Monday, August 3, 2020

Microsoft says it is still talking with Trump about buying TikTok from its Chinese owner

Microsoft says it is still discussing a potential purchase of TikTok, days after President Donald Trump said he would ban the popular short-form video app from operating in the United States.


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Sunday, August 2, 2020

NASA-SpaceX mission: Astronauts prep for splashdown from historic mission, despite tropical storm

SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft — carrying NASA astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley — is slowly maneuvering closer to Earth and preparing for a splashdown later today in the Gulf of Mexico.


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'Death Stranding,' once a PlayStation 4 exclusive game, arrives on PC with bigger and better visuals

"Death Stranding," is a blockbuster video game that was a PlayStation 4 exclusive until just recently. Sony and Kojima Productions have allowed the game to come to PCs in July.


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Saturday, August 1, 2020

It Will Be Very Difficult For Trump To Rush A Vaccine Before The Election, Even If He Tries

“I can’t see how this is done, frankly, before the middle of next year,” said one expert, of a coronavirus vaccine.


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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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