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Overall, Apple removed 851 apps in the year between July 2018 and June 2019, and the vast majority of requests came from China.

Since the 1950s, humans have produced about 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic, the grand majority of which has ended up in a landfill. As the waste piles up, a number of companies are exploring alternatives to single-use plastics, experimenting with everything from mushroom packaging to advanced fibers to plastics-free grocery stores. But it may take serious legislative efforts to incentive adoption and slow the rise of the industry overall.

NBC News reports Signal isn't blocked by the Great Firewall, unlike other encrypted messaging apps including WhatsApp and Telegram.

Among the changes, streaming executive Andy Forssell will lead a new HBO Max operating business unit.

The pandemic so far has accelerated trends of people fleeing large, expensive U.S. cities. While shopping is up everywhere, Barton said the company is seeing a "deceleration of migration" to cities and expects it to continue.

According to internal discussions, Facebook removed "strikes" so that conservative pages were not penalized for violations of misinformation policies, NBC News reported.

Disney+ grew its streaming subscriber base faster than expected, but Netflix has a big lead, and media conglomerates ViacomCBS, NBC Universal and AT&T are all aiming to take market share with internet video efforts.

The worst appears to be in the past for the TV advertising market, but a comeback from the effects of Covid-19 will likely be gradual.

The Chinese-owned WeChat is used for a bit of everything in China. But in the United States, it's a key messaging app for people with loved ones in China.

The iPhone maker has come under increasing scrutiny over its App Store's rules, which regulators are worried enable anti-competitive practices.

Uber narrowed losses, and saw a spike in demand for its food delivery service during the second quarter. However, the company's core ride-sharing business was down 73% from last year.

Trump's executive order would ban the Chinese social media app from doing business with U.S. firms in 45 days.

The ban will take effect in 45 days and may attract retaliation from Beijing.

The "Make Billionaires Pay Act" would impose a one-time 60% tax on wealth gains made by billionaires during the pandemic to fund health care.

The app-based bank said it had seen lending activity spike thanks to the U.K. government's emergency coronavirus financing schemes.

Fintech companies in Asia saw their capital raise fall around 37% from $2.56 billion in the first quarter to $1.62 billion in the second, a CB Insights report said.

Hiring in tech remains muted, sending another distressing signal ahead of Friday's critical jobs report. As of late July, tech job postings were down 36% compared to the same time last year, according to recent data from the online platform Indeed.

Epic said the deal included a $250 million strategic investment from Sony, which it announced last month.

Apple bumped up a bunch of the hardware inside its new 27-inch iMac, but also focused on some things that are important for people and families who are stuck working at home during quarantine.

Facebook will allow its employees to continue to work from home until July 2021, the company told CNBC on Thursday.