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Report: Microsoft in talks to buy TikTok’s US business from China’s ByteDance

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President Trump has plans to order China’s ByteDance, the owner of hit social video app  TikTok,   to divest from the company, according to new reporting from  Bloomberg . The app is increasingly a target of  U.S. security concerns  over its Chinese ownership. After the initial news, reports  bubbled   up  that Microsoft is in talks to buy the Chinese social network, which has a  massive footprint  in the U.S. and beyond. TikTok itself is not available in China and Chinese users instead use Douyin, a similar ByteDance-owned app specific to the country. While little is known about what such a sale could mean or if the president would really play any role, the event would send huge waves through the tech world. TikTok is one of the only meaningful outside competitors for U.S.-based social networks like YouTube and Facebook. It’s also not clear if the sale would somehow spin out the company’s U.S. business or if TikTok’s broad international operations would remain intact. TikTok knows it’
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U.S. surpasses China with most coronavirus cases worldwide

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U.S. surpasses China with most coronavirus cases worldwide Source :  BBC        The US now has more confirmed cases of coronavirus than any other country with at least 82,404 positive tests. According to the latest figures collated by Johns Hopkins University, the US overtook China (81,782 cases) and Italy (80,589).The grim milestone came as President Donald Trump predicted the nation would get back to work “pretty quickly”, after 3.3 million layoffs. More than 1,100 people with Covid-19 have died in the US. What did President Trump say? At a White House briefing on Thursday afternoon, Mr Trump said: “They have to go back to work, our country has to go back, our country is based on that and I think it’s going to happen pretty quickly. “We may take sections of our country, we may take large sections of our country that aren’t so seriously affected and we may do it that way.” He added: “A lot of people misinterpret when I say go back, they’re going
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COVID-19: GWCL introduces temporary billing system for customers COPIED The Management of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has introduced a temporary billing regime to its bill customers in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus. In a press release, GWCL said customers will for the next few months be billed on estimated consumption, based on average consumption from January to March 2020. “The Management of Ghana Water Company Limited has introduced a temporary billing regime to bill our customers on an average of their last three months’ consumption. Thus, all GWCLs customers will for the next few months, be billed on estimated consumption, based on an average of their consumption from January to March 2020.” The company further said the decision is to reduce the frequent visits of its Meter Readers in order to curb the spread of the outbreak of the novel Coronavirus in the country. “This has become necessary so as to reduce the frequency of visits by our Meter Readers
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Samsung announces the Galaxy Fold, a luxury device starting at $1,980

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Forward-looking:  Samsung is venturing into uncharted territory with the Galaxy Fold. Smartphone innovation has been down across the industry and as major markets hit saturation levels, consumers are demanding something new. The Galaxy Fold is certainly a break from the norm, but how will buyers respond to that nearly $2,000 price of entry? All eyes were affixed on Samsung today as the company hosted its latest  Unpacked mobile event . Most suspected Samsung would open with the Galaxy S10 but the company surprised onlookers by diving right into its latest innovation, the  Galaxy Fold . The Galaxy Fold features a 4.6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED display (21:9) on the outside but when unfolded, the device transforms into a small tablet boasting a 7.3-inch Dynamic AMOLED  Infinity Flex Display  with a QXGA+ resolution (4.2:3). It’s powered by an unnamed 7nm, 64-bit processor, 12GB of LPDDR4x RAM and 512GB of local storage (UFS 3.0) and packs a total of six cameras – three on the back, two
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Samsung unveils Galaxy S10, S10e, and S10 Plus with embedded fingerprint scanning and more

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Why it matters:  The Galaxy S10 features several new innovations never seen in previous iterations. The S10 doesn't just feature upgrades to the display, camera, and processor, but also new technology that companies have been racing to implement such as behind-the-screen camera sensors, fingerprint scanners integrated into the display, HDR10+ recording, and more that will set the S10 apart from the current generation of smartphones. Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S10 at Unpacked in San Francisco on Wednesday. After introducing its  new folding smartphone , it dove right into its highly anticipated flagship phones. The  Galaxy S10 features  a full top-to-bottom, side-to-side AMOLED screen, which supports HDR10+. The bright 1,200 nits "Dynamic Infinity-O" display has a color gamut capable of 60 million colors making it highly vivid and color accurate. It can reduce the blue light emitted, making it easier on the eyes without using a filter or reducing picture quali
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Government will support 18-year-old inventor - Prof. Frimpong-Boateng

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MESTI) has pledged the government’s support for an 18-year-old inventor who has used empty paper boxes and other materials to design a remote-controlled dummy vehicle, an electronic wardrobe and other items. The prodigy, Samuel Naamgwinaa, who is a first-year student of the Don Bosco Technical Institute at Odumase near Sunyani in the Bono Region, has also developed a water heater, a simple solar system for powering cell phones and lighting bulbs, as well as a computer game console. Samuel was accompanied by his father, Mr Sylvester Dabour, and the Arts and Culture Instructor at the Don Bosco Technical Institute, who discovered Samuel, to showcase his inventions to the ministry yesterday in response to an invitation. After lining up six of his inventions at the office of the Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), Prof. Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, could not hide his astonishment and pledged support for such inventors to help them accomplish out
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GCB sacks ex-UT, Capital Bank workers for 'failing' SSCE, WASSCE

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GCB Bank has terminated the contracts of 56 ex-staff of defunct UT and Capital Banks for not possessing the minimum qualification required to work with the bank. The termination of their contracts was done after an audit of employees of the defunct banks exposed issues with the minimum qualification of about 160 staff. The affected staff have since been issued with “termination of appointment” letters signed by the Head of Human Resources, I. Kojo Essel Junior. One of the letters, dated February 12, 2019 said, “We wish to advise that with immediate effect, your services to the Bank will no longer be required. “You will be paid an equivalent of one month’s basic salary in lieu of notice in line with section 29 (a) of our Collective Agreement and other benefits you may be entitled to per your contract of employment (less any indebtedness to the Bank). “You are to hand over any company property that may be in your possession including but not limited to documents, manuals, comp
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