- How to pronounce CFIUS, the once-obscure government body that reportedly gave Microsoft and ByteDance a 45-day deadline to negotiate a TikTok acquisition deal
- Elon Musk says a third Tesla car factory in the US is ‘likely’ after it finishes Austin and Berlin construction (TSLA)
- Microsoft’s next big policy battle could be over its ties to China, as a GOP adviser calls on the tech titan to divest its Chinese holdings amid TikTok talks (MSFT)
- JUST IN: 13 Members of St. Louis Cardinals Test Positive For Covid as MLB Cancels More Games Two Weeks Into Season
- PayPal’s CFO explains why the payment giant is going against the grain and betting big on QR codes as the new way to pay in-store
- George Conway Torches Trump in Op-Ed for Attempt to ‘Defraud His Way’ to Re-Election: ‘He Must Lose, and Lose Badly’
- CNN’s Sciutto Asks Pelosi if Sen. Johnson is Seeking ‘Foreign’ Help with Election — But Fails to Ask if Democrats are Still Using Foreign Intelligence Agents
- Garmin reportedly paid hackers a multimillion dollar ransom to recover files after a cyberattack that left their services offline for several days last month (GRMN)
- A doctored video that makes Nancy Pelosi appear drunk went viral on Facebook — again (FB)
- Facebook just inked a blockbuster deal to lease the massive Farley Building in NYC in a move that offers a vote of confidence for a shaken office market
- This Galaxy Cluster Is Spewing a Surplus of Stars Because of a Lazy Black Hole
- Even With a Vaccine, It Will Take Months If Not Years to Beat the Coronavirus
- Zoom will suspend direct sales in mainland China and only sell through partners, amid scrutiny over its ties to the country (ZM)
- Elon Musk says Tesla will create a normal pickup truck if the Cybertruck doesn’t sell, as a ‘fallback strategy’ (TSLA)
- Trump Says U.S. Should Get a Cut of Proposed TikTok Sale to Microsoft: ‘We’re Making it Possible’
- WATCH LIVE: Monday White House Press Briefing With President Trump
- CNN Legal Analyst Calls Filing From DA’s Office ‘Bad News’ for Trump: ‘Not Just Poking Around… They’re Looking at Specific Crimes’
- How to take a screenshot on a Google Chrome browser in 4 different ways, using a simple trick
- Poshmark clothing resellers are becoming Instagram influencers to increase sales and make money from brand sponsorships
- Inside the rise of TikTok, the viral video-sharing app that Trump is trying to order its Chinese parent to sell
- Microsoft is poised to pay billions for TikTok, but it’s a tremendously risky move that will put CEO Satya Nadella’s strategy to the ultimate test (MSFT)
- TikTok users are heaping praise on Microsoft after news broke that the company is in talks to buy the app
- Kanye West Reportedly Still Pursuing Election Bid, Hires Canvassers in Wisconsin to Help Get Him on Ballot
- Snapchat is rolling out a new TikTok-like feature that will allow users to play popular songs over the videos they record (SNAP)
- Jobs for data scientists — once the ‘sexiest job in the 21st century’ — are down due to the pandemic
- 38 common résumé mistakes that hurt your chances of getting hired
- Amazon is reportedly facing a new antitrust investigation into its online marketplace led by the FTC and attorneys general in New York and California (AMZN)
- Critics in China reportedly called ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming an ‘American apologist’ as talk of Microsoft’s potential TikTok acquisition picks up steam
- CNN’s Acosta Corners Trump on Hydroxychloroquine: Why Is Your Coronavirus Task Force ‘Contradicting You?’
- How Trump Did an End-Run Around the Law to Install a Failed Nominee at the Pentagon
- Trump Says Microsoft Can Bid for TikTok
- Recruiting software startup SmartRecruiters is soaring during remote work. See the pitch deck that sold investors on its potential 15 months ago.
