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China's ByteDance is courting European game developers, and sources say it's mulling a casual games platform for TikTok to rival Facebook and Snapchat

ByteDance, the Chinese tech giant which owns TikTok, is courting European developers as it looks to mobile games as a means to bolster its growing popularity. At a gaming...
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Tim Cook-Backed Showerhead That Raised $5 Million On Kickstarter Unveils Newest, Most Affordable Model

2 hours ago | Forbes

The San Francisco-based tech startup Nebia launched a Kickstarter for a new product co-designed by Moen.
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Google's internal culture clash isn't hurting its valuation-yet

4 hours ago | Fortune

This is the web version of Data Sheet, Fortune's daily newsletter on the top tech news. To get it delivered daily to your in-box, sign up here . Good morning. Fortune tech...
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Trump and Macron declared a ceasefire on the escalating trade war over France's anti-tech tax

6 hours ago | Business Insider

Presidents Trump and Macron have reached a ceasefire in their escalating trade war. The fight began in July when France approved a 3% tax on revenue generated by large digital...
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Facebook to add 1,000 UK jobs, including tech, content roles

6 hours ago | Star Tribune

Facebook said Tuesday it plans to hire 1,000 more staff in Britain, mainly for its technology and harmful content teams.
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Tim Cook subtly dinged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg by saying augmented reality doesn't isolate people like other technologies

6 hours ago | Business Insider | 2 articles

Apple CEO Tim Cook subtly dinged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg while discussing the benefits of augmented reality versus virtual reality. Cook said he thought augmented reality...
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Apple lawsuit tests if an employee can plan rival startup while on payroll

6 hours ago | Reuters

Attorneys for a former Apple Inc executive on Tuesday will try to convince a skeptical judge of a core tenet of tech startup culture - that employees can plan a competing...
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How the Internet of Things will transform consumerism, enterprises, and governments over the next five years

7 hours ago | Business Insider

The Internet of Things is fueling the data-based economy and bridging the divide between physical and digital worlds. Consumers, companies, and governments will install more...
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‘The next frontier in tech policy:' IBM pushes business to help government develop A.I. anti-bias rules

7 hours ago | Fortune

IBM called for rules aimed at eliminating bias in artificial intelligence to ease concerns that the technology relies on data that bakes in past discriminatory practices and...
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IoT Report: How Internet of Things technology growth is reaching mainstream companies and consumers

12 hours ago | Business Insider

This is a preview of the Internet of Things (2018) research report from Business Insider Intelligence. To learn more about the IoT ecosystem, tech trends and industry forecasts,
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Trump gave a rambling speech at Davos touting US economic achievements...

Trump gave a rambling, 30-minute speech at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting in Davos Tuesday. There he lauded US economic achievements, including his recent trade... Read more ...

Taylor Swift reveals her mom has been diagnosed with a brain tumor amid her...

Taylor Swift discussed her mom's ongoing health struggles in a new interview with Variety. Swift revealed that doctors discovered a brain tumor while her mom, Andrea Swift, was... Read more ...

LeBron James slams 'disrespectful' fan who was ejected for throwing garbage...

On Monday, a spectator threw something at LeBron James' son, Bronny James, during his high school basketball game. Sierra Canyon took on Paul VI at Springfield College in... Read more ...

A VC firm led by a Net-A-Porter cofounder just made a big bet on cannabis...

Cann is a low-dose cannabis-infused beverage startup, founded by Harvard and Stanford MBAs. The startup recently closed a $5 million seed round, led by Imaginary Ventures, a VC... Read more ...

10 things you need to know before the opening bell

Here's what you need to know before markets open. 1. Stocks are sinking on fears of the deadly virus in China - 'Markets are worried about this spreading to more cities.'... Read more ...

Trump claims credit for ‘spectacular' U.S. economy in Davos speech to...

President Donald Trump sought Tuesday to sell the United States to the global business community, telling an economic conference in the Swiss Alps that America's economic... Read more ...

Experts are baffled by Trump's central impeachment defense that the...

President Donald Trump's legal team will argue on the opening day of the president's impeachment trial Tuesday that the charges against him should be dismissed. According to... Read more ...

This map shows where China's mysterious, deadly Wuhan virus has spread...

Chinese state media said six people have been killed by a mysterious virus as authorities repeatedly increase the number of people that are infected. A map shows where the... Read more ...

Greta Thunberg Joins Youth Activists on TIME Panel at Davos to Say ‘Pretty...

Greta Thunberg no longer has to worry about being heard on the issue the climate change, she told a room full of adults Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos... Read more ...

Tim Cook subtly dinged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg by saying augmented...

Apple CEO Tim Cook subtly dinged Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg while discussing the benefits of augmented reality versus virtual reality. Cook said he thought augmented reality... Read more ...