Pence reveals U.S. Space Force troops will be called “guardians” – CBS News | Link Under Armour to sell MyFitnessPal for $345M – MedCity News | Link Amazon workers in Alabama inch closer to union vote | TheHill | Link China orders Alibaba founder Jack Ma to break up fintech empire | Jack Ma | The Guardian | Link
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Uber completes $2.65 billion Postmates acquisition | TheHill | Link China’s Chang’e-5 Moon mission probe touches down – BBC News | Link Arecibo telescope collapses, ending 57-year run | Science | AAAS | Link HPE is relocating headquarters to Houston from California | Link China becomes second nation to plant flag on the Moon – BBC News | Link Hayabusa2 mission lands the first subsurface asteroid sample on Earth – CNN | Link Chang’e-5: China’s unmanned moon probe delivers samples to orbiting spacecraft | Science | The Guardian | Link SpaceX aborts Starship SN8 prototype test launch at last second | Space | Link Uber sells its flying taxi business to Joby Aviation | Link AT&T Selling Crunchyroll to Sony’s Funimation for $1.175 Billion – VarietyAT&T Selling Crunchyroll to Sony’s Funimation for $1.175 Billion – Variety | Link SpaceX Starship SN8 explodes on landing after test flight | Science | The Guardian | Link NASA announces Artemis astronauts to fly to the moon | Link Disney+ is getting a price hike (and tons of new Star Wars, Marvel and Pixar content) | What Hi-Fi? | Link Warner to drop its 2021 films on HBO Max and theaters at the same time | Link Amazon launches “Made for You” program offering custom t-shirts — Quartz | Link Amazon unveils flat-panel customer terminal for Kuiper constellation – SpaceNews | Link U.S. adds Chinese drone company DJI to economic blacklist | Reuters | Link Microsoft, FireEye confirm SolarWinds supply chain attack | ZDNet | Link Google antitrust: the lawsuits just keep coming – CNN | Link China National Space Administration outlines future mission plans – SlashGear | Link
Free, Unlimited Google Photos Storage Will End Next Year | WIRED | Link Amazon Pharmacy: Free prescription delivery for Prime members | Link Twitter Expands Disappearing-Posts Product, Hints at New Audio – Bloomberg | Link Amazon laying off dozens on Amazon Prime Air drone project: Report – Business Insider | Link Snapchat Spotlight Feature Launched, Designed to Be In-App Competitor for TikTok | Technology News | Link Elon Musk leapfrogs over Bill Gates to become second-richest man in the world | Link Amazon aims to stop counterfeit products with “Operation Fulfilled Action” – SlashGear | Link
NASA and Nokia are putting a 4G network on the moon | CNN | Link Microsoft Teams With Elon Musk’s SpaceX to Push Cloud Battle With Amazon Into Orbit – WSJ | Link Intel Sells Its NAND Flash Business To SK Hynix | Link Space-station crew members found an air leak using tea leaves – Business Insider | Link Elation as Nasa’s Osiris-Rex probe tags asteroid Bennu in sample bid – BBC News | Link Osiris-Rex: Nasa asteroid mission confident of success – BBC News | Link Google Reportedly Pays Apple $8-12 Billion Per Year to be Default iOS Search Engine | Link Apple buys computer vision & artificial intelligence startup Vilynx for $50 million | AppleInsider | Link AMD is buying a rival chipmaker Xilinx for $35 billion – CNN | Link Musk’s SpaceX pegs initial Starlink internet price at $99 per month – email | Reuters | Link Netflix is raising prices for its standard and premium plans – CNN | Link Sony reportedly in talks to acquire Crunchyroll anime streaming service – CNET | Link
Google rebrands G Suite as Google Workspace, gives Gmail a new logo | Link Intel confirms 11th-gen ‘Rocket Lake’ desktop CPUs for early 2021 | Engadget | Link Amazon.ae begins delivering from UAE to Bahrain, Kuwait, and Oman – NEWS, Amazon, Ronaldo Mouchawar, Amazon.ae – Logistics Middle East | Link AMD reveals its new Zen 3 Ryzen 5000 processors, including the ‘world’s best gaming CPU’ – The Verge | Link Waymo One App Offers Driverless Alternative to Uber in Arizona – Bloomberg | Link Microsoft is letting more employees work from home permanently – The Verge | Link IBM to split into two as it reinvents itself – BBC News | Link Apple announces iPhone 12 and iPhone 12 mini: A new era for iPhone with 5G – Apple | Link Apple’s iPhone 12 comes with EarPods in France because of radiation laws | Engadget | Link Eight nations sign NASA-led Artemis Accords to guide moon exploration | Link
