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Trump says he would not approve a TikTok deal unless ByteDance ceded its control, after ByteDance said it would retain an 80% stake — President Trump on Monday said that he would not approve a deal for TikTok if its Chinese owner did not fully sell its interest in the product …
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ByteDance asserts it will maintain majority ownership and control over TikTok Global and will not transfer source code or technology to Oracle and Walmart — ByteDance contradicts claims by Donald Trump, Oracle and Walmart as both sides seek to spin deal — Two days after the White House gave …
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| Bloomberg: |
Microsoft says it will honor Bethesda's currently announced PS5 exclusives but will assess bringing future games to “other consoles on a case by case basis” — - Purchase is Microsoft's most-expensive video-game deal ever — Microsoft needs game titles after delay of Halo Infinite
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Microsoft says it will acquire ZeniMax Media and its game publisher Bethesda Softworks for $7.5B in cash; Bethesda develops Fallout, DOOM, Quake, and others — Iconic games portfolio, publishing expertise, and world-class talent accelerates growth in Microsoft's Gaming business
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Sources: Quibi is exploring several strategic options including a possible sale, raising more money, or going public through a merger with a SPAC — Startup founded by Hollywood mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg has struggled to attract subscribers since launching in April
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Facebook says it will let people claim ownership of images and issue takedown requests across Facebook and Instagram, starting with select partners — The days of reposting images on Instagram might be over — Facebook is going to let people take more control over the images they own and where they end up.
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| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Amazon says Echo and Tile devices will become Bluetooth bridges for Sidewalk, its low-bandwidth, long-range wireless protocol, later this year — Last year, Amazon announced its Sidewalk network, a new low-bandwidth, long-distance wireless protocol it developed to help connect smart devices inside and …
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Filing: Facebook says it may be pushed to exit the EU market due to last month's preliminary order from Ireland's DPC that prohibits sending EU user data to US — European regulators are cracking down on Facebook's ability to transfer data across the Atlantic.
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Facebook estimates it has helped 2.5M people register to vote so far, up from 2M people in 2016 and 2018, as it pushes to register 4M people — The company's goal is to help 4 million people register to vote — Facebook estimates it has helped 2.5 million people register to vote …
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| Danny Crichton / TechCrunch: |
As the TikTok deal and Huawei imbroglio show, US is no longer on the leading edge of technology in many key strategic markets, and is falling further behind — It used to be “easy” to tell the American and Chinese economies apart. One was innovative, one made clones.
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Interviews with 36+ experts, insiders, and researchers: Facebook, Google, Lime, Zoom, and others fail to assess the risks of new products, focusing on profits — ne spring day in 2014, Susan Benesch arrived at Facebook's headquarters in Menlo Park and was ushered into a glass-walled conference room.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Mixpanel says that iOS 14 adoption has hit ~26% five days after its release, seemingly outpacing iOS 13, which hit ~20% adoption one week after release — Five days after Apple released iOS 14, adoption of the software update has reached approximately 26 percent of active iPhone, iPad …
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