Saturday, August 1, 2020

Trump's TikTok ban could make Big Tech even more dominant

On Wednesday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pushed back against claims that his company is too dominant by name dropping a list of his competitors. Almost all of the ones he cited were other Big Tech companies whose CEOs were appearing virtually beside him at that very moment in a high-profile antitrust hearing.


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CNN's John Zarrella reports the Everglades' problem with python invaders may be worse than imagined.


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'Everyone is going cray cray': TikTok users freak out over possible US ban

Late Friday night, a social platform best known for coordinated dance routines and funny videos turned somber. TikTok users across the US began livestreaming and posting videos in tribute to what they feared was the end of TikTok, the short-form video app they've come to love and depend on.


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NASA-SpaceX mission: Astronauts prepare to board Crew Dragon from the ISS



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Trump Said He Plans To Ban TikTok From The US

Trump has been threatening to ban the popular Chinese-owned video-sharing app citing national security concerns that the company could be misusing American consumer information.


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Taiwan could become the next flashpoint in the global tech war

The world is becoming increasingly dependent on a Taiwanese company for the most advanced semiconductors, after a stumble by rival Intel. But TSMC is trying to pull-off a high-wire act by keeping both China and the United States happy at a time of rapidly escalating geopolitical tensions.


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Friday, July 31, 2020

Florida teen arrested in Twitter hack that hit Biden and Obama

A teenager in Tampa was charged Friday for his alleged involvement in a massive Twitter hack earlier this month that took over the accounts of prominent users like Joe Biden, Bill Gates and Elon Musk and used them to promote a bitcoin scam.


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Trump expected to order China's Bytedance to sell TikTok's US operations

People working on the issue within the Trump administration expect the President will sign an order to force Chinese company ByteDance to sell the US operations of TikTok, its popular short-form video app, according to a person familiar with the matter.


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Twitch is aiming to build an esports league specifically for Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Streaming giant Twitch is partnering with Cxmmunity -- an Atlanta-based non-profit focused on increasing minority participation in esports and the gaming industry -- to offer the first-ever esports leagues geared specifically for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU).


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David Duke has been banned from Twitter

Twitter permanently banned the account of former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke on Thursday night, after multiple violations of the company's hateful conduct policy.


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