SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Da...
TikTok says it will go dark in the US on Sunday unless the Biden admin provides a “definitive statement” to critical service providers assuring non-enforcement
TikTok said its services will go dark on Sunday without a guarantee from the Biden administration that it won't punish Apple …
SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, says free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
The Supreme Court upheld a law that threatens to shut down the wildly popular TikTok social media platform in the US as soon as Sunday …
Reddit appears to be blocking search engines that don't rely on Google's indexing; Bing, DuckDuckGo, Mojeek, and others are not showing recent Reddit results
except the ones that pay Barry Schwartz / Search Engine Roundtable : Reddit Blocked Bing Search & Others But Not Google Ben Schoon / 9to5Google : Reddit now blocks all search engin...
A federal court in Texas temporarily blocks the US government's ban on noncompete agreements set to take effect on September 4, and plans to rule on August 30
A federal court in Texas has partially blocked the government's ban on noncompete agreements that was set to take effect September 4.
Google plans to offer Chromebook software updates for up to 10 years, starting in 2024, so no current device expires within the next two years, to help schools
if the hardware lasts a decade Camila Foster / Sammy Fans : Decade long support: Google announces 10 years of updates for Chromebooks GSMArena.com : Google extends Chromebooks' sof...
Google plans to offer Chromebook software updates for up to 10 years, starting in 2024, so no current device expires within the next two years, to help schools
if the hardware lasts a decade Rik Henderson / T3 : Ambitious Google update plan means Chromebooks aren't just for Christmas, they're for life... almost Martin Brinkmann / Ghacks :...
A look at the vagueness and implications of the EU's plan to require that portable batteries, like those in smartphones, are “readily removable and replaceable”
what you need to know Asma Hussain / iThinkDifferent : Apple braces for change as EU demands easy battery replacement for smartphones Stan Schroeder / Mashable : Future iPhones mig...
Sources: to avoid a formal antitrust investigation by EU regulators, Microsoft agrees to stop bundling Teams with Office, after a complaint from Slack to the EU
Here's What to Watch Luke Hughes / TechRadar : Microsoft Teams is about to become optional for Office users Sean Endicott / Windows Central : Is Microsoft going to debundle Teams a...