

Opinion
Only 2 companies should buy TikTok, and Oracle isn’t one of them

News publishers seek the same App Store terms Apple gives Amazon

Google Pixel Buds tap AI to alert users to sirens, crying babies, and barking dogs

Team.Video challenges Zoom with features to fix ‘common meeting frustrations’

Could machine learning help bring marginalized voices into historical archives?

Adobe launches AI-powered Character Animator features in beta

Amazon now offers third-party solutions for contact center AI

Chrome for Android will show ‘Fast page’ labels based on Web Vitals

ProBeat: Microsoft’s Surface Duo is dead on arrival, regardless of price

Quibi’s troubled launch was compounded by a drop in mobile video viewing

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Why it’s time to change the conversation around synthetic media

WordPress 5.5 arrives with lazy loading, sitemap, automatic updates for plugins and themes

Google details 50 new Classroom and Meet features for the pandemic school year

Facebook claims it proactively detected 95% of hate speech removed in Q2 2020

Pinterest expands lipstick Try on feature to over 10,000 shoppable shades

Simpplr raises $10 million for its AI-powered intranet platform

Mux raises $37 million to streamline video delivery and analytics

Microsoft’s TikTok acquisition presents both political and technical challenges

Ironscales raises $8 million more for AI that thwarts email phishing attacks

This HoloLens 2 app is helping doctors learn how to ID coronavirus

Researchers quantify bias in Reddit content sometimes used to train AI

Facebook removes Trump post for violating coronavirus misinformation rules

Infermedica raises $10.25 million for chatbots and voice assistants that triage health care

Opinion
Samsung should probably just stop doing its Unpacked events

Automated document processor PandaDoc raises $15 million more as remote work grows

In a blow to Bixby, Siri cofounder Adam Cheyer departs Samsung

Firefox 79 clears redirect tracking cookies every 24 hours

Syntiant raises $35 million for AI speech-processing edge chips

Antitrust experts weigh in on breaking up Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google

ByteDance and Microsoft offer White House a deal to keep TikTok in the U.S.

Opinion
ProBeat: Slowing AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud revenue growth is a good thing

Amazon reports $88.9 billion in Q2 2020 revenue: AWS up 29%, subscriptions up 29%, and ‘other’ up 41%

Privacy problems are widespread for Alexa and Google Assistant voice apps, according to researchers

The AI Foundation raises $17 million to create digital AI-powered personas

Antitrust hearing: Amazon, Facebook, and Google were questioned 2x more than Apple

Google One expands phone backup to all accounts, iPhone app is coming ‘soon’

Opinion
Tech CEOs will survive antitrust hearings but can’t stop investigations

Spotify paid subscribers rose 6% in Q2 2020 to 138 million, profits fall short

Microsoft launches Family Safety app for Android and iOS
