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ORACLE AND TIKTOK STRUCK A DEAL. WHAT IT IS, NONE WILL SAY
The short-video app TikTok has chosen Oracle as its corporate savior to avoid a U.S. ban ordered by President Donald Trump. The U.S. government will review the prospective deal.
GOOGLE EXEC ON HOT SEAT IN CONGRESS OVER ADVERTISING POWER
GOOGLE EXEC ON HOT SEAT IN CONGRESS OVER ADVERTISING POWER
EU HEAVYWEIGHTS SEEK STRICT RULES FOR DIGITAL CURRENCIES
Finance ministers from five of Europe’s biggest economies called for the European Union to produce strict rules for new, private digital currencies such as Facebook-backed Libra and ban those that don’t comply.
DRONE MAKER HURT BY US-CHINA RIFT, OPENING DOOR TO US RIVALS
Skateboarders, surfers and mountain bikers used to be the target customers for California startup Skydio, a maker of high-end drones that can home in on people and capture their movements on video all by themselves. Now police officers, firefighters and soldiers are interested in the self-flying machines.
AMAZON TO HIRE 100,000 TO KEEP UP WITH ONLINE SHOPPING SURGE
Amazon will hire another 100,000 people to keep up with a surge of online orders.
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NAD Masters Series M33
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REVINYLIZATION
Bill Evans’s best late album
RE-TALES
George Vatchnadze’s newest gig
IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE?
WITH DATA LORDS, MARIA SCHNEIDER MAKES A STATEMENT ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD AND SOCIETY.
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ALL-IN-ONE MUSIC SYSTEM
GRAMOPHONE DREAMS
Communing with immortals “Future generations will be able to condense into the brief space of twenty minutes the tone pictures of a lifetime—five minutes of childish prattle, five moments embalming the last feeble utterances from the death-bed. Will this not seem like holding veritable communion with immortality?” —BERLINER GRAMOPHONE COMPANY CA. 18771
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SAMSUNG WINS $6.6 BILLION CONTRACT FROM VERIZON TO CREATE 5G
Samsung Electronics Co. will develop 5G network infrastructure for Verizon Communications under a $6.65 billion deal announced this week.
CHINA'S FIRST REUSABLE SPACECRAFT LANDS AFTER 2-DAY FLIGHT
China’s first reusable spacecraft landed last Sunday after two days in orbit, a possible step toward lower-cost space flight, the government announced.
MICROSOFT TO LAUNCH NEW $500 XBOX CONSOLE NOV. 10
The holiday video game console battle is heating up. Microsoft says its Xbox Series X will cost $500 and debut Nov. 10, just ahead of the holidays.
UN REPORT: INCREASED WARMING CLOSING IN ON AGREED UPON LIMIT
The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report.
US SANCTIONS ON HUAWEI HIT CHIP SUPPLY AND GROWTH, EXEC SAYS
A Huawei executive says that recent U.S. sanctions against the company have caused a shortage of computer chips for the company, hurting the growth of its smartphone business.
US LONG-TERM MORTGAGE RATES FALL; 30-YEAR AT 2.86%
U.S. average rates on long-term mortgages fell this week amid signs that the halting economic recovery slowed over the summer. The key 30year mortgage again marked an all-time low.
FACEBOOK MAY HAVE TO STOP MOVING EU USER DATA TO US
Facebook may be forced to stop sending data about its European users to the U.S., in the first major fallout from a recent court ruling that found some trans-Atlantic data transfers don’t protect users from American government snooping.
DOES MY EMPLOYER HAVE TO SAY IF A COWORKER HAS THE VIRUS?
Does my employer have to say if a coworker has the virus?
CHINA'S EXPORT GROWTH QUICKENS IN AUGUST, IMPORTS EDGE LOWER
China’s export growth accelerated in August while imports edged lower as the world’s second-largest economy extended its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
UN REPORT: INCREASED WARMING CLOSING IN ON AGREED UPON LIMIT
The world is getting closer to passing a temperature limit set by global leaders five years ago and may exceed it in the next decade or so, according to a new United Nations report.
MICROSOFT TO LAUNCH NEW $500 XBOX CONSOLE NOV. 10
The holiday video game console battle is heating up. Microsoft says its Xbox Series X will cost $500 and debut Nov. 10, just ahead of the holidays.
CHINA LAUNCHES INITIATIVE FOR GLOBAL DATA SECURITY ISSUES
China has launched an initiative to address global data security issues, a countermove to the U.S. “clean network” program that is aimed at discouraging other countries from using Chinese technology.
ITALY INVESTIGATES APPLE, GOOGLE, DROPBOX OVER CLOUD STORAGE
Italy’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Apple, Google and Dropbox over their cloud storage services.
CHINESE CHIPMAKER DENIES MILITARY TIES AS US STEPS UP FEUD
China’s leading maker of semiconductors has denied it has any links to the military following reports Washington is considering stepping up its feud with Beijing over technology and security by imposing export controls that could disrupt manufacturing for a national industrial champion.
NORTH AMERICAN QUALIFYING FOR 2022 WORLD CUP DELAYED
The start of World Cup qualifying for lower-ranked teams in North and Central America and the Caribbean was postponed until next year, which means there aren’t enough remaining dates in the current FIFA calendar to complete the program.