Tech
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TikTok Alternatives in U.S. Grow 361% After Talk of Government Ban
President Trump previously said TikTok has until September 15 to be fully owned by an American company
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‘Fox & Friends’ Derides ‘Doctors in Silicon Valley’ After Twitter and Facebook Remove Trump Coronavirus Video
The president claimed on Wednesday’s show that children are “immune” from the coronavirus; the clip was removed by Twitter and Facebook for being false or misleading
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Kevin Durant Launches The Boardroom Podcast Network With Thirty Five Ventures
The Boardroom Podcast Network will debut with two podcasts including ‘The Etc With Kevin Durant’
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Facebook, Twitter Order Removal of Trump’s Post Claiming Kids Are ‘Virtually Immune’ From COVID-19
The post in question was a video clip from a Wednesday morning phone interview Trump did with Fox News
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Zynga Surpasses Earnings Estimates, Acquires Mobile Game Developer Rollic
Developer saw its highest mobile daily active users in April and early May as players sheltered-in-place
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FBI Raid YouTube Star Jake Paul’s California Mansion
This is Paul’s latest run-in with law enforcement since he was charged with trespassing and unlawful assembly in June
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Ashley Flowers to Debut New Podcast ‘Very Presidential’ Aug. 11
“Very Presidential” will delve into the best-kept secrets of historical U.S. presidents, Flowers says
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One Third of Quibi Subscribers Say They Plan to Drop Streaming Service in Next 3 Months
“Quibi has been hit hard by stay-at-home orders,” analytics firm Kantar reports
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Microsoft Moves Forward With TikTok Purchase Plans After Talk With Trump
President has floated the possibility of banning the Chinese-owned social media platform
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Sarah Cooper Goes Meta on Trump’s Possible TikTok Ban – on TikTok (Video)
Comedian lipsyncs to the president’s comments about a possible ban of the video-sharing app
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House Rejects Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Proposal to Ban Military Recruitment on Twitch
Ocasio-Cortez’s proposed amendment was defeated in the House by 292 votes to 126.
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How ‘Lizzie Bennett Diaries’ Producer Plans to Gamify Live TV
“It’s the collective audience working together or against each other to interact with the content,” Bernie Su tells TheWrap
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Twitter, Facebook and YouTube Remove Breitbart Video Praising Hydroxychloroquine
The video purportedly showed “America’s Frontline Doctors” at a press conference touting the malaria and lupus drug as a coronavirus treatment
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‘Ghost of Tsushima’ Sells 2.4 Million Copies Worldwide in First 3 Days
Sony released “Ghost of Tsushima” July 17
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Barack Obama Joins Michelle Obama’s Spotify Podcast as Inaugural Guest
“The Michelle Obama Podcast” debuts July 29