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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
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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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Pixel 4a review: for $349, it sports 128GB storage, decent battery life, 5.8" 1080p screen, and a flagship-tier camera, great at photos but mediocre for video — Stripped to just the phone essentials, but it gets them right — If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.
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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 … | 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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| 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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| 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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Tweets: @joshconstine, @ataussig, @omid, and @lanceulanoff
| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google says it will invest $450M in smart home security company ADT, which will sell and install Nest smart home products, for a 6.6% stake — Google is investing $450 million in ADT to acquire a 6.6% stake in the Florida-headquartered firm that provides security and smart home solutions, the two said today.
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The Keyword, Protocol, Wall Street Journal, Mashable, Stacey on IoT, ADT Inc., CNET, Ars Technica, IT Management, Neowin, Android Headlines, and Input
Tweets: @random_walker, @jathansadowski, @moonalice, @markhurst, @jank0, @pinboard, @smarty, @swodinsky, @sivavaid, and @dcseifert
| 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
| 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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