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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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| New York Times: |
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.
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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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| 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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| 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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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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| 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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| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
In a bid to lure fast-growing startups, Microsoft and Amazon are striking cloud services deals with a promise to help sell the companies' services — Cloud-computing giants try to hook small companies; 'If you're a startup, having a big brother doesn't hurt'| 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.| 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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| 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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| 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.Sponsor Posts
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