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Source: Oracle has won the bidding for the US operations of TikTok as a “trusted tech partner”; the deal will likely not be structured as an outright sale — Deal, which is likely not to be structured as an outright sale, will face White House review
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Microsoft says ByteDance has rejected its offer to take over TikTok's US operations, leaving Oracle as the only other known bidder — The move leaves Oracle as the sole known remaining bidder, as the clock ticks down on President Trump's executive order to block the app.| South China Morning Post: |
Source: ByteDance notified US authorities and potential bidders for TikTok US operations that it will not sell or transfer TikTok's recommendation algorithm — Chinese tech company decides not to sell or transfer code behind the popular video-sharing app, source says Decision comes …
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| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Nvidia to buy Arm from SoftBank in a $40B deal, saying it will keep Arm's HQ in UK, expand R&D facilities there, and keep Arm's open licensing business model — - Acquirer pledges to keep Arm independent to retain customers — Nvidia to build AI research facility at Arm's U.K. location
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| Patrick Moorhead / Forbes: |
Analysis of Nvidia's purchase of Arm, which will impact nearly every chip market segment, with statements from NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Arm CEO Simon Segars — I talked today with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Arm CEO Simon Segars on the largest and what I consider the most important semiconductor acquisition- ever.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources detail Apple's Tuesday event: Apple Watch Series 6 with faster CPU and blood oxygen meter, new mid-tier iPad Air, and no new iPhones — - Company to debut new Apple Watches and iPad Air on Tuesday — Smaller HomePod, headphones in the works; iPhones coming later
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook introduces Watch Together for Messenger, letting up to eight people in a mobile chat or 50 people in a Room watch videos together — Facebook today is rolling out a new feature that will allow friends and family to watch videos together over Messenger.
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Leaked promotional videos show Oculus Quest 2 powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon XR2 with an “almost 4K display”, 6GB RAM, up to 256GB storage, and 3D audio — A full launch of the headset is rumored for later this week — The Oculus Quest 2 VR headset has leaked in full via …
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Google says its carbon footprint is now zero, after becoming carbon neutral in 2007, and aims to run all data centers and offices on carbon-free energy by 2030 — Google says it has wiped out its entire carbon footprint by investing in “high-quality carbon offsets”.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
US Customs seized a shipment of OnePlus Buds thinking they were counterfeit Apple AirPods — Well this is awkward — In a truly bizarre situation that I'm still trying to wrap my head around, US Customs and Border Protection tonight tweeted that its officers had “recently seized 2,000 …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Red Ventures says it has agreed to buy CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500M in a deal expected to close in Q4 2020 — ViacomCBS is offloading CNET Media Group in a $500 million deal with digital-marketing company Red Ventures, which announced the deal Monday.| Drew FitzGerald / Wall Street Journal: |
Verizon says it has agreed to buy prepaid wireless reseller TracFone for up to $7B in cash and stock — Move would bring about 21 million prepaid cellphone customers to the biggest U.S. wireless operator — Verizon Communications Inc. said it has agreed to buy prepaid wireless reseller TracFone … | Bloomberg: |
Sources: Alibaba is in talks to invest $3B in Grab, with part of the funds potentially being used to buy some of the Grab stock held by Uber — - Part of the capital may be used to buy Grab stock from Uber — Alibaba will be the sole investor in the funding round| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Low-code database service Airtable raises $185M Series D at $2.58B post-money valuation and launches Airtable Apps, a JavaScript-based no-code development tool — The spreadsheet-centric database and no-code platform Airtable today announced that it has raised a $185 million Series D funding round …
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