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Facebook Could Block Sharing of News Stories in Australia

By BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI AND MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/32KSNdo Computers and the Internet, News and News Media, Social Media, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Rumors and Misinformation

Apple’s App War Needs Peace

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/34Nfal9 Mobile Applications, Mobile Commerce and Payments

Big Oil Faded. Will Big Tech?

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3bcg2kq Computers and the Internet, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Social Media, Data-Mining and Database Marketing

TikTok Deal Is Complicated by New Rules From China Over Tech Exports

By BY PAUL MOZUR, RAYMOND ZHONG AND DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3hGZS5g Social Media, International Trade and World Market, E-Commerce, United States International Relations, United States Politics and Government, Mobile Applications, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Computers and the Internet

Will More Data Make Us Healthier?

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3lsgtfn Data-Mining and Database Marketing, Wearable Computing, Social Media

Why Does Walmart Want TikTok? Looking to China May Explain

By BY RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2QvIELY Mobile Applications, Mobile Commerce and Payments, E-Commerce

In Bid for TikTok, Microsoft Flexes Its Power in Washington

By BY KAREN WEISE AND DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2EHqxQG Computers and the Internet, Data-Mining and Database Marketing, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, United States Politics and Government, Government Contracts and Procurement, Lobbying and Lobbyists, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

What if Facebook Is the Real ‘Silent Majority’?

By BY KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/31ySBi1 Presidential Election of 2020, Social Media, News and News Media, Polls and Public Opinion, Computers and the Internet, United States Politics and Government, Rumors and Misinformation, Republican National Convention

Big Oil Faded. Will Big Tech?

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/32CnKki Computers and the Internet, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Social Media, Data-Mining and Database Marketing

Walmart Joins Talks to Buy TikTok

By BY MIKE ISAAC from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3b0BA3w Social Media, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, United States Politics and Government, Mobile Applications, Computers and the Internet

Intel Slips, and a High-Profile Supercomputer Is Delayed

By BY DON CLARK from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/32wMA4O Computer Chips, Computers and the Internet, Factories and Manufacturing, Laboratories and Scientific Equipment, Supercomputers

The Lesson We’re Learning From TikTok? It’s All About Our Data

By BY BRIAN X. CHEN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2YzwRB1 Mobile Applications, Content Type: Service, Data-Mining and Database Marketing, Social Media, iOS (Operating System), Politics and Government, Software, Android (Operating System), Computers and the Internet, Sensors, Advertising and Marketing, Privacy

What’s a Palantir? The Tech Industry’s Next Big I.P.O.

By BY CADE METZ, ERIN GRIFFITH AND KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2YC3NZr Computers and the Internet, Government Contracts and Procurement, Software, Defense Contracts, Artificial Intelligence, Initial Public Offerings, Start-ups

How TikTok’s Talks With Microsoft Turned Into a Soap Opera

By BY MIKE ISAAC AND ANDREW ROSS SORKIN from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/34y7QK9 Social Media, Cloud Computing, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures, United States International Relations, Computers and the Internet, Executive Orders and Memorandums, Foreign Investments, Mobile Applications, Suits and Litigation (Civil)

Ant Group, the Alibaba Payment Affiliate, Files to Go Public

By BY RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2D0tcVg Mobile Commerce and Payments, Initial Public Offerings, Stocks and Bonds

With Hacks and Cameras, Beijing’s Electronic Dragnet Closes on Hong Kong

By BY PAUL MOZUR from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2D0lJWe Computer Security, Surveillance of Citizens by Government, Politics and Government, Social Media

To Fight Apple and Google’s Grip, Fortnite Creator Mounts a Crusade

By BY ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2QnICGg Computer and Video Games, Computers and the Internet, Mobile Applications, Software, Mobile Commerce and Payments, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Suits and Litigation (Civil)

TikTok Sues U.S. Government Over Trump Ban

By BY MIKE ISAAC AND ANA SWANSON from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/34oFKRA Executive Orders and Memorandums, United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2020, Social Media, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Mobile Applications, Computers and the Internet

TikTok Sues Trump Administration

By BY MIKE ISAAC AND ANA SWANSON from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/32oZiTn Executive Orders and Memorandums, United States Politics and Government, Presidential Election of 2020, Social Media, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Mobile Applications, Computers and the Internet

Twitter Flags Trump Tweet for Dissuading Voting

By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3aP6njL Presidential Election of 2020, Social Media, Rumors and Misinformation, United States Politics and Government

Palantir, Tech’s Next Big I.P.O., Lost $580 Million in 2019

By BY ERIN GRIFFITH AND KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3gmfVno Company Reports, Initial Public Offerings

Jeff Wilke, Amazon’s Chief of Consumer, to Retire Next Year

By BY KAREN WEISE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3l83xLm Appointments and Executive Changes, E-Commerce, Delivery Services, Cloud Computing, Computers and the Internet

Facebook Braces Itself for Trump to Cast Doubt on Election Results

By BY MIKE ISAAC AND SHEERA FRENKEL from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/32coj43 Social Media, Online Advertising, Computers and the Internet, Absentee Voting, Rumors and Misinformation, Political Advertising, Russian Interference in 2016 US Elections and Ties to Trump Associates, Presidential Election of 2020

Mark Zuckerberg Questioned Under Oath in F.T.C. Antitrust Inquiry

By BY DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Efc9z8 Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Social Media, Computers and the Internet, United States Politics and Government, Start-ups

