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| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
Trump signs an executive order to block all transactions with ByteDance and WeChat starting Sept. 20, just 5 days after Microsoft's deadline to acquire TikTok — Microsoft is currently in talks to acquire the company — President Trump has signed a new executive order …
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Tweets: @samaugustdean, @hunterw, @paulmozur, @alexdobie, @sarahjeong, @sriramk, @nytimes, @nytimesbusiness, @sarthakgh, @arielbogle, @katherineykwu, @cnn, @paulmozur, @ruima, @byyourlogic, @om, @mikeisaac, @annafifield, @ericgarland, @thr, @reckless, @kalhanr, @soonergrunt, @nbcnightlynews, @thetomzone, @panama_tj, @josh_emerson, @briannawu, @yuanfenyang, @mr_berman, @originalspin, @genepark, @goldman, @seldo, @reckless, @evan_greer, @emilydparker, @alexhern, @meghupdates, @aynrandpaulryan, @jbursz, @chandrarsrikant, @doctorjohn_md, @alexhern, @baldingsworld, @fordm, and @thetweetofjohn
| Financial Times: |
As it pursues TikTok, a look at how Microsoft laid roots in China in the 1990s and nurtured China's future tech leaders, including ByteDance's Zhang Yiming — The US tech company hopes its connections will help it navigate storm safely — More than two decades of efforts by Microsoft … | Isobel Asher Hamilton / Business Insider: |
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CNN, CNET, CNBC, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Morning Brew, Fortune, Pandaily, Adweek, BuzzFeed News, equalocean.com, 9to5Mac, and Variety
| Amanda Macias / CNBC: |
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New York Times, Gizmodo, Washington Post, Forbes, Bloomberg, Hollywood Reporter, SC Media, Medium, The Logic, Federal Computer Week, TechSpot, The Diplomat, Fossbytes, The Atlantic, MediaNama, and Fortune. Tweets: @swodinsky
| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Facebook slams Apple's App Store policies, launches Facebook Gaming on iOS without the app's mini games feature to pass the App Store's strict approval policies — Facebook is not happy with the months of rejections it has faced — Facebook is joining Microsoft in condemning Apple's App Store policies today.
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App Store, New York Times, MacRumors, iMore, Trusted Reviews, Variety, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Windows Central, Android Authority, iPhone in Canada Blog, iPhone Hacks, Neowin, TouchArcade, OnMSFT.com, AppleInsider, Mashable, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @joshconstine, @sandofsky, @alexhern, @privacymatters, @facebookgaming, @facebookgaming, @larsklint, @dhh, @alexhern, @mikeisaac, @joncomms, @ryan_browne_, and @jhthedev
| Nick Statt / The Verge: |
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The Verge, Business Insider Australia, Laptop Mag, Tom's Hardware, Gizmodo, Six Colors, TouchArcade, GamesIndustry.biz, iPhone in Canada Blog, BBC, 9to5Mac, Macworld, Pocket Gamer.biz, O'Grady's PowerPage, Micky, Game Rant, Neowin, WinBuzzer, Silicon Republic, Wccftech, TechPowerUp, Ubergizmo, KnowTechie, XDA Developers, Firstpost Tech, and GameSpot
Tweets: @tomwarren, @gruber, @timsweeneyepic, @macrumors, @vicious696, @jamiemoranuk, @maddox, @kmega4, @willsmith, @parkerortolani, @gruber, @pierce, @tomwarren, @onejarednewman, @mrbadbit, @tomwarren, @artemr, @ronamadeo, @thomasfuchs, @mcwm, @carnage4life, @dmoren, @tekwendell, @andrewmartonik, @samguichelaar, @dhh, @rileytestut, @campuscodi, @stevestreza, and @jcenters
| Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: |
US government contractor Anomaly Six collects and sells location data from hundreds of millions of phones globally via its SDK that is embedded in 500+ apps — Anomaly Six has ties to military, intelligence agencies and draws location data from more than 500 apps with hundreds of millions of users
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Android Authority, iMore, The Mac Observer, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @slpng_giants and @profcarroll
| New York Times: |
Former staff at therapy-by-text app Talkspace say the company provided burner phones to write fake app reviews and doesn't adequately respect client privacy — The therapy-by-text company made burner phones available for fake reviews and doesn't adequately respect client privacy, former employees say.
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OneZero . Tweets: @kashhill, @jilliancyork, @aaschapiro, @hbwhbwhbw, @iwillleavenow, @kashhill, @reedabelson, @kashhill, @marypcbuk, @kashhill, @kashhill, and @kashhill
| Adrianne Jeffries / The Markup: |
Leaked docs: Alphabet trains staff not to use terms like “market”, “barriers to entry”, and “network effects” in written communication to avoid antitrust issues — The Markup obtained internal documents that coach new employees to avoid creating …
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The Verge. Tweets: @matthewstoller, @somospostpc, @sharpshoot, @lucasmtny, @eringriffith, @puiwingtam, @nikillinit, @gartenberg, @demandprogress, @nongaap, @malcolmmoore, @kidkapital, @dhh, @jeffjarvis, and @anshelsag. Thanks:@lutherlowe
| Troy Hunt: |
Troy Hunt says he will be open sourcing the Have I Been Pwned code base — Let me just cut straight to it: I'm going to open source the Have I Been Pwned code base. The decision has been a while coming and it took a failed M&A process to get here, but the code will be turned over to the public …
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Threatpost, BetaNews, Engadget, and TechRadar
Tweets: @troyhunt, @stephenpadams, @campuscodi, and @rohit11
| Sergiu Gatlan / BleepingComputer: |
Qualcomm patches 6 security flaws in a Snapdragon DSP used in most Android phones, which allowed attackers to take over a phone without needing user interaction — Several security vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm's Snapdragon chip Digital Signal Processor (DSP) chip could allow attackers …
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SiliconANGLE, Android Headlines, TechRadar, iPhone in Canada Blog, and CNET. Tweets: @adam_k_levin
| Axios: |
Report: average congressional district now has about 400 high-tech startups employing around 3.4K workers, with average annual wages of ~$79K — The technology sector increasingly underpins the U.S. economy, with signs of its growth becoming more woven into local economies far outside iconic innovation hubs … | Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai / VICE: |
Reddit says it is investigating after hackers deface more than a dozen subreddits, including some with millions of subscribers, to post pro-Trump messages — Hackers took control and defaced several large subreddits to post pro-Trump content. — Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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ZDNet, CNET, Ars Technica, Mashable, The Daily Dot, and Digital Trends
Tweets: @jason_koebler and @shanewatch
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Intel is investigating a leak of 20 GB of documents, some confidential, possibly from an internal source accessing its Resource and Design Center — Leak confirmed to be authentic. Many files are marked “confidential” or “restricted secret.” — US chipmaker Intel is investigating … | Joseph Menn / Reuters: |
Facebook says it removed one of the largest public QAnon conspiracy groups, with ~200K members, after repeated violations of its hate speech and other policies — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook said on Thursday it had removed one of the largest public groups devoted to the QAnon web …
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