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Reddit: Technology
- US offers $10 million bounty on hackers meddling in the presidential election
- Facebook Fired An Employee Who Collected Evidence Of Right-Wing Pages Getting Preferential Treatment
- Scientists rename human genes to stop Microsoft Excel from misreading them as dates - Sometimes i…
- Facebook removes troll farm posing as African-American support for Donald Trump
- Employees at Blizzard, maker of 'World of Warcraft' and 'Overwatch,' were reportedly paid so litt…
- Massive 20GB Intel Data Breach Floods the Internet, Mentions Backdoors
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- Facebook took down a Trump post for the first time
- US to Purge ‘Untrusted’ Apps in New Measures Against China
- Afghan all-girls robotics team designs low-cost ventilator to treat coronavirus patients
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- 88% of videos on YouTube generate less than 1,000 views.
- Intel hacked, first wave of stolen chip data released in 20GB dump
- Trump issues order barring U.S. firms from doing business with TikTok's parent company
- Twitter begins labelling ‘state-affiliated media’, including Chinese outlets
- With Wars on China, TikTok, and Twitter, Trump is Trying to Censor the Internet — Like China
- Feds move to block California’s net neutrality law
- Trump Admin Starts Construction on Chinese-Style Great Firewall
- 'I don't care': young TikTokers unfazed by US furor over data collection
- Twitch Now Draws an Audience as Large as Network TV’s Most Popular Shows
- First Federal Right to Repair Bill Wants to Lift Medical Fix Restrictions During COVID-19
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Tech blogs
Techcrunch
- Facebook extends coronavirus work from home policy until July 2021
- Mashroom raises £4M for its ‘end-to-end’ lettings and property management service
- Netflix’s latest effort to make inroads in India: Support for Hindi
- Trump signs orders banning US business with TikTok owner ByteDance and Tencent’s WeChat
- Judge says Uber, Lyft preliminary injunction ruling to come in ‘a matter of days’
- Cadillac reveals Lyriq, its all-electric SUV flagship loaded with luxury and tech
- Google to roll out its digital learning platform to 23 million students and teachers in India’s…
- Daily Crunch: Twitter and Facebook take action against Trump
- Uber’s delivery business is now larger than ride-hailing
- Security bugs let these car hackers remotely control a Mercedes-Benz
Engadget
- The Morning After: Our favorite noise-canceling headphones got an upgrade
- Delayed roguelike 'Spelunky 2' comes to PS4 on September 15th
- TikTok vows to fight White House ban with ‘all remedies available’
- Sony's excellent ANC earbuds are on sale for $170 today
- ‘Control’ DLC trailer teases the return of an old Remedy hero
- 20GB of Intel internal documents were leaked online
- Apple: iOS games need individual review, which blocks cloud gaming apps
- Trump executive order seeks to ban TikTok, WeChat 'transactions' in 45 days
- Cadillac jumps into the EV market with its 'Lyriq' crossover
- Facebook sweep deletes some fake Trump supporters and COVID conspiracies
ZDNet
- Microsoft Office 365 is becoming the core of many businesses. And hackers have noticed
- Cyber insurance: Seven questions you need to consider before buying
- Magecart group uses homoglyph attacks to fool you into visiting malicious websites
- WA government commits AU$8m to build an electronic medical record system
- NSW Police says domestic carriers complying with encryption laws but internationals are not
- LG Uplus sees huge Q2 profit boost
- Donald Trump signs executive orders banning TikTok and WeChat
- NSW government launches new strategy to build smart tech into future infrastructure
- CSIRO using artificial intelligence to map 1.7m Australian grain paddocks
- Lawmakers call for "right to repair" medical equipment during COVID-19 pandemic
Wired Magazine
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- No, Really—These Republicans Are Serious About Big Tech Antitrust
- How Bloomberg's Digital Army Is Still Fighting for Democrats
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- Bill Gates on Covid: Most US Tests Are ‘Completely Garbage’
- Yes, Emissions Have Fallen. That Won't Fix Climate Change
- The Tragic Physics of the Deadly Explosion in Beirut
- Uber’s Now a Food Delivery Company—and It’s Still Losing Money
- Chinese Hackers Have Pillaged Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry
VentureBeat
- Trump bans U.S. transactions with TikTok and WeChat starting September 20
- Hood: Outlaws & Legends is a next-gen gang-versus-gang simulator
- Sony shows off gameplay for Giant Squid’s The Pathless
- Researchers discover evidence of gender bias in major computer vision APIs
- Temtem will bring its Pokémon-inspired MMO to PlayStation 5
- Spelunky 2 launches on September 15
- Hitman III gets PSVR support for first-person assassinations
