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Google Maps is back on the Apple Watch.

Google Maps will soon return to the Apple Watch after suddenly disappearing three years ago.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/tech/google-maps-apple-watch-trnd/index.html

After nine years as CEO of Apple, Tim Cook is now a billionaire.

Apple CEO Tim Cook has become a billionaire as he nears a decade at the helm of the world's most valuable company.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/tech/tim-cook-billionaire-apple-valuation-intl-hnk/index.html

Court orders Uber, Lyft to reclassify drivers as employees in California.

Uber and Lyft are being ordered by a California judge to reclassify their drivers in the state as employees -- the latest development in an escalating legal battle over a new law impacting much of the on-demand economy.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/tech/uber-lyft-california-preliminary-injunction/index.html

Twitter's rumored interest in buying TikTok sparks stock rally.

Twitter shares rose as much as 5% Monday after it reportedly held preliminary talks with TikTok, the troubled Chinese-owned social media app that the Trump administration wants to ban.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/10/tech/twitter-stock-tiktok/index.html

What a WeChat ban would mean for Americans.

For Zhang Lianping, a 72-year-old retired small business owner in College Park, Maryland, WeChat is a lifeline for staying in touch with relatives, old classmates and friends spread across Beijing, Shandong and Liaoning provinces in China.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/tech/wechat-chinese-americans-trump/index.html

Instacart went on a hiring spree. These workers got squeezed.

After Kenneth Bloom retired from a career in the grocery business, he didn't stray far. The 61-year-old focused on delivering groceries for Instacart, a role he'd been doing as a side-gig before retirement. The work gave him more flexibility, a source of income to supplement his pension, and the ...
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/08/tech/instacart-pandemic-shoppers/index.html

SpaceX and ULA win military launch competition worth $653 million -- and that's just the start.

Elon Musk's SpaceX and Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance are the big winners in a stiff competition to secure military launch contracts, teeing up the companies to dominate the lucrative market for launching US national security satellites for years to come.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/tech/spacex-ula-military-national-security-contract-scn/index.html

What is WeChat and why does Trump want to ban it?.

President Donald Trump wants to ban WeChat, dramatically escalating tensions with China. But what is WeChat, and why is it so controversial?

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/tech/wechat-trump-ban-explainer/index.html

Big Tech's head-spinning rules for the 2020 election.

Late Wednesday, Twitter made waves by temporarily restricting a Trump campaign account's ability to tweet because it shared a video containing false claims President Trump had made about the coronavirus. But Twitter took no action on President Trump's personal account, which re-shared the video.
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/tech/big-tech-2020-election-analysis/index.html

Mark Zuckerberg is now worth $100 billion.

Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook CEO and one of the world's richest men, just got even richer.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/tech/mark-zuckerberg-net-worth-intl-hnk/index.html

Tencent stock plummets after Trump announces plan to ban WeChat in the US.

Tencent stock plunged on Friday after US President Donald Trump moved to ban WeChat, a social media app owned by the Chinese tech giant.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/07/tech/tencent-us-ban-wechat-hnk-intl/index.html

Facebook will let employees work from home until July 2021.

Facebook is extending its work from home policy until July of next year, becoming the latest tech giant to commit to letting staff work remotely in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/tech/facebook-work-from-home/index.html

Uber's delivery service is now bigger than its rides business.

As the pandemic ground its ride-hail business to a halt, Uber's delivery service took on new importance. Now, it's Uber's biggest source of revenue.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/tech/uber-second-quarter-earnings/index.html

Facebook bans ads from pro-Trump PAC.

Facebook announced Thursday it was banning ads from the The Committee to Defend the President, a pro-Trump super PAC. Facebook did not say how long the ban would last.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/tech/facebook-trump-pac-ban/index.html

Twitter to label government and state media officials.

Twitter is introducing new labels to better identify accounts belonging to government officials and senior staff of state-backed media, the social media platform announced on Thursday.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/tech/twitter-government-state-media-labels/index.html

Nintendo profit jumps more than 400% thanks to the Switch and 'Animal Crossing'.

Nintendo sales are still soaring.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/tech/nintendo-earnings-intl-hnk/index.html

Microsoft has a long history in China. That could cut both ways for TikTok.

Microsoft has spent decades building goodwill with Beijing, and that could help its bid to buy TikTok's operations in the United States and a few other countries. That is, unless deteriorating US-China relations get in the way.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/tech/microsoft-china-tikok-hnk-intl/index.html

Pompeo: 'Untrusted' Chinese apps should be removed from US app stores.

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is urging American companies to remove "untrusted" Chinese-owned technology from their digital networks, as the Trump administration steps up efforts to restrict the reach of Chinese tech in the United States.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/06/tech/pompeo-tiktok-chinese-apps-us-intl-hnk/index.html

Twitter temporarily restricted Trump campaign's ability to tweet over false Covid-19 claims.

Twitter said on Wednesday it had restricted President Donald Trump's campaign from tweeting after its account shared a video containing false claims about the coronavirus.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/tech/twitter-trump-restrict/index.html

Facebook removes Trump post falsely claiming children are 'almost immune' to Covid-19.

Facebook on Wednesday said it had removed a post from President Donald Trump's page for containing false claims about Covid-19.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/05/tech/trump-facebook-misinformation/index.html