Monday 28 September 2020

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  1. A federal judge said the Trump administration's actions against TikTok "likely exceed" the president's authority. A federal judge granted TikTok an injunction Sunday, temporarily blocking the US government's attempt to block new downloads and software updates of the app in the US.
  2. A hacker published thousands of students' grades and private information after a Nevada school district refused to pay ransom. The leaked information included students' names, social security numbers, addresses, and some financial information, and were published on an online hacker forum this week, a cybersecurity analyst told Business Insider.
  3. US healthcare provider UHS was also hit by a ransomware attack, TechCrunch reports. The attack hit on Sunday morning, affecting multiple facilities across the US.
  4. Google announced in a blog post on Monday it will no longer let developers bypass its 30% in-app payment commission on Android, the New York Times reports. Developers like Netflix and Spotify have been able to avoid the commission by making users put in their credit card details, rather than using Google's payment system.
  5. Uber secured its future in London in a landmark court case — but the mayor warned he would scrutinize the taxi service and take "swift action" if needed. Uber won an appeal against the regulator Transport for London in court Monday, and will now be issued a new operating license.
  6. The US stepped up its tech war against China, placing sanctions on its biggest chipmaker SMIC. Suppliers to SMIC will now have to apply for individual export licenses.
  7. Elon Musk said he and his family won't get a coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available. Musk said that he believes he and his kids aren't at risk of contracting the coronavirus and therefore have no plans to be vaccinated against the virus. 
  8. FarmVille is leaving Facebook after more than a decade of letting players harvest crops and raise livestock with friends. FarmVille's announcement came after Facebook announced it would stop supporting games that run on Adobe's Flash Player by December 31.
  9. The court case to extradite Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou resumed on Monday, and her lawyers accused the US of cherry-picking evidence, the Guardian reports. Meng is currently under house arrest in Vancouver after she was arrested at the request of the US in December 2018.
  10. Joe Biden's campaign is targeting influencers on YouTube ahead of his first debate with Donald Trump, The Verge reports. Biden has tried to cultivate his digital campaign, taking over a fan meme account on Instagram and launching yard signs in "Animal Crossing."

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Friday 25 September 2020

Мастер-класс по настройке Smart-элементов в eSputnik

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🔹 Как использовать полученные данные для быстрого создания однотипных элементов письма, например, карточек товаров.
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Sunday 20 September 2020

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  1. Oracle announced it will become a minority investor in TikTok Global after President Trump indicated his approval. In a statement Saturday evening, TikTok confirmed the news and said it was also working with Walmart on a commercial partnership.
  2. The US decided to postpone its ban on TikTok downloads after parent firm ByteDance reached agreements with Oracle and Walmart. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said in a statement Saturday that "recent positive developments" meant the deadline for the ban has now been moved to 11:59 p.m. on September 27.
  3. A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration's WeChat download ban. The US Department of Commerce had issued an order that would have required Apple and Google to remove WeChat from their respective app marketplaces in the US. 
  4. The EU wants to give itself the power to kick US tech giants out of Europe. A regulatory blueprint includes massive penalties to force tech companies to sell off their European operations and even shut them out of the European single market.
  5. Trump said he has requested $5 billion from any TikTok deal directed toward teaching American children "the real history of our country." Trump claimed on Saturday that he had asked the leaders of Oracle, ByteDance, and Walmart for the $5 billion cut.
  6. Trump's travel ban likely accelerated the spread of the coronavirus in the US, according to Bill Gates. Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that the government's travel ban earlier this year may have made the coronavirus outbreak in the US worse.
  7. Jack Ma's Ant is lifting its IPO funding target to $35 billion putting it on track for a record debut. Ant's record IPO would value firm at about $250 billion, according to Bloomberg. 
  8. Twitter said it would investigate whether the neural network that selects which part of an image to show in a photo preview favors showing the faces of white people over Black people. Users posted examples over the weekend, notably of Mitch McConnell and Barack Obama which seemed to prioritize white faces on the social media app's photo previews, per Mashable. 
  9. Kindred Capital, a European tech investor which shares profits with founders, has raised a $105 million second fund. The fund has a novel model which shares profits with founders who it has previously invested in.
  10. Kids in the UK are now spending more money on 'Fortnite' and 'Roblox' than candy and books. Kids are also saving 14% more money than they did in 2019 — that's £104 ($135) a year, per data from RoosterMoney.

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Wednesday 16 September 2020

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  1. Trump said he's not ready to sign off on a TikTok deal as his administration reportedly pushes for majority US ownership. The Wall Street Journal reported that ByteDance had sought to keep its controlling share of the social media app in a deal it pitched to US officials this week.
  2. Twitter took 30 minutes to remove Kanye West's tweet doxxing a top magazine editor. The tweet — which called the editor a "white supremacist" and invited West's fans to call him — was up for 30 minutes and garnered more than 17,000 retweets before it was removed.
  3. Apple gave the FBI access to the iCloud account of a protester accused of setting police cars on fire. The agency found screenshots of an Instagram post promoting the protest, a screenshot of a recipe for a Molotov cocktail, and videos of "a green glass bottle" in an unzipped backpack.
  4. Facebook is hiring a director of remote work as it plans for a more permanent shift to working from home. Facebook employees will continue working from home until July 2021, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has said he expects half of the company's workforce to work remotely within the next 10 years.
  5. Spotify tore into Apple again, this time over the new Apple One subscription bundle. It called on regulators to check Apple's power before it causes "irreparable harm to the developer community."
  6. Apple said in a court filing that 'Fortnite' hype is fading and the only reason Epic Games started a legal battle was to generate buzz. The pair got into a fight after Epic broke Apple's rules about App Store payments, for which the latter automatically takes a commission as high as 30%.
  7. 83% of millennials living near major US tech hubs are considering a move to a more affordable city. It coincides with US tech giants pioneering new flexible working policies because of the pandemic.
  8. Popular e-bike startup VanMoof has raised a $40 million as it sees growth explode during the pandemic. As public transport becomes less appealing due to COVID-19, cycling has become a serious proposition even across major cities like San Francisco, New York, Paris, London, and Tokyo. 
  9. A pro-Trump youth activist group paid teenagers to push conservative talking points on social media. Turning Point Action, an affiliate of the conservative group Turning Point USA, enlisted teenagers in Arizona to push conservative messages, downplay the coronavirus pandemic, and bolster President Donald Trump's election campaign.
  10. The CEO of $24 billion Okta said he would be in 'serious trouble with the SEC' if he raved about his IPO the way investor Chamath Palihapitiya is talking about Opendoor going public. Typically, when a company goes public, it agrees not to share any information about its activities that isn't already in its publicly available filings with the SEC.

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