Microsoft launches it’s Microsoft Duo for preorder, Uber threatens to shutdown in California and TokTok and Facebook accused of stealing user info without telling them.
A scammer told Business Insider he cashed in selling millions of fake views for Instagram Reels just hours after it launched. Is the arrival and success of scammers a sign of a platform’s success?
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Lamarr Wilson, Roger Chang, Joe
Mulan’s got a plan: pay for it AND Disney+. Lots of personnel shakeups are the media conglomerates embrase streaming. Tenet gets a release plan and Fargo is coming back in September! All this and more on Cordkillers! With special guest Lamarr Wilson.
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Sources have said TikTok’s separation from ByteDance could take over a year. Well beyond Trump and Microsoft’s Sept. 15 timeline. What will happen next as Microsoft continues to negotiate a transition.
Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Rob DeMillo, Roger Chang, Joe
Amazon is reportedly in talks to turn closed Sears and JC Penney stores into distribution hubs, Ming-Chi Kuo analyzes the impact of a WeChat ban on iPhone shipments, and E Ink Corporation shows off a foldable e-reader.
Microsoft is exploring buying TikTok from ByteDance, President Trump signs executive orders that will ban all transactions with ByteDance and WeChat, and Google announces the Pixel 4a.