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Trump vs TikTok, WeChat, China

Twitter expressed interest in buying TikTok’s U.S. operations – Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) has approached TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance to express interest in acquiring the U.S. operations of the video-sharing app, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters, as experts raised doubts over Twitter’s ability to put together financing for a potential deal. – It is far from certain that Twitter would be able to outbid Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and complete such a transformative deal in the 45 days that U.S. President Donald Trump has given ByteDance to agree to a sale, the sources said on Saturday.“

Reuters

VPN booms as countries around the world mull TikTok bans – The use of VPNs can let users access an online service from an encrypted tunnel and thus bypass app blocks. ‚We are seeing an increasing number of governments around the world attempting to control the information their citizens can access,‘ observes Harold Li, vice president of ExpressVPN, which claims to have over 3,000 servers across 94 countries. ‚For this reason, VPNs are used to access blocked sites and services by many worldwide.'“

TechCrunch

„Kuo: iPhone Shipments Could Decline Up to 30% If Apple Forced to Remove WeChat From Worldwide App Store – In a worst-case scenario, Apple’s annual iPhone shipments could decline by 25–30% if it is forced to remove WeChat from its App Stores around the world, according to a new research note from analyst Ming-Chi Kuo viewed by MacRumors. The removal could occur due to a recent executive order aiming to ban U.S. transactions with WeChat and its parent company Tencent.“

MacRumors

Amazon: Läden als Lager-Fläche

Amazon and Mall Operator Look at Turning Sears, J.C. Penney Stores Into Fulfillment Centers – Hookup between Simon Property Group, Amazon would show how retail and logistics are converging more rapidly – The largest mall owner in the U.S. has been in talks with Amazon.com Inc., the company many retailers denounce as the mall industry’s biggest disrupter, to take over space left by ailing department stores.“

WSJ

Corona-Warn-App ohne QR-Codes

„Warum die Corona-Warn-App immer noch Stift und Zettel braucht – Die Corona-App selbst ist zwar datenschutzfreundlich aufgebaut, dennoch bleiben Infizierte nicht immer anonym. Grund ist eine Telefonhotline und Probleme bei der Digitalisierung im Gesundheitswesen.“

Spiegel