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U.S. Judge Temporarily Halts Trump’s WeChat Ban – The New York Times | Link Microsoft is buying Bethesda’s parent company for $7.5 billion – CNN | Link Amazon’s Sidewalk network to launch this year with new devices, support from IoT chipset manufacturers | ZDNet | Link Microsoft Azure Orbital satellite service to compete with Amazon AWS | Link Tesla lays out ‘Battery Day’ plans that lead to a $25,000 electric car | Engadget | Link Coalition for App Fairness: Epic, Spotify, Tile, etc, take on Apple – 9to5Mac | Link Here’s everything Amazon announced at its big hardware event | Engadget | Link New Nvidia RTX 3080 Teardown Reveals A Serious Problem | Link Amazon wants you to pay with a wave of your hand – CNN | Link UAE reveals Moon rover plan weeks after successful Mars launch – SlashGear | Link Google Pixel 5 ‘Launch Night In’ event: All the announcements that matter | Link
Oracle reportedly wins bid for TikTok as Microsoft officially drops out | Link Nvidia acquires Arm in $40 billion deal – GSMArena.com news | Link Microsoft xCloud will offer over 150 Xbox games when it goes live tomorrow | Link Google says its carbon footprint is now zero – BBC News | Link Google confirms 9/30 event to launch Pixel 5, other products – 9to5Google | Link Electronic Arts doubles down on EA Play brand with EA Desktop app | Link TikTok: YouTube launches rival to be tested in India – BBC News | Link Apple pilots Express store concept for easy pickup of online orders – 9to5Mac | Link Walmart Plus signups officially begin today starting at $98 per year | Engadget | Link Here’s everything Apple revealed at its September hardware event today – TechCrunch | Link Backup Driver In Fatal Uber Self-Driving Car Crash Charged With Negligent Homicide | Link UK Space Agency funds tech for orbital awareness – BBC | Link Apple countersues Epic Games for breach of contract | Link Facebook teaming up with Ray-Ban maker for first smart glasses in 2021 | Link Most of the world won’t get the PS5 until November 19th | Link Amazon looks to open 1,500 small warehouses in U.S. suburbs: report – MarketWatch | Link Stripe Workers Who Relocate Get $20,000 Bonus and a Pay Cut – Bloomberg | Link US will ban WeChat and TikTok downloads on Sunday – CNN | Link Apple brings online store to India September 23 – Apple | Link Sony Apologizes For PS5 Preorder Fiasco, Says More Are Coming Soon – GameSpot | Link
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To avoid censorship in India, Netflix, Amazon and Disney+ will self-regulate | Link Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S release date and price finally revealed – Windows Central| Link Apple Marina Bay Sands opens Thursday in Singapore – Apple | Link Committing to a fully zero-emission fleet by 2040, Uber is dedicating $800 million to electrifying its drivers – TechCrunch | Link Android 11 starts rolling out today with improvements to notifications, privacy, 5G, and more | Link Apple shutting down Sign in with Apple support for Epic Games accounts | Link Google’s Waze laying off more than 5% of workforce: report – Business Insider | Link Google adds Arabic to Read Along app to improve children’s reading – The National | Link Lucid Motors unveils all-electric sedans with over 1,000 horsepower, 500-mile range | Lifestyles | richmond.com | Link Walmart to test drone delivery of grocery, household items | Link
Windows 95 turns 25 years old today! | Windows Central | Link Apple reportedly acquires VR startup ‘Spaces’ – 9to5Mac | Link Amazon now lets you design a whole room of augmented-reality furniture | Link Amazon Delivery Fleet Gets US FAA Clearance to Operate Drone Airline – Bloomberg | Link Nvidia Reveals RTX 3090, 3080, 3070 Video Cards: Price, Release Date, And Specs Detailed – GameSpot | Link Intel unveils entirely new platform brand, Intel Evo, based on Tiger Lake | ZDNet | Link Amazon Launches New ‘Alexa For Residential’ Smart Apartment Service | Link
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Amazon looks to turn malls into giant fulfillment centers: Report – Business Insider | Link Amazon is re-branding Twitch Prime as Prime Gaming | The Seattle Times | Link EA Gaming Subscription Service Coming Soon to Steam | Digital Trends | Link Google is turning Android Phones into seismometers | TechCrunch | Link Amazon expands ‘Project Zero’ anti-counterfeit program that Bezos cited in antitrust hearing – GeekWire | Link Xbox Series X officially launching this November – CNET | Link NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission prepares for touchdown on an asteroid – CNN | Link EA rebrands its subscription game services as EA Play | VentureBeat | Link Epic Games launches a campaign (and lawsuit) against Apple | TechCrunch | Link Exclusive: Amazon in talks to invest in cloud services company Rackspace, say sources | Link Apple One will bundle subscriptions to Apple TV Plus, Music, Arcade, more, report says – CNET | Link Apple Is Worth $2 Trillion, Punctuating Big Tech’s Grip – The New York Times | Link Palantir to relocate headquarters from Silicon Valley to Colorado | Link