- Gun Sales Smash July Record, 2020 Sales Already Exceed All of 2019
- Trump says TikTok has until September 15 to find a US buyer or it will be banned — and the US Treasury should get payment as part of the sale
- The CEO of ServiceNow on how the cloud giant’s workforce grew by 20% during the coronavirus crisis: ‘We’re adding jobs left, right and center’ (NOW)
- How AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud are capitalizing on accelerated digital transformation
- ByteDance is looking outside of the US for its new TikTok headquarters
- Former Ellen Producer Claims ‘Toxic Host’ Was Aware of Staff Abuse: ‘She Is Who She Is’
- An uncanny humanoid robot is working at a government office in Russia — here’s how it works
- Chinese automaker Kandi plans to bring a $13,000 electric car to the US this year, slashing the entry price of EV ownership
- MSNBC Shuffles Afternoon Lineup: Nicolle Wallace Expands to Two Hours, Chuck Todd Moves to 1PM
- Study: Ancient Mars Was Covered in Ice Sheets, Not Rivers
- An exec at $43 billion Atlassian explains how its acquisition of Swedish startup Mindville underscores its recent aggressive investment in IT service management (TEAM)
- Bored Inside Their Spacecraft, NASA Astronauts Made Prank Calls to Pass the Time
- Pelosi Doubles Down on Slamming Dr. Birx: ‘I Don’t Have Confidence in Anyone Who Stands There’ While Trump Says ‘Swallow Lysol’
- Obama Releases List of Endorsements, Snubs Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
- The simple productivity hack Steve Jobs used to hone Apple’s focus and set the company on the path toward its $1.9 trillion valuation
- Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Is No. 1 With a Blockbuster Debut Week
- Elon Musk defends calling Tesla’s software ‘Autopilot’ and says criticism that the name is misleading is ‘idiotic’ (TSLA)
- Sen. Chuck Schumer said a US company should buy TikTok to prevent the Chinese government from accessing user data
- Google just announced 2 new 5G smartphones coming this year as Apple’s first 5G iPhone launch could be right around the corner (GOOG, AAPL)
- Innovation Inc: An inside look at the digital overhauls of Phillips 66 and Boston Scientific
- Microsoft Offers to Buy TikTok Following Trump Crackdown
- Peter Navarro Throws Shade at Microsoft Amid TikTok Reports: ‘Can We Trust Any Company that Operates in China?’
- The 17-year-old ‘mastermind’ behind the massive Twitter hack reportedly has a history of running online scams using Minecraft and Bitcoin (TWTR)
- Google’s new Pixel 4a costs $350, and it’s available to preorder now before its full August 20 release
- These two VCs were hobby Bitcoin miners a decade ago, and now they’ve raised $110 million for a second fund focused on cryptocurrencies and blockchain startups
- Google’s next big challenge to Apple and Samsung is a new $350 Pixel phone that has the Pixel 4’s best camera features (GOOG)
- Google’s latest $350 Pixel 4a makes the idea of spending $1,000 on a smartphone completely ridiculous
- TikTok salaries revealed: How much the tech company pays for key US roles in engineering, product, and more
- PITCH DECK LIBRARY: Search through over 150 pitch decks that startups including Uber, Postmates, and Airbnb used to raise millions
- Trump Bashes Dr. Birx for Wilting Under Pelosi Criticism: She ‘Took the Bait & Hit Us. Pathetic!’
- Virgin Galactic Shows Off Sleek Supersonic Jet Concept
- More Than a Dozen Private Boats Came Out to Greet SpaceX Astronauts After Splashdown
- CNBC’s Jim Cramer Says He’s ‘Perturbed’ By Microsoft-TikTok Talks, Citing Privacy Concerns: I’m Shocked Trump ‘Would Go for This’
- Judge Salas Speaks Out For First Time Since Son’s Killing in Emotional Video Tribute: ‘My Family Will Never Be The Same’
- Trump Hits 51 Percent Approval, 7 Points Higher Than Obama on Same Day in 2012: Rasmussen
- Stephen Moore Demands Trump Declare Economic Emergency and Cut Payroll Tax
- CNN Chyron Trashes Yale Doc During Tense Interview With Berman: ‘Yale Epidemiologist Insists, Against Evidence, Hydroxychloroquine Works’
- Who wins and loses as the legal industry warms up to tech, according to 6 top VC investors
- We spoke to 40 insiders about how Silver Lake’s Egon Durban amassed power at the media-shy private equity firm
- Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos got $14 billion richer in a single day as Facebook and Amazon shrugged off the coronavirus recession (AMZN, FB)
- The maker of this 3D-printed smart tiny home claims it’s ‘zombie-proof’ and able to eliminate 99.9% of bacteria and viruses — see inside
- John Oliver Puts Tucker Carlson, Joy Behar’s Lack of Historical Knowledge on Blast
- The 5 most anticipated TV shows returning in August are all from Netflix
- Apple is reportedly trying to negotiate 50% rent reductions in some of its UK stores after posting $59.7 billion revenue in Q3
- Trump Opens Week With Twitter Harangue: ‘FAKE NEWS IS THE ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE!’
