TikTok Said to Be Subject of US National Security Investigation

The US government has launched a national security review of TikTok owner ByteDance's $1 billion acquisition of US social media app Musical.ly, according to three people familiar with the matter.

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Google, Walmart Help Drive India Payments Past 1 Billion Transactions

Indian digital payments took off when the government pushed demonetisation in 2016.

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Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter Payload Detects Argon-40 in Lunar Exosphere

Chandra's Atmospheric Composition Explorer-2 (CHACE-2) payload aboard the Chandrayaan-2 Orbiter has detected Argon-40, said ISRO.

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Amazon's Bid to Buy Stake in Indian Retailer Said to Face Antitrust Hurdle

Amazon in August agreed to acquire a 49 percent stake in a unit of Future Group which owns 7.3 percent of Future Retail.

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Apple Asks US to Waive Tariffs on Chinese-Made Watches, iPhone Parts, More

Apple submitted the requests on the first day the Trump administration began accepting them.

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WhatsApp Said to Have Shared 'Technical Jargon' With Government

Government sources say that WhatsApp had given information to CERT-IN, a government agency in May, but without any mention of Pegasus or the extent of the breach.

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The Pressure Is Now on Facebook to Ban Political Ads, Too

Facebook's policy is to accept paid political ads from candidates without fact-checking them or censoring them, even if they contain lies.

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