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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Trump says he is fine with the idea of Microsoft buying TikTok in US, but the US government should be paid a “substantial amount of money” as part of the deal — Today the President appeared to bless the budding Microsoft-TikTok deal, continuing his evolution on a possible transaction.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Google announces the $349 Pixel 4A, available for pre-order on August 20, $499 Pixel 4A 5G, and Pixel 5, coming later in fall — If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. — Google is officially announcing three Pixel phones today.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Pixel 4A review: for $349, it sports 128GB storage, decent battery life, 5.8" 1080p screen, and a flagship-tier camera, great at photos but mediocre for video — Stripped to just the phone essentials, but it gets them right — If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission.
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Google says it will invest $450M in smart home security company ADT, which will sell and install Nest smart home products, for a 6.6% stake — Google is investing $450 million in ADT to acquire a 6.6% stake in the Florida-headquartered firm that provides security and smart home solutions, the two said today.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google announces partnerships with six more banks to offer digital checking and savings accounts to Google Pay users in the US, starting next year — Google is expanding its plans to offer digital banking services in the U.S. The company announced today it's partnering with half a dozen …
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| Jack Stubbs / @jc_stubbs: |
[Thread] A look at the correspondence between a hacked US travel management firm, CWT, and the ransomware attackers, who were paid $4.5M in BTC to decrypt files — An interesting thing happened on the internet with week. U.S. travel management firm was hit with Ragnar Locker ransomware. The company agreed to pay and handed over $4.5 mln in bitcoin https://www.reuters.com/... https://twitter.com/...
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Snap says it's working on a feature that will let users set their Snaps to music, similar to TikTok's app, coming to English-language markets this fall — Snapchat is taking aim at TikTok. The company announced today it will begin testing a new feature that lets Snapchat users set their Snaps to music, similar to TikTok's app.
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| Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: |
Take-Two Interactive beat expectations in fiscal Q1 with revenue of $831.3M, up 54% YoY, despite not launching any new games during the quarter — Take-Two Interactive reported today that revenue for its first fiscal quarter (the second calendar quarter) ended June 30 rose 54% from a year ago …
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| Alexander Martin / Sky News: |
Sources: after suffering a cyberattack that led to service outages, Garmin paid a “multi-million dollar” ransom to hackers using an intermediary called Arete IR — The smartwatch maker had been targeted by ransomware which some researchers believe is created by sanctioned criminals.| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Another video making Nancy Pelosi seem drunk goes viral; YouTube, Twitter removed versions of it, while Facebook, where it has 2M+ views, adds fact-check label — New York (CNN)Facebook's fact-checkers on Sunday labeled as “partly false” a video that it said was manipulated to make it appear …
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Sources: AGs from NY and CA are partnering with the FTC to investigate Amazon's online marketplace, with plans to interview witnesses in coming weeks — - New York is said to be teaming up with California AG and FTC — Jeff Bezos last week testified before a House antitrust panel| Paayal Zaveri / Business Insider: |
Zoom will halt direct sales to consumers in mainland China, only offering its tech via third-party partners starting Aug. 23 amid scrutiny over privacy concerns — Foto: AP Photo/Mark Lennihan Zoom CEO Eric Yuan. — Zoom is halting direct sales of its video conferencing products …
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