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
Google will release 5G versions of the Pixel 4a and Pixel 5 in the fall | Engadget | Link Apple replaces longtime marketing chief Phil Schiller | Link Google launches Nearby Share on Android, rolling out now – 9to5Google | Link Facebook Removes Trump Campaign’s Misleading Coronavirus Video – The New York Times | Link Intel Suffers Apparent Data Breach, 20GB of IP and Documents Leaked on to Internet | Link
Google will let employees work from home until at least next summer – CNN | Link Quick Charge 5 can power phones 0-50% in 5 mins – 9to5Google | Link Intel engineering executive Murthy Renduchintala will leave company | Link Garmin begins recovery from ransomware attack – BBC News | Link Emmy Awards 2020: Watchmen leads the way with 26 nominations – BBC News | Link CES 2021 will be digital-only, CTA says amid coronavirus concerns | Link Google’s Grace Hopper subsea cable will span the Atlantic Ocean | Fortune | Link Microsoft’s Family Safety app is now available to all | Engadget | Link Amazon Q2 results: Firm posts biggest profit ever at height of pandemic in US – The Economic Times | Link Amazon won a major FCC decision to establish Kuiper satellite internet – Business Insider | Link Mars launch: NASA sends Perseverance rover to space – CNN | Link Tech antitrust: Recap of Bezos, Cook, Zuckerberg, Pichai testimony – Business Insider | Link Apple earnings: Apple crushes Q3 expectations, announces 4-1 stock split | Link Florida Teen Charged As ‘Mastermind’ Of Massive Twitter Hack : NPR | Link Microsoft is reportedly in talks to buy TikTok’s US operations – Business Insider | Link
The UAE’s Mars mission seeks to bring Hope to more places than the red planet – On July 14, a new Mars-bound spacecraft will launch from Japan | Link U.K. Bans Huawei From 5G Network, Raising Tensions With China – The New York Times | Link Amazon is rolling out grocery carts that let shoppers skip checkout lines, bag their groceries and walk out | Link Google Play Pass expands outside the US, adds more titles and annual pricing | TechCrunch | Link Hackers take over Twitter accounts of Gates, Musk, Biden, Obama, Apple and others in crypto scam – GeekWire | Link Solar Orbiter: Closest ever pictures taken of the Sun – BBC News | Link UAE successfully launches its Hope Probe on a mission to Mars | Engadget | Link OnePlus Nord launch: how to watch it using the AR app | TechRadar | Link SpaceX Falcon 9 launch sets record, both fairing halves caught for first time – CNET | Link China launches ambitious Tianwen-1 Mars rover mission | Space | Link Intel stock savaged as next-gen chip delay expected to be ‘increasingly painful’ to chip maker – MarketWatch | Link
Rocket Lab: Latest mission from New Zealand lost in flight – BBC News | Link Finally! Mars InSight’s Mole is Now Underground | Link UK expected to phase Huawei out of 5G networks | Financial Times | Link Uber strikes deal to buy Postmates for $2.65bn | Financial Times | Link Xbox Series X games event set for July 23, with Halo Infinite and more | Windows Central | Link Arm Seeks To Offload IoT Units To SoftBank | Link Intel unveils the Thunderbolt 4 spec, debuting in PCs in the fall | PCWorld | Link Google may release the stable Android 11 update on September 8th | Link Uber launches grocery delivery in Latin America, Canada with U.S. to follow – Reuters | Link NASA Updates Guidelines Preventing Astronauts From Bringing Earth Microbes into the Outer Space | Tech Times | Link
Publishers Sue Internet Archive For ‘Mass Copyright Infringement’ : NPR | Link It is rocket science: EU to speed up space ambitions, Breton says – Reuters | Link Mavic 3 release date shown in leaked DJI announcement | Link Facebook boycott: These are the companies pulling ads over the site’s hate policies – CNN | Link Cirque du Soleil files for bankruptcy and cuts 3,500 jobs – CNN | Link Uber reportedly looking to buy Postmates delivery service – CNET | Link Plane-maker Airbus to cut 15,000 jobs amid coronavirus fallout – BBC News | Link Google has acquired North, the maker of Focals smart glasses | Engadget | Link FCC officially designates Huawei, ZTE as national security threats | ZDNet | Link Google hosting ‘Smart Home Virtual Summit’ next week – 9to5Google | Link Nearby Sharing — Android’s AirDrop competitor — is rolling out now in beta | Link NASA has delayed the launch of its Mars rover Perseverance again, this time to no earlier than July 30, due to rocket preparation delays. | Space | Link Apple, Facebook, Amazon, Google CEOs to Testify in Congress – Bloomberg | Link Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms like ‘master,’ ‘slave’ – CNET | Link More game publishers are reportedly considering raising prices for Xbox Series X and PS5 games | Windows Central | Link UK to enter satellite race after winning bid for OneWeb | Financial Times | Link