- Ferrari meets Q2 earnings expectations but pulls back on 2020 forecast amid coronavirus pandemic (RACE)
- How Boston Scientific’s 4-year digital transformation suddenly became ‘business-line critical’ during the pandemic
- Why artificial intelligence models are often biased, according to the Google exec who heads Alphabet’s internal tech incubator Jigsaw
- Zoom and Slack made remote work possible, but the next wave of tech innovations will make it an easy, sustainable, and widespread option, Accel partner Rich Wong says
- Fox’s Steve Hilton Sounds Alarm on Trump Campaign ‘Sleepwalking Into a Biden Presidency’: ‘Where Is The Energy?’
- Warren Buffett’s Apple stake has tripled in value to more than $100 billion
- The Facebook advertising boycott’s impact, and what’s next
- TikTok is at the heart of a wild geopolitical dogfight which means Microsoft might buy it. Here’s what’s going on.
- Five quick and easy ways to make surveys more effective for content marketing
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- EXCLUSIVE: Ubisoft exec Tommy Francois has left the video game giant after being accused of sexual harassment
- Stephenie Meyer Is Telling Edward’s Story, Even if It Makes Her Anxious
- ‘Off the field business’: Sports is still shaky but sports business publications see a lucrative play
- As the Facebook boycott ends, brand advertisers are split on what happens next with their marketing budgets
- ‘No brainer’: Marie Claire launches sampling business to boost revenue and data practice
- ‘Make bold moves’: How Allure is using its platform to challenge the outdated standards in beauty
- How the world’s biggest advertisers are spending (or not) as the pandemic grinds on
- ‘There is a battle going on’: TikTok-Instagram rivalry for creators heating up
- Digiday Research: 41% of Black employees say they feel they fit in at work
- WATCH: Florida Man Jumps on Hood of Moving Semi-Truck, Takes Wild Ride Down Highway
- President of Flight Attendant Union Calls for Federal Mask Mandate on Planes
- A cosmonaut on the space station photographed SpaceX’s Crew Dragon landing site — and a ‘beeline’ of boats speeding toward it
- Microsoft to continue talks to potentially acquire TikTok’s US operations after Trump threatened to ban the app in the US
- Navy SEALs Say They’re Investigating Event That Used ‘Colin Kaepernick’ Stand-In for Dog Demo
- From Minecraft Tricks to Twitter Hack: A Florida Teen’s Troubled Online Path
- April Ryan: If Biden Wins, We’ll Watch Him Inaugurated on a Split Screen With ‘Police and Armed Forces Trying to Pull Trump Out of the White House’
- How the Media Could Get the Election Story Wrong
- A boat flying a Trump flag got too close to SpaceX’s spaceship after the astronauts landed. NASA promised to ‘do a better job’ next time.
- Nordstrom Uses Influencers to Promote Safety and Draw Anxious Shoppers
- Fmr FDA Chief: We Should ‘Take Every Precaution’ on Reopening Schools, Think of Teachers as Front-Line Workers
- Axios’ Jonathan Swan Says Trump’s Mail-In Voting Attack Could ‘Really Backfire’: Dems Don’t Believe Him, His Base Does
- SPLASHDOWN: SpaceX Crew Dragon Astronauts Safely Return to Earth, Land in Gulf of Mexico
- ABC’s Raddatz Challenges Mnuchin on Calling Unemployment Benefits a ‘Disincentive’ to Finding Work
- Mission Accomplished: SpaceX Crew Dragon Splashes Down in Atlantic
- SpaceX just brought 2 NASA astronauts back to Earth in its Crew Dragon spaceship, kicking off ‘the next era in human spaceflight’
- CBS’ Dickerson Grills Mark Meadows: Why Is Trump’s Covid Messaging Different from What Public Health Officials Are Saying?
