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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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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| 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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President Trump told reporters on Friday that he will act soon 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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| 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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Facebook complies with an order by the Brazil's Supreme Court to block the accounts of a dozen top allies of President Bolsonaro, says it will appeal the order — Facebook has complied with an order by Brazil's Supreme Court to block the accounts of a dozen top allies of far-right President Jair Bolsonaro.| Elaine Low / Variety: |
Profile of Netflix's Bela Bajaria, who is leading the company's content growth outside of the US as its VP of local language originals — She relished the development process and reading the latest drafts of scripts, which she calls the most formative part of her early Hollywood education.| Spencer Hsu / Washington Post: |
Officials say the Trump admin is withholding $20M approved by Congress for the Open Technology Fund, forcing the fund to halt 49 of 60 internet freedom projects — The Trump administration is withholding $20 million in funding approved by Congress for a U.S. Internet freedom organization …
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| New York Times: |
Ad analytics platform Pathmatics: Facebook's top 100 advertisers spent $221.4M from July 1 through July 29, down 12% YoY from the $251.4M they spent in 2019 — Major advertisers on Facebook reduced their spending by millions of dollars in July, but not enough to significantly damage the platform's revenue.| 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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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based Everphone, which sells a “mobile as a service” device rental package to businesses, raises ~$40M Series B led by Signals Venture Capital — The latest startup to see an uplift in inbound interest flowing from the remote work boom triggered by the coronavirus pandemic …
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