Trump says he has approved Oracle's bid for the US operations of TikTok “in concept”
- TikTok app store ban put on hold for a week after Trump nod — New TikTok Global to donate $5 billion to education foundation — Donald Trump gave his blessing to Oracle Corp.'s bid …
US delays TikTok ban by a week, as company says Oracle and Walmart may take 20% stake in TikTok Global's pre-IPO round, host US user data and computer systems
Well... that was pointless. — After debasing the idea of free commerce in the U.S in the name of a misplaced security concern …
US judge in California issues a preliminary injunction halting Commerce Department's order banning downloads of WeChat from Sunday
A U.S. judge early Sunday blocked the Commerce Department from requiring Apple and Alphabet's Google to remove Tencent Holding's WeChat for downloads by late Sunday.
ByteDance says that it is not aware of the news that TikTok is setting up a $5B education fund in the US as part of a deal to continue operating in the US
NINGBO, China (Reuters) - TikTok owner Bytedance said in a social media post on Sunday that it was the first time it had heard …
iOS 14 Picture in Picture functionality stops working for YouTube's mobile website in Safari for users who do not subscribe to YouTube Premium
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TikTok asked a court on Friday to block its ban, saying US govt. exceeded its authority, the ban was issued for political reasons, and violates First Amendment
- Company says Trump exceeded his authority with ban order — Video-sharing app surged in popularity, especially with teens
Starting Oct. 1, all new source code repositories on GitHub will be named “main” instead of “master” as part the company's effort to abandon non-inclusive terms
All new Git repositories on GitHub will be named “main” instead of “master” starting October 1, 2020.
Check Point: Iranian hacker group Rampant Kitten, which has been active for 6+ years, has developed an Android malware capable of stealing 2FA SMS codes
the endpoint — then end-to-end encryption doesn't matter, the hacker now owns an end and can see content before anything is encrypted. The public doesn't really understand that and the NYT headline do...
French startup Antaios raises $11M for developing SOT-MRAM that can potentially replace embedded non-volatile memory and SRAM cache in microprocessors and SoCs
Antaios SA (Grenoble, France), a 2017 startup working on spin-orbit-torque (SOT) MRAM has secured US$11 million in funding.
YouTube taught its recommendation system how to recognize and demote conspiratorial videos, but organic link-sharing and bot promotion are thwarting its efforts
From flat-earthers to QAnon to Covid quackery, the video giant is awash in misinformation. Can AI keep the lunatic fringe from going viral?
At Snowflake's IPO price, Sutter Hill Ventures' stake was worth $5.9B, Altimeter Capital's ~$4.4B, ICONIQ Capital's $4B+, Redpoint's $2.6B, and Sequoia's ~$2.5B
Data warehousing company Snowflake went public on Wednesday in the largest software IPO ever, raising nearly $3.4 billion and valuing the company at $33.2 billion. Tweets: @madhavchanchani and @crunch...
Medigate, a provider of IoT and medical device security and asset management, raises $30M Series B led by Partech, bringing its total raised to $50M
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In a new filing, Epic rejects Apple's claim that “interest” in Fortnite declined by 70%, says active players grew 39% between October 2019 and July 2020
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Facebook and Twitter fail to differentiate “coordinated behavior” from standard political campaign practices, leading to unclear and inconsistent moderation
No one knows, not even the policy writers or enforcers. And the ambiguity is exacerbating threats to our electoral process.
Behind the rise of viral earworms on TikTok, whose musical DNA and culture of repetition often leads to the same songs being reused again and again in videos
Gen Z's favorite video app is a blessing in a pandemic. But why does so much of it sound the same? — I downloaded TikTok in April, a month into COVID isolation. Tweets: @brianroemmele , @brianroemm...
A look at teen TikTok stars like “Mooptopia”, who achieved sudden viral fame and found it hard to contend with the devotion and nonstop attention of fans
Teens are making it big overnight, but that kind of fame can be a mixed bag. — A girl sits alone on an ugly couch … Tweets: @mattnavarra , @mikeelgan , @adriennelaf , @justinbrookman , @kait_tiffany...
Companies like IBM and ADP are developing tools to automate decision making, reduce risks and frictions of bringing employees back to the office
Chip Cutter / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @mattk , @wsj , @wsj , and @renan Tweets: Matt / @mattk : Adding another layer of abstraction to enable HR decisions without human blame. Very Brazil https...
LA-based Boosted Commerce, which is building a portfolio of e-commerce brands, raises $87M and announces the acquisition of six Amazon fulfillment companies
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Sweden-based Joint Health raises $23M Series B for its app that connects patients with chronic hip and knee pain with physical therapists
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Apple's subscription bundle Apple One will greatly help TV+ by keeping subscriber metrics high as the service grows, following a strategy similar to Prime Video
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.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.