- ‘So Much for That New Tone’: Chuck Todd Slams Trump’s Hydroxychloroquine Push, ‘Un-American’ Election Tweet
- Axios’ Jonathan Swan Apologizes for Saying Kamala Harris ‘Effectively Called Biden a Racist’ During Primary: ‘Unfairly Characterized’
- CNN’s Stelter Presses Biden Spox On Lack of Press Availability: Why Not Prove Trump ‘Wrong’ and Do More Interviews?
- ‘I’m a White Supremacist’: Man Goes on Trump Rant, Slaps Woman, Then Gets Choked (VIDEO)
- Fox’s Kurtz Questions Hogan Gidley on Trump RTing Doc Promoting Hydroxychloroquine: Shouldn’t He Vet People Before Sharing on Twitter?
- CNN’s Stelter Likens Trump’s Delay-the-Election Proposal to Oncoming Car Crash: ‘Something’s Going on With the Driver’
- Chris Wallace Calls Out Trump Adviser for Dismissing Polls: ‘Hurts Your Credibility’ If You Can’t Admit You’re Behind
- Karen Bass Confronted Over Past Comments About Cuba: ‘Lesson Learned, Would Not Do That Again’
- The most anticipated new TV shows premiering in August
- Egypt invited Elon Musk to see the Great Pyramids of Giza for himself after he claimed they were built by aliens
- Covid Testing Czar Shoots Down Hydroxychloroquine After Trump’s Promotional Binge: ‘I Can’t Recommend’ It
- We now know exactly what Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg think about before they acquire a startup
- Clyburn Says He Doesn’t Think Trump Will ‘Peacefully Transfer Power’: He May ‘Install Himself in Some Kind of Emergency Way’
- Dr. Deborah Birx Hits Back at Accusations of Spreading Misinformation, Pandering to Trump
- The new chief marketing officer of Oracle talks about leaving Amazon, and says that Larry Ellison’s big cloud offensive has ‘parallels’ to the early days of AWS (ORCL, AMZN)
- Two former stock traders built a more-secure Slack competitor that’s won over massive firms like Pepsi, Nike, and Citibank — here’s why it’s tripled its customers during the pandemic
- Hackers can make good money selling your Facebook login, Gmail password, or credit card number on underground sites. Here’s the breakdown of how much.
- CNN’s Dana Bash Confronts Dr. Birx on Why U.S. Has ‘Failed So Badly’ on Pandemic: ‘Why Did This Happen?’
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- These 43-square-foot pods were originally for travelers to take a nap at the airport, but now the company is selling them for $50,000 each
- This autonomous, electric vehicle concept for medical transport claims to be ‘pandemic proof’ — take a look
- This $33,000 tiny cabin that looks like a sculpture and can be used as a backyard office — see inside
- Now is the worst time to buy a new iPhone (AAPL)
- This $30,000 modular hotel suite can be ‘dropped’ into place by crane to reduce its impact on the environment — see inside the Drop Box N-240
- THE STYLE SERIES: How Montblanc, a 114-year-old heritage luxury brand best known for its leather goods and $500 pens, is expanding into tech
- An exclusive look at the pitch deck Israeli Internet of Things startup Ecoplant used to raise $8 million in VC and grant funding
- Fox News’ Jesse Watters Says Polls Showing Trump Losing Are Wrong (Latest Fox News Poll: Biden 49%, Trump 41%)
- Arizona Congressman Gets Covid-19 After Attending Hearing With Gohmert, Slams Republicans For ‘Strutting Around the Capitol Without a Mask’
- SpaceX’s new ‘Endeavour’ spaceship is poised to make history after undocking from the International Space Station with 2 NASA astronauts aboard
- New Emails Show Mike Pence Got Disgraced Governor Back Into the Navy After Sex Crime Charge: Report
- Roger Stone is Worried For Trump, Says The Campaign is ‘Outgunned & Outmanned’
- Trump Says He’s Against ‘Income Disparity’ Amid Coronavirus Relief Negotiations
- Microsoft reportedly paused its talks with ByteDance to buy TikTok’s US operations after Trump said he wouldn’t support a deal
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