- Braid: Anniversary Edition will update an indie classic in early 2021
- Researchers say ‘The Whiteness of AI’ in pop culture erases people of color
- Researchers show holographic AR control system for autonomous drones
Gizmodo
- U.S. Issues Bizarre Warning About 'Health Risks' in New Zealand During Covid-19 Pandemic
- Apple Is Denying Consumers Cloud Gaming, Microsoft Claims
- Someone Leaked a Bunch of Confidential Intel Documents
- Shallow Lightning and Mushy Hail: Violent Storms on Jupiter Are Weirder Than We Thought
- Apple's App Store Policies Are Reportedly Keeping Microsoft's Project xCloud off iOS
- Facebook Does Bare Minimum to Temporarily Slow Down Pro-Trump Misinformation PAC
- Researchers Find That Radar Can Be Used to Detect a Nail in a Tire Long Before It Goes Flat
- It Doesn’t Matter Who Owns TikTok
- Cheap Headphones, Power Banks, and More: RAVPower and TaoTronics Deals You Can't Pass Up
- Choice Finally Comes to 5G Laptops as Mediatek Start Making Modems
Techmeme
- Trump signs an executive order to block all transactions with ByteDance and Tencent starting Sept…
- Should Trump's EO ban WeChat from the Chinese App Store, the ramifications would be huge as the a…
- As it pursues TikTok, a look at how Microsoft laid roots in China in the 1990s and nurtured China…
- Sources: at all-hands, Zuckerberg says a ban on TikTok would set “a really bad long-term pr…
- Apple confirms cloud gaming services like xCloud and Stadia violate App Store guidelines and will…
- Staffers ask Zuckerberg what would happen if Trump uses Facebook to dispute the election; some st…
- Intel is investigating a leak of 20 GB of documents, some confidential, possibly from an internal…
- Over the past year, scientists have renamed 27 human genes because Microsoft's Excel misread thei…
- Facebook and YouTube removed a video where Trump claims kids are “virtually immune” t…
- Internal Android development document suggests Google is working on builds for a Pixel 5a, foldab…
The Verge
- TikTok says Trump’s ban attempt shows ‘no adherence to the law’
- Facebook slams Apple’s App Store policies, launches Facebook Gaming on iOS without games
- Microsoft signals renewed interest in Windows with latest reshuffle
- Here’s how to make a claim in the $7.5M Google Plus security flaw settlement
- Trump will prohibit transactions with ByteDance beginning September 20th in apparent TikTok ban
- Microsoft condemns Apple’s App Store policies
- PUBG Mobile now runs at 90fps in the US, but it’s exclusive to OnePlus for a month
- AMC Theaters is learning to embrace the streaming era, not fight it
- T-Mobile isn’t necessarily bigger than AT&T, despite today’s claim
- Cadillac’s electric Lyriq SUV has a massive touchscreen and a range ‘beyond 300 miles’
TNW
- A closer look at the insane 1400hp, 7-motor Ford Mustang Mach-E
- Satoshi Nakaboto: ‘Bitcoin’s market cap now equals Bank of America’s’
- You seem bored — time to switch jobs
- Twitter told users they can limit tweet replies on iOS and Android — they can’t
- How TikTok teens amplified political activism and threatened Trump’s political campaign
- Why my startup is rejecting the ‘new normal’
- Oh, the irony: Trump’s executive order accuses TikTok of spreading COVID-19 misinformation
- Most universities neglect to teach entrepreneurship to science students — it’s time to fix that
- Why ‘human-like’ is a low bar for most AI projects
- Leak: Google could be working on a foldable Pixel phone for 2021
Slashdot
- Frances E. Allen, the First Woman To Win the Turing Award, Dies At 88
- Scientists Spot Space Junk With Lasers In Broad Daylight
- Germany Plans To Dim Lights At Night To Save Insects
- TikTok Ban: Trump Will Prohibit Transactions With ByteDance Beginning September 20
- Lawmakers Ask California DMV How It Makes $50 Million a Year Selling Drivers' Data
- Apple Confirms Cloud Gaming Services Like xCloud and Stadia Violate App Store Guidelines
- FCC Lowers Some Prison Phone Rates After Blaming States For High Prices
- Facebook Removes Trump Post For the First Time
- US Senate Votes To Ban TikTok App On Government Devices
- Twitter Says Security Flaw May Have Exposed Android Users' Direct Messages
ArsTechnica
- Rocket Report: South Korea’s SpaceX dilemma, Rocket Lab finds a quick fix
- Fall Guys review: A perfect amount of cheap, stupid fun with online friends
- More than 20GB of Intel source code and proprietary data dumped online
- Cadillac reveals the Lyriq, its new long-range electric SUV
- Coronavirus clobbers Uber, leading to $1.8 billion quarterly loss
- Updated hurricane-season outlooks: Expect plenty more storms
- FCC lowers some prison phone rates after blaming states for high prices
- Catch up with Final Fantasy VII Remake for a new low of $40 today
- Trump campaign’s false COVID-19 claims taken down by Facebook and Twitter
- Google kills the Pixel 4, making it the shortest-lived Pixel ever
CNET
- → In today's top stories, Nintendo announces financials that easily surpass analysts' expectat…
- → The future of the popular app is up in the air.
