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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
Samsung starts mass production of 16GB LPDDR5 DRAM using extreme ultraviolet lithography, says the process clears a “major developmental hurdle” in scaling RAM
Samsung is fond of bragging about its progress on memory chips, but this is one time where it made a particularly notable breakthrough.
Lenovo unveils two new tablets: $130 Smart Tab M10, shipping in October, and $499 Tab P11 Pro, shipping in November, both with Android 10
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Mexican cartel hitmen seem to have adopted the use of bomb-laden drones in assassinations, following the tactic's proliferation on Iraqi and Syrian battlefields
Mexico's drug cartels are notoriously well armed and equipped, with some possessing very heavy weaponry, including armored gun trucks sporting heavy machine guns.
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 …
Internal postings show Ankhi Das, a top Facebook exec in India, supported “strongman” Modi's party before he was elected in 2014 and disparaged its main rival
and never spoke up about blatant election misconduct on the platform. This is FB India, but it matters here, too. https://www.wsj.com/... Sheera Frenkel / @sheeraf : Reminder: What happens with Facebo...
Report: black market for stolen game logins generates $1B annually, with logins for Fortnite, Roblox, Minecraft, and RuneScape accounting for ~$700M in sales
Stealing Your Skins Evan Sully / Business Insider : Stolen Fortnite accounts are being sold on the black market for hundreds of dollars Tweets: Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u : There's always a market. “Te...
Tesla releases new software update to visually detect speed limit signs and more
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How the startup Farmers Business Network is trying to disrupt the largely brick-and-mortar $40B US farm supply business, while agri giants refuse to play along
Jacob Bunge / Wall Street Journal :
Kymeta raises $85M led by Bill Gates as it prepares to launch a flat panel antenna for cellular and satellite broadband connections
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Dealroom: VC investment in farm automation startups is up 40% year-to-date, amid a shortage of agricultural workers during the pandemic
Emiko Terazono / Financial Times : Tweets: @sub8u , @smallrobotco , @dealroomco , and @sonaliranade Tweets: Subrahmanyam Kvj / @sub8u : Constant shortage of workers coupled with the pandemic are boos...
Profile of Frank Slootman, hired 16 months ago as the CEO of cloud database company Snowflake, as he takes his third startup public
Eruditus, which partners with top-tier universities to offer courses globally, raises $113M Series D from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative and others
Alnoor Peermohamed / The Economic Times :
New York-based healthcare analytics company Aetion raises $82M Series B
Alaric DeArment / MedCity News :
Online creators are creating deepfake memes as the technology grows more accessible, and publishing YouTube instructions so others can learn how
Karen Hao / MIT Technology Review : Tweets: @allanwhite , @techreview , @hkanji , @_karenhao , and @martinwaxman Tweets: Allan White / @allanwhite : Manipulation of photos, audio, & video is going to...
As Pages eligible for Facebook's in-stream ads grow, some brands say its brand safety tools lag behind YouTube, as Facebook focuses on increasing ad inventory
Max Willens / Digiday :
Tech IPOs could raise $57B+ this year, the highest since 1999, as Ant Group aims to raise $30B+ in its October IPO in Hong Kong and Shanghai
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
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