Ann Syrdal, Who Helped Give Computers a Female Voice, Dies at 74

By BY CADE METZ from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3aJiAqj Deaths (Obituaries), Computers and the Internet, Voice and Speech, Research

Former Uber Security Chief Charged With Concealing Hack

By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3l1SfIH Car Services and Livery Cabs, Cyberattacks and Hackers, Computer Security, Computers and the Internet

Uber and Lyft Threaten to Shut Down in California

By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2E9bz60 Car Services and Livery Cabs, Freelancing, Self-Employment and Independent Contracting, Decisions and Verdicts

How Kamala Harris Forged Close Ties With Big Tech

By BY DAISUKE WAKABAYASHI, STEPHANIE SAUL AND KENNETH P. VOGEL from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3hgOhcG Presidential Election of 2020, Computers and the Internet, United States Politics and Government, Campaign Finance, Driverless and Semiautonomous Vehicles, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Privacy

Airbnb, a ‘Sharing Economy’ Pioneer, Files to Go Public

By BY ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2CGmKT1 Travel and Vacations, Initial Public Offerings, Layoffs and Job Reductions, Venture Capital, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Start-ups, Computers and the Internet

Facebook Removes 790 QAnon Groups to Fight Conspiracy Theory

By BY SHEERA FRENKEL from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2FxYB24 QAnon, Social Media, Fringe Groups and Movements, Computers and the Internet, United States Politics and Government, Rumors and Misinformation, Conspiracy Theories

Trump Says Oracle Could ‘Handle’ Owning TikTok

By BY DAVID MCCABE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3g5VyuI Computers and the Internet, Enterprise Computing, Politics and Government, Social Media, Mobile Applications, Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

Apple Is Worth $2 Trillion, Punctuating Big Tech’s Grip

By BY JACK NICAS from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3kZqErt Computers and the Internet, Mobile Applications, Stock Buybacks, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Stocks and Bonds, iPhone

Protect Your Privacy and the Environment While Upgrading Your Gear

By BY J. D. BIERSDORFER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/328PIDE Smartphones, Computers and the Internet, Tablet Computers, Recycling of Waste Materials

Big Tech’s Domination of Business Reaches New Heights

By BY PETER EAVIS AND STEVE LOHR from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Yh0RRT Computers and the Internet, United States Economy, E-Commerce, Cloud Computing, Data-Mining and Database Marketing, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Standard & Poor's 500-Stock Index, Regulation and Deregulation of Industry, Stocks and Bonds

How Your Phone Is Used to Track You, and What You Can Do About It

By BY JENNIFER VALENTINO-DEVRIES from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2Q60uoO Data-Mining and Database Marketing, Content Type: Service, Smartphones, Privacy

Amazon Sticks With Office Expansion Plans in New York and Elsewhere

By BY KAREN WEISE AND MATTHEW HAAG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/318rSJ6 Real Estate (Commercial), E-Commerce

What Is QAnon, the Viral Pro-Trump Conspiracy Theory?

By BY KEVIN ROOSE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/34aYbcg QAnon, Fringe Groups and Movements, Cyberharassment, Social Media, United States Politics and Government, Computers and the Internet, Rumors and Misinformation

You Can’t Find a Laptop. Now What?

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2YcWO9o Computers and the Internet, E-Learning, Social Media, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Shopping and Retail

Uber and Lyft Consider Franchise-Like Model in California

By BY KATE CONGER from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3ayzIig Car Services and Livery Cabs, Wages and Salaries, Mobile Applications, State Legislatures, Automobiles, Freelancing, Self-Employment and Independent Contracting, Franchises, Labor and Jobs, Taxicabs and Taxicab Drivers, Computers and the Internet

Trump Administration Widens Huawei Dragnet

By BY DAVID MCCABE AND RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2EcEfdY Blacklisting, Computer Chips, Telephones and Telecommunications, United States International Relations

Toxic Trade-Offs at Facebook

By BY SHIRA OVIDE from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/324eSnf Social Media, Privacy, Web Browsers, Fringe Groups and Movements

Coronavirus Doctors Battle Another Scourge: Misinformation

By BY ADAM SATARIANO from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/311alT9 Computers and the Internet, Rumors and Misinformation, Social Media, Cyberharassment, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Hydroxychloroquine (Drug), Emergency Medical Treatment, Medicine and Health

You May Not Know This Pandemic Winner, but Your Tween Probably Does

By BY KELLEN BROWNING from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3g02FVy Computers and the Internet, Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), Quarantines, Computer and Video Games, Education (K-12), Youth, Venture Capital, Black People, Start-ups

Debunking 3 Viral Falsehoods About Kamala Harris

By BY DAVEY ALBA from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3av6rFk Presidential Election of 2020, Social Media, Rumors and Misinformation, Computers and the Internet

Pinterest Employees Demand Gender and Race Equality

By BY ERIN GRIFFITH from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3kIUZdH Discrimination, Social Media, Suits and Litigation (Civil), Workplace Hazards and Violations, Women and Girls, Wages and Salaries, Executive Compensation

How Apple’s 30% App Store Cut Became a Boon and a Headache

By BY JACK NICAS from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/31X9Qsm Mobile Applications, E-Commerce, Mobile Commerce and Payments, Antitrust Laws and Competition Issues, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates)

Debunking 3 Viral Falsehoods About Kamala Harris

By BY DAVEY ALBA from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/3gZF2NY Presidential Election of 2020, Social Media, Rumors and Misinformation, Computers and the Internet