Microsoft won't open its physical offices until early 2021 TechSpot

According to a report from The Verge, the software giant will not be opening its US offices again for the rest of the year. This information came to light via an internal memo obtained by the outlet, which describes Microsoft's strategy for reopening its physical locations to workers.





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Microsoft reportedly in talks to buy TikTok TechSpot

Multiple sources are suggesting that Microsoft is in talks to buy TikTok, the popular video app owned by Chinese tech company ByteDance. A potential acquisition from Microsoft seems to stem from reports that President Trump would order ByteDance to sell its US operations.





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Nvidia could buy ARM from Softbank (update) TechSpot

Update (July 31): What only seemed like a wild rumor a week ago, has gained substance over the past week. Both Bloomberg and Financial Times are reporting that Nvidia is in talks to buy the Arm from SoftBank in a cash-and-stock deal that would value the chip designer at more...





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Google's parent company Alphabet sees revenue decline for the first time in 22 years TechSpot

Alphabet's latest earnings report is in, and it looks like the company registered its first decline in 22 years, mostly as a direct result of Covid-19's impact on advertising spend.





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Rakuten, formerly Buy.com, is pulling out of the US e-commerce business TechSpot

Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten is shutting down its online retail store in the US, the company has confirmed to TechCrunch.





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Facebook encroaches on YouTube's turf with music video push TechSpot

Facebook users have been able to share audio clips of select licensed material on the site, but not official music videos.





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Amazon's satellite broadband gets FCC approval, will launch over three thousand satellites in the next few years TechSpot

After getting approval from the FCC for Project Kuiper, Amazon has now officially joined the internet-from-space race to compete with SpaceX's Starlink, Facebook Athena, and a few other ventures.





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Facebook grows user base thanks in part to the pandemic TechSpot

Facebook for the quarter ending June 30, 2020, reported revenue of $18.69 billion, an increase of 11 percent compared to the $16.89 billion generated during the same period a year earlier. Net income climbed to $5.18 billion, a healthy 98 percent increase over the $2.62 billion haul in the year-ago quarter.





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Retailer listing shows Halo Infinite's multiplayer is free-to-play TechSpot

Information on Halo's free multiplayer component arrived via a webpage on the Irish version of UK toy retailer Smyths. Before the listing was removed, it mentioned Halo Infinite's "groundbreaking free-to-play multiplayer experience" with "120 FPS and greatly reduced load times" on the Xbox Series X.





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Apple confirms upcoming iPhones will be delayed by a few weeks TechSpot

Apple has confirmed what many thought might be the case leading into the latter half of a tumultuous 2020 – a delay in launching new iPhone models this fall.





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Microsoft's Surface Duo could launch in three weeks TechSpot

News of the release date comes courtesy of Windows Central, which writes that the Surface Duo will launch during the week of August 24, 2020, and that production of the device has already begun.





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Beware of fraudulent Cyberpunk 2077 beta invites TechSpot

CD Projekt Red took tweeted a warning about what appears to be an email phishing scam disguised as invitations to a Cyberpunk 2077 beta that doesn't exist. The developer insists that if you've received such an email, it's not from them, and should be treated as malicious.





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No Nvidia Killer? Big Navi's best matches the RTX 2080 Ti, falls short of the RTX 3080 Ti TechSpot

Coreteks, citing sources in Asia, reports that AMD has started sharing details of the RDNA 2-based GPUs with its Add-In Board (AIB) partners. They say the performance level of the high-end card—codenamed Sienna Cichlid—is just 15 percent better than Nvidia's RTX 2080 Ti, and that’s only in select AMD “optimized”...





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Amazon's online retail dominance may be partly explained by high seller fees TechSpot

When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos testified before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Wednesday, US Congress members brought into question the retail giant's apparent power over third-party sellers, which seems to extend beyond its own marketplace.





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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's military Twitch ban voted down by House of Representatives TechSpot

Speaking on the House Floor before yesterday's vote, AOC said: "Children should not be targeted in general for many marketing purposes in addition to military service. Right now, currently, children on platforms such as Twitch are bombarded with banner ads linked to recruitment signup forms that can be submitted by...





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Netflix has reportedly landed a deal to produce a Splinter Cell anime TechSpot

The series has proven incredibly popular, with seven main entries in total. Though later games bring various twists on the core experience, each title emphasizes stealth, espionage, and the clever use of fancy spy gadgets, such as Fisher's iconic night-vision goggles, smoke grenades, and much more.





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