Trump told reporters he will use executive power to ban TikTok

Trump told reporters he will use executive power to ban TikTok

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President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he will act as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok from the US, CNBC reported. The story...

Disrupt 2020 early-bird savings extended until next week

Disrupt 2020 early-bird savings extended until next week

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Even the hard-charging world of early-stage startups has its share of procrastinators, lollygaggers, slow-pokes, wafflers and last-minute decision...

The leading arguments for a Microsoft-TikTok tie-up

The leading arguments for a Microsoft-TikTok tie-up

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Here they are, ranked by how much weight we put behind them:  ...

Florida teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind celebrity Twitter hack

Florida teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind celebrity Twitter hack

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Hillsborough State Attorney Andrew Warren announced today that he has filed 30 felony charges against a 17-year-old resident of Tampa, Florida,...

First US apps based on Google and Apple Exposure Notification System expected in ‘coming weeks’

First US apps based on Google and Apple Exposure Notification System expected in ‘coming weeks’

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Google Vice President of Engineering Dave Burke provided an update about the Exposure Notifications System (ENS) that Google developed in partnership...

Delightree raises $3M to help franchise business owners simplify their operations

Delightree raises $3M to help franchise business owners simplify their operations

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Owning one brick-and-mortar business seems complicated enough. But running multiple locations? For many owners, that’s a constant juggling...

Report: Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok’s US business from China’s ByteDance

Report: Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok’s US business from China’s ByteDance

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President Trump has plans to order China’s ByteDance, the owner of hit social video app TikTok, to divest from the company, according to new...

Secret documents from US antitrust probe reveal big tech’s plot to control or crush the competition

Secret documents from US antitrust probe reveal big tech’s plot to control or crush the competition

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Nearly 500 pages of evidence were made public during the House Judiciary’s marathon hearing this week on potential anti-competitive actions...

Cisco acquires Modcam to make Meraki smart camera portfolio even smarter

Cisco acquires Modcam to make Meraki smart camera portfolio even smarter

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As the Internet of Things proliferates, security cameras are getting smarter. Today, these devices have machine learning capability that helps...

Australia now has a template for forcing Facebook and Google to pay for news

Australia now has a template for forcing Facebook and Google to pay for news

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Australia is closing in on a legally binding framework to force adtech giants Facebook and Google pay media companies for monetizing their...

Facebook will launch officially licensed music videos in the US starting this weekend

Facebook will launch officially licensed music videos in the US starting this weekend

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Facebook today confirmed it will begin rolling out official music videos across its platform in the U.S., as TechCrunch first reported, as...

It’s not an Apple Watch, it’s an Oppo Watch

It’s not an Apple Watch, it’s an Oppo Watch

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Behold, the Opple Watch. Many have borrowed heavily from Apple’s wearable, but few, if any, have done so as brazenly as Oppo. Sure Fitbit received...

Mammoth Biosciences’s CRISPR-based COVID-19 test receives NIH fundings through RADx program

Mammoth Biosciences’s CRISPR-based COVID-19 test receives NIH fundings through RADx program

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CRISPR tech startup Mammoth Biosciences is among the companies that revealed backing from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Rapid Accleration...

Genomics startup Helix receives $33 million in NIH funding to scale COVID-19 testing

Genomics startup Helix receives $33 million in NIH funding to scale COVID-19 testing

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The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is revealing the first beneficiaries of its Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) program,...

Working to understand Affirm’s reported IPO pricing hopes

Working to understand Affirm’s reported IPO pricing hopes

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News broke last night that Affirm, a well-known fintech unicorn, could approach the public markets at a valuation of $5 to $10 billion. The...

Recruiting for diversity in VC

Recruiting for diversity in VC

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Dan Miller Contributor Share on Twitter Dan is a Partner at True Search where he leads the firm's Investment Professional practice,...

Opportunities (and challenges) in church tech

Opportunities (and challenges) in church tech

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Will Robbins Contributor Share on Twitter Will Robbins is an early-stage investor at Contrary. More posts by this contributor Voodoo...