- → President Trump said Friday he plans to ban TikTok in the US.
- → Chinese-made apps like TikTok are a "national emergency," the order says.
- → Getting your fans to follow you to another social media app isn't easy.
- → The lawsuit centers on whether Uber and Lyft are violating state law on driver classificatio…
- → The tech giant said in a statement that Apple is "alone" as the only general purpose platfo …
- → The social network is also giving workers an extra $1,000 for home office needs.
- → Twitter also says it won't recommend or amplify such accounts or their tweets.
- → A Spot robot from Boston Dynamics nicknamed "Fluffy" has been put to work digitally scanning…
Flipboard: Tech
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- Shares of Tencent plunge after Trump's executive order on TikTok and WeChat
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- Samsung Galaxy Note 20 Ultra and Google Pixel 4a: Noise Cancelling podcast episode 24
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The Register
- Search for 'things of value' in a bank: Iowa cops allege this bloke broke into one and decided on…
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- That's how we roll: OWC savagely undercuts Apple's $699 Mac Pro wheels with bargain $199 alternative
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- So you've decided you want to write a Windows rootkit. Good thing this chap's just demystified it…
- VMware gets into apps with Bluetooth-pinging COVID-safe-office tools
- I got 99 problems, and all of them are your fault
- Q: What’s big, red and pulses UV light into the cosmos three times a night? A: Mars
- Rejoice! China's smartphone market drops 10% as 5G purchases surge
Medium: Technology
- Why Does Apple Move to ARM and Will it Still Supports Intel Macs？
- Intel’s Troubles in Shrinking Down
- You are not your data but your data is still you
- Wireless chargers are a waste of energy
- TikTok: what’s all the song and dance about?
- The future of innovation, in the hands of the US Congress
- The State of Gaming in the USA and Europe in 2020
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Enters Season 5
- Advertising Stocks Face New, Major Challenge With Apple’s iOS 14
- Under One Roof: What New Tech Means in the Workplace
Vox: Recode
- Jeff Bezos offers a clue to his $10 billion climate change strategy
- Trump issued an executive order effectively banning TikTok if it doesn’t sell in the next 45 days
- Facebook is extending its work-from-home policy until July 2021
- Perhaps months too late, a Covid-19 contact tracing app comes to America
- Facebook took down a Trump post for the first time
- TikTok clone Instagram Reels is just one of the many times Facebook has copied its competitors
- Sen. Ron Wyden helped create the Big Tech industry. Now he wants to hold it accountable.
