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Oracle confirms it is part of a proposal submitted by ByteDance to the US Treasury to become TikTok's “trusted technology provider” — - Oracle and TikTok share an interest in marketing, but while Oracle pursues business from big companies, TikTok aims for a wide scale among consumers.
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| Alex Sherman / CNBC: |
Sources: Oracle and Walmart are still pursuing a stake in TikTok US, as ByteDance banks on Trump backing off requiring a full sale of TikTok US to avoid a ban — - TikTok is banking on President Trump backing off comments that a full sale of U.S. operations is needed to avoid an American ban.
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Internal memo from a fired Facebook data scientist shows how large amounts of inauthentic bot activity has boosted many countries' leaders and FB is slow to act — Facebook ignored or was slow to act on evidence that fake accounts on its platform have been undermining elections …
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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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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Kuo: the 5.4" iPhone 12 will feature a narrower notch but none of the iPhone 12 models will have a 120hz display; iPad Air will feature Touch ID in side button — Ahead of tomorrow's Apple event, reliable analyst Ming-Chi Kuo is out with a new investor note highlighting his expectations for the remainder of 2020.
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| BBC: |
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 Jaffe / YouTube Blog: |
YouTube says it is launching an early beta of YouTube Shorts, a 15-second video feature, in India — - By Chris Jaffe VP of Product Management Sep.14.2020 … YouTube has always been a place to be entertained — from your favorite dance trends, like Evolution of Dance, Roller Skate Dances …
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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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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Google announces it will unveil the Pixel 5 as well as a new smart speaker and Chromecast on September 30 — 5G versions of the Pixel 5 and Pixel 4A are on the way — Google is planning to launch its Pixel 5 smartphone, a new Chromecast, and a new smart speaker later this month.
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| Sansec: |
Over the weekend, almost two thousand online stores running Magento 1 were hacked, likely using a zero-day exploit that was up for sale for $5K a few weeks ago — Over the weekend, almost two thousand Magento 1 stores across the world have been hacked in the largest automated campaign to date.
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| 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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| Rick Smith / WRAL TechWire: |
US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission finds that IBM discriminated against older workers when making thousands of layoffs between 2013 and 2018 — RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK - Tech giant IBM discriminated against older workers when making thousands of layoffs between 2013 and 2018 … | Bijan Stephen / The Verge: |
Facebook Gaming says it will allow partnered streamers to play some copyrighted music in the background of their live streams — It's a big deal! — Today, Facebook Gaming is set to allow its partnered streamers to play copyrighted, popular music in the background of their live streams … | Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
In an updated S-1 filing, Snowflake raises its expected IPO price by around 30% which would value the company between $27.7B-$30.5B compared to $20.9B-$23.7B — - Snowflake raised its estimated IPO price by around 30% in a new S-1 filing Monday. — Snowflake now expects to IPO … | Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
CISA: hacking groups linked to China's Ministry of State Security have exploited F5, Citrix, Pulse Secure, and Microsoft Exchange bugs to hack US gov't networks — CISA says attacks have started a year ago and some have been successful. — The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency …
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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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| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
GoodRx, a US online drug coupon and price comparison site, says in amended S-1 it offered founders ~$500M in stock, raised $100M from Silver Lake ahead of IPO — GoodRx is a rare breed of modern tech IPO: a startup that is actually profitable and heading to the public markets.| Riley de León / CNBC: |
Swedish online payments startup Klarna raises $650M led by Silver Lake Partners, valuing the company at $10.6B — - Klarna nearly doubled its prior valuation in the new $650 million round, led by Silver Lake Partners, from $5.5 billion to $10.6 billion. — Known for its “buy now …
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