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| Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
In a letter to staff, ByteDance founder and CEO Zhang Yiming says a forced sale of TikTok to a US buyer is “unreasonable” and the real goal of the US is a ban — - U.S. doesn't really want to see a sale to American buyers — Founder Zhang Yiming issues second letter in two days
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
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| Apple: |
Greg Joswiak will replace Phil Schiller as SVP of Worldwide Marketing; Schiller becomes an Apple Fellow and will continue to lead the App Store and Apple Events — Greg Joswiak joins Apple executive team as senior vice president of Worldwide Marketing — Cupertino, California …
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| TechCrunch: |
Anthony Levandowski, ex-Uber self-driving head, was sentenced to 18 months in prison as Levandowski files a new lawsuit against Waymo and Uber — Maverick self-driving car engineer will not need to report until threat of COVID-19 pandemic has passed — Anthony Levandowski …
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| Anthony Ha / TechCrunch: |
Disney says Disney+ has grown to 60.5M subscribers, up from 54M in May, says it has 100M+ paid subs for streaming services including Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+ — Disney+ had more than 60.5 million paying subscribers as of yesterday, according to The Walt Disney Company's CEO Bob Chapek.
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| Ron Amadeo / Ars Technica: |
Google says Google Play Music shutdown starts this month, global streaming will shut down in October, and music collections will be deleted in December — August begins the four-month Google Music shutdown. — Google Play Music has been given the death sentence by Google …
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| Kate Clark / The Information: |
HeadSpin to return ~$95M to investors and has replaced its CEO after an internal review of financial irregularities; its valuation now down from $1.16B to $250M — HeadSpin, a mobile app testing company recently valued at $1.16 billion, plans to return up to $95 million in funding to investors …
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| Bill Kisliuk / UCLA: |
UCLA and Apple launch a study to see whether iPhones, Watches, and Beddit sleep monitors can help in understanding how daily routines impact depression symptoms — Researchers from the Depression Grand Challenge collaborate with Apple — Researchers from the Depression Grand Challenge collaborate with Apple
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| Bloomberg: |
Square reports Q2 total net revenue of $1.92B, up 64% YoY, with Cash App generating $875M in bitcoin revenue, gross profit up 167% YoY; stock up 11% after hours — - Online payment volume jumped more than 50% year over year — Square's Cash App has more than 30 million monthly customers| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google launches Nearby Share on Android, an AirDrop-style tool, rolling out to Pixel and Samsung devices; support for Chromebooks will arrive in coming months — It only took Google nine years to catch up to AirDrop — It will finally be slightly easier to share files, images, links, and other content between Android devices.
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| The Verge: |
What to expect from Samsung on Wednesday: Galaxy Note 20, new Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Buds Live earbuds, Tab S7 and S7 Plus, and possibly a sequel to Galaxy Fold — We might also see a sequel to the beleaguered Galaxy Fold — Samsung's next big product launch is right around the corner …
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| Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Profile of Mohamed Al-Sharifi, aka GamerDoc, a volunteer who has spent two years hunting cheaters in Overwatch and Valorant, getting ~50K-70K cheaters banned — This 24-year-old Iraqi who lives in London has spent two years hunting cheaters in Overwatch and Valorant, getting thousands …
Tweets: @jason_koebler, @lorenzofb, @vice, @josephfcox, @motherboard, @motherboard, @josephfcox, and @motherboard
| European Commission: |
The European Commission opens an in-depth investigation into Google's proposed acquisition of Fitbit over concerns about vast amounts of data Google could use — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to assess the proposed acquisition of Fitbit by Google under the EU Merger Regulation.
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| Ben Thompson / Stratechery: |
Analysis of the questions asked by Democrats and Republicans during the House antitrust hearing and what it reveals about their partisan priorities — The only thing more predictable than members of Congress using hearings to make statements instead of ask questions, and when they do ask questions … | Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
Twilio announces Q2 revenue of $400.8M, up 46% YoY, and reports 200K+ active customer accounts, up from 161K+ in Q2 2019 — Twilio's non-GAAP earnings rang up to 9 cents a share on revenue of $400.8 million, up 46% year over year. — Cloud-based communications provider Twilio reported better …
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| Financial Times: |
Chinese investments into India's tech startups are showing signs of drying up amid geopolitical tensions, opening the door to US investors to fill the void — As political tensions dominate India's relations with China, US companies see an opportunity — Just days after 20 Indian soldiers …
Tweets: @prasannavishy, @amykazmin, @johnthornhillft, @sub8u, and @financialtimes
| Jason Parham / Wired: |
Interviews with 29 Black TikTok creators highlight issues of muted posts, in-app harassment, and incidents of racism, even as users lionize Black culture — On the app, users drape themselves in the trappings of Black culture—and steal the viral spotlight. It's exploitation at its most refined and disturbing.
Tweets: @nonlinearnotes, @rashadrobinson, @nicolelzhu, @a_greenberg, @ischafer, and @caitlin__kelly
| Marty Swant / Forbes: |
MikMak, whose SaaS lets brands unify their digital storefront across online retailers, raises $10M Series A led by Wavecrest Growth Partners — A year before the phrase “social distancing” entered society's vernacular, Rachel Tipograph—the founder of the e-commerce marketing startup MikMak … | Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Activision Blizzard reports Q2 revenue of $1.93B, up 38% YoY, vs. est. $1.69B, and each of its titles had better-than-expected results amid the pandemic — Activision Blizzard reported earnings today that beat expectations as the company saw a surge for its Call of Duty games because people are staying inside due to the pandemic.
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