- Walmart has again delayed the launch of its Amazon Prime competitor Walmart+
- Jeff Merkley and Bernie Sanders have a plan to protect you from facial recognition
ReadWrite
- 10 Unique and Innovative Ways to Use Custom Greeting Cards
- Withings Secures $60 Million to Bridge the Gap Between Consumers and Physicians
- How Strong IT Asset Management Organizes Modern Business
- The Future of Cybersecurity in the Hands of AI
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- 5 Tips to Consider When Planning to Reopen Your Business After COVID-19 Pandemic
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MIT Technology Review
- Software that monitors students during tests perpetuates inequality and violates their privacy
- “Am I going crazy or am I being stalked?” Inside the disturbing online world of gangstalking
- How falling solar costs have renewed clean hydrogen hopes
- The pandemic has changed how criminals hide their cash—and AI tools are trying to sniff it out
- A guide to the TikTokish apps that want to be the next TikTok
- How to cast a wider net for tracking space junk
- SpaceX flew a prototype of its Starship vehicle for the first time
- The UK is dropping an immigration algorithm that critics say is racist
- The hack that could make face recognition think someone else is you
- Novavax has announced encouraging early results for its experimental coronavirus vaccine
BGR
- Amazon has 3M N95 face masks and Purell available for everyone right now, not just hospitals
- Microsoft’s best new Xbox feature won’t work with iPhones or iPads
- This might be the most exciting Pixel rumor of the year
- Astronauts made ‘prank calls’ after returning to Earth
- Photo of iPhone 12 OLED display leaks online
- This chart illustrates why Netflix is the most popular streaming service
- Hubble just made a major breakthrough in the search for alien life
- Coronavirus patients are finding that some symptoms simply aren’t going away
- Scientists invent a new way to track space junk during the day
- How one man spread coronavirus to nearly 100 people
Mainstream media
NYTimes: Tech
- Facebook Gaming Finally Clears Apple Hurdle, Arriving in App Store
- Trump Targets WeChat and TikTok, in Sharp Escalation With China
- Why Influencers Won’t Stop Partying Anytime Soon
- Chat Group Becomes Target of Moscow’s Wrath as Security Crackdown Widens
- Facebook Must Better Police Online Hate, State Attorneys General Say
- The Tech You Love
- With TikTok Mired in Uncertainty, Facebook Pounces With Instagram Reels
- Star Technologist Who Crossed Google Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
- Disney, Staggered by Pandemic, Sees a Streaming Boom
- Apple Replaces Phil Schiller as Its Top Marketing Executive
WSJ: Tech
- Trump Executive Orders Target TikTok, WeChat Apps
- Tencent Stock Drops After Firm Is Targeted by Trump Executive Order
- T-Mobile Overtakes AT&T to Become No. 2 Carrier
- Uber Ridership Fails to Recover as Pandemic Drives Another Big Loss
- With Its Latest EV, Polestar Aims to Take Down Tesla
- AMD Chief Executive Is Flying High as Rival Chip Maker Intel Stumbles
- Nintendo's Pandemic Bonanza: a Billion-Dollar Profit
- Fortunes Won and Lost Trading in Kodak Stock: Inside a Wild Week
- Coronavirus Hobbled Amazon. How the Tech Giant Rebounded for Its Best Earnings Ever.
- Facebook, Twitter Take Down Trump Video
Washington Post: Technology
- Covid-19 is one of Wikipedia’s biggest challenges ever. Here’s how it’s handling that.
- Trump issues executive orders against TikTok and WeChat, citing national security concerns
- TVA backtracks after Trump’s demand that it rehire some of its dismissed tech workers
- VENN is sleek and well-produced. Will gamers give the TV network a chance?
- Facebook disables Romanian network masquerading as pro-Trump Americans
- The NCAA whiffed on esports. It’s paying a price but can still learn a lesson.
- Facebook, Twitter penalize Trump for posts containing coronavirus misinformation
- Five things Samsung fixed for its next folding phone, the Galaxy Z Fold2
- State attorneys general blast Facebook’s civil rights record, blaming social media for rise in …
- PlayStation’s former exclusives like ‘Horizon: Zero Dawn’ are just better on PC
Guardian: Tech UK
- What is WeChat and why is Trump targeting it?
- Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg joins centibillionaire club
- Will Covid make countries drop cash and adopt digital currencies? | Kenneth Rogoff
- Google deletes 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels over disinformation
- Facebook removes Trump post over false Covid-19 claim for first time
- 'I don't care': young TikTokers unfazed by US furor over data collection
- Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout review – raucous, ridiculous fun
- The Guardian view on empty offices: goodbye to all that? | Editorial
- Paper Mario: The Origami King review – a hilarious postmodern delight
- Pixel 4a review: the best phone Google has made in years
BBC: Tech UK
- TikTok threatens legal action against Trump US ban
- Facebook removes QAnon conspiracy group with 200,000 members
- Apple defends Xbox streaming block on iPhones
- Facebook founder sees wealth hit $100bn after TikTok rival launch
- The coldest computers in the world
- E-skin recreates sense of touch and other tech news
- Is the US about to split the internet?
- Cosplay and Covid: Video gamers defy the virus
- Coronavirus: England's contact-tracing app readies for launch
- Fifa 21: 'Toxic behaviour' cut from goal celebrations
Computing UK
- Microsoft is pursuing plan to buy TikTok's global operations, report
- Intel's classified documents, including source codes, leaked online
- Inadequate broadband access is costing London SMEs money and opportunities
- Insecure satellite-based internet poses threat to transport safety
- Researchers identify vulnerabilities in critical industrial equipment
- Passwords for over 900 Pulse Secure VPN enterprise servers revealed on hacker forum
- Will you celebrate success at the Security Awards 2020?
- FBI warns organisations of increased security risks due to devices running Windows 7
- Partner Insight: Why security is a human problem first
- Partner Insight: Why device manageability in the cloud equals lower operational costs
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