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Trump says he is fine with the idea of Microsoft buying TikTok in US, but the US government should be paid a “substantial amount of money” as part of the deal — Today the President appeared to bless the budding Microsoft-TikTok deal, continuing his evolution on a possible transaction.
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| Wall Street Journal: |
With a TikTok sale, China would lose control of its first global internet sensation, hardening the suspicions inside China that 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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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google announces the $349 Pixel 4a, available on August 20 with preorders open now, $499 Pixel 4a 5G, and Pixel 5, coming later this fall — Google is officially announcing three Pixel phones today. First is the $349 Pixel 4A, which is available for preorder now and will ship on August 20th.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitter says FTC may soon fine it between $150M-$250M for using users' email addresses and phone numbers for ad targeting; practice was disclosed in Oct. 2019 — Twitter said the identifiers were ‘inadvertently’ used for advertising — Twitter said that the Federal Trade Commission …
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Take-Two Interactive beat expectations in fiscal Q1 with revenue of $831.3M, up 54% YoY, despite not launching any new games during the quarter — Take-Two Interactive reported today that revenue for its first fiscal quarter (the second calendar quarter) ended June 30 rose 54% from a year ago …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google announces partnerships with six more banks to offer digital checking and savings accounts to Google Pay users in the US, starting next year — Google is expanding its plans to offer digital banking services in the U.S. The company announced today it's partnering with half a dozen … | Jack Stubbs / @jc_stubbs: |
[Thread] A look at the correspondence between a hacked US travel management firm, CWT, and the ransomware attackers, who were paid $4.5M in BTC to decrypt files — An interesting thing happened on the internet with week. U.S. travel management firm was hit with Ragnar Locker ransomware. The company agreed to pay and handed over $4.5 mln in bitcoin https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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| Axios: |
During the pandemic, users are increasingly turning to charts, infographics, and headlines on Instagram, benefiting accounts that post text-based info — Instagram is in the midst of a transformation — what was once the place to share photos of food and social outings is quickly becoming a hub for information and advocacy.
Tweets: @nrothschild3 and @sarafischer
| Bloomberg: |
YouTube says the number of creators who no longer rely on ads for the majority of their earnings grew 40% between January and May — Two days before his first trip abroad since the coronavirus pandemic began, Jerry Dyer went live on YouTube to discuss his itinerary.| 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 … | Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Snap says it's working on a feature that will let users set their Snaps to music, similar to TikTok's app, coming to English-language markets this fall — Snapchat is taking aim at TikTok. The company announced today it will begin testing a new feature that lets Snapchat users set their Snaps to music, similar to TikTok's app.
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| David Shepardson / Reuters: |
The FCC will take public comment for 45 days on the Trump administration's petition for new transparency rules on how social media companies moderate content — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission will take public comment for 45 days on a petition filed …
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