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Sources: TikTok has chosen a buyer for its US, New Zealand, and Australian businesses, expected to be for $20B-$30B, and could announce as soon as Tuesday — - TikTok has chosen a bidder for its U.S., New Zealand and Australian businesses and could announce the deal as soon as Tuesday.
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Survey of 1,349 US adults finds 40% support Trump's threatened ban on TikTok if a US buyer cannot be found, with responses split along party lines — WASHINGTON/ NEW YORK (Reuters) - Forty percent of Americans back President Donald Trump's threat to ban videosharing app TikTok if it is not sold …
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Netflix says it is offering free access to select original content for non-subscribers, on Android and web, with a 30-second skippable ad for Netflix — Available on Android and computer browsers globally. — Snapchat — HIGHLIGHTS — Netflix is offering limited free access …
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| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
Researcher finds a macOS adware campaign using malware notarized by Apple; after being notified, Apple shut it down, but then another notarized variant emerged — The ubiquitous Shlayer adware has picked up a new trick, slipping past Cupertino's “notarization” defenses for the first time.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple says App Store policy changes, including not delaying bug fix updates over guideline violations and letting developers challenge guidelines, are now live — Back in June at WWDC, Apple announced several changes to its handling of App Store review, noting that it would in most cases … | Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
FAA says it has given Amazon permission to operate its Prime Air delivery drones; Amazon began testing the fleet in 2013, aiming to make deliveries in 30 mins — - Amazon on Monday received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate its fleet of Prime Air delivery drones.
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| Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: |
Source: Coinbase is exploring the use of blockchain-based tokens as part of its IPO; waiting for regulatory approval may push its IPO announcement to mid-2021 — Coinbase announced on Monday that prominent venture capitalist Marc Andreessen is joining its board, alongside Gokul Rajaram …
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Facebook announces a research project into its impact on the 2020 election, with two dozen staffers working alongside 17 independent researchers — Facebook is teaming up with academics across the country to determine once and for all whether Facebook is in fact influencing the 2020 election.| Sam Byford / The Verge: |
Google Images now lets users search for photos by licensing type and adds a Licensable badge on images linking to licensing requirements and where to buy rights — Google says it'll help users find images more “responsibly” — Google is rolling out an update to Google Images designed … | Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
Employees at equity management service Carta, most of them women, say they were belittled, excluded from meetings, and punished if they voiced their concerns — Current and former workers at Carta, a hot Silicon Valley fintech company, said they were belittled, excluded and punished if they spoke up.
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| Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
Zoom reports Q2 revenue of $663.5M, up 355% YoY, ~370K customers with 10+ employees, up 458% YoY, and net income of $186M, up from $5.5M YoY; stock jumps 16%+ — - Zoom raised its fiscal-year guidance, easily exceeding analysts' estimates. — The company made executive and board appointments in the quarter as usage soared.
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Lenovo announces a new flagship laptop line, the Yoga 9: convertible 14" and 15" Yoga 9i starts at $1,399, while non-convertible Yoga Slim 9i starts at $1,599 — A slim device with a leather cover — Lenovo has announced a new flagship consumer laptop line, the Yoga 9 series.
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Sources: SEC, FINRA are probing Robinhood's handling of March outage; in H1 2020, FTC received over 3x more complaints about Robinhood than rivals like Schwab — - Agencies flooded with complaints; SEC examining March outage — Robinhood Markets has catapulted ahead of its online brokerage rivals …
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KKR says it is selling Epicor to another PE firm, CD&R, in a $4.7B deal; Austin-based Epicor sells back-office software to manufacturing and retail companies — Company will pass into its third set of private equity hands in less than a decade — The private equity firm Clayton … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 732G, a “follow-on” to the Pixel 4a's 730G chip that launched in April 2019, with a claimed 15% improvement in graphics rendering — The Snapdragon 730G got a high-profile launch with the Pixel 4a earlier this month.
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| Monica Chin / The Verge: |
Google launches Kids Space, a mode for Android tablets with kid-friendly features and content as well as parental controls, coming first to Lenovo's new tablets — It's coming to Lenovo tablets first — Google has announced Kids Space, a new mode for Android tablets that includes kid-friendly features …
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