Mike Schulman / The Keyword:
Google updates its “Why this ad” feature, now “About this ad”, to show verified names of advertisers and is testing “trust tokens” to replace 3rd-party cookies  —  Vice …

Cade Metz / New York Times:
William English, who alongside Douglas Engelbart built the first computer with a mouse and showed it at “The Mother of All Demos”, dies at 91  —  He was one of the computing pioneers who “…

President Donald Trump told reporters on Air Force One that he will act as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok from the US, CNBC reported.
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CNBC:
President Trump says he will act as soon as Saturday to ban TikTok from the United States  —  – President Donald Trump on Friday told reporters he will act as soon as Saturday to ban Chinese-owned video app TikTok from the Unite…

Kislay Verma:
When companies have too many smaller teams, slicing problems too thinly, they face high coordination costs as teams become too dependent on each other  —  “The two pizza team” paradigm has become really popul…

Christine Hall / Crunchbase News:
Lemonaid Health, which offers an on-demand service for accessing health care online, raises $33M Series B, bringing its total raised to $55M  —  Interest in telemedicine continues to increase, and Lem…

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple has acquired Mobeewave, a startup with tech that could transform iPhones into payment terminals; one source says deal is worth ~$100M  —  – Apple acquires Canada’s Mobeewave for about $100 mill…

This week, Twitch streamer Pokimane demonstrated how to expertly handle the internet drama industrial complex.

Daniel Grant / Wall Street Journal:
COVID-19 has pushed museums to improve their online offerings, including virtual tours, as they explore potential business models based on digital content  —  When Covid-19 forced museums to shut th…

Bitcoin payments and IP addresses led investigators to two of the alleged perpetrators in just over two weeks.