voice recognition—for now.| Bloomberg: |
Tencent offered to buy out and take private NYSE-listed Chinese search giant Sogou for $2.1B; Tencent owns about 39% of Sogou and has majority voting power — - The WeChat operator is bidding $9 per ADS for Sohu's unit — Chinese tech firms are increasingly exploring U.S. delistings
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| Luisa Beltran / Barron's Online: |
Vertex, which provides tax software for companies in more than 19,000 jurisdictions globally, raised $401M in its Nasdaq IPO on Tuesday at a valuation of $3B — Vertex, a tax software company, saw its shares rise Wednesday nearly 29% in its market debut. — Late Tuesday, Vertex raised $401 million … | Mary Jo Foley / ZDNet: |
Microsoft to end support for all third-party Cortana skills on September 7 and drop support for the dedicated Cortana apps on iOS and Android in early 2021 — Microsoft is continuing to focus its Cortana digital assistant on productivity scenarios by phasing out Cortana Skills starting …
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