September, 2020

• 21 September

  Quibi reportedly weighs selling itself less than 6 months after launching

  

  Quibi, a star-studded mobile streaming service, is exploring strategic options including a possible sale less than six months after its launch in April, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. It is also considering raising more money or going public through a merger with a specially formed company that could help it fund …

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• 21 September

  TikTok

  

  A deal for Oracle and Walmart to acquire stakes in the US operations of popular video app TikTok appeared in jeopardy as details of the complicated arrangement were disputed. President Donald Trump said on Monday that he would revoke his initial approval of the deal if ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns TikTok, retained a stake in a newly created company that would house the US …

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• 21 September

  Get the current

  

  Regular Cheapskate readers know that Amazon gear goes on sale all the time — but occasionally another store will beat the house. Case in point: For a limited time, and while supplies last, new QVC customers can get the current-gen Amazon Fire HD 8 tablet for $45 with promo code NEW. That’s $25 below Amazon’s current price and an all-time …

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• 21 September

  TikTok

  

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• 21 September

  Why you buy the brands you buy

  

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• 21 September

  The 2021 GMC Yukon Denali is so much better

  

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• 21 September

  Microsoft just bought Bethesda for $7.5B: Here’s a breakdown of what it means

  

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• 20 September

  Judge temporarily blocks Trump’s ban on WeChat

  

  A US judge early Sunday temporarily blocked a Trump administration order requiring Apple and Google to remove the Chinese-owned messaging app WeChat from their app stores. US Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco said in an order that WeChat users who filed a lawsuit “have shown serious questions going to the merits of the First Amendment claim, the balance …

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• 20 September

  Here come the Apple Watch Series 5 deals: $299 at Walmart (Update: Expired)

  

  Earlier this week, Apple announced the Apple Watch Series 6 and Apple Watch SE, leading to the inevitable: Price reductions on the Series 5, which is now discontinued (but still a very good watch). Read more: Apple Watch SE first impressions For a limited time, and while supplies last, Walmart has the Apple Watch Series 5 40mm (Gold/Pink Sand) for …

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• 20 September

  PS5 file sizes revealed for Spider

  

  When FromSoftware’s Demon’s Souls hit the PlayStation 3 in 2009, it had a file size of 8.24 gigabytes. When the Demon’s Souls remake launches alongside the PlayStation 5 on Nov. 12, it’ll be… somewhat larger. According to a listing on Sony’s PlayStation Direct site, Demon’s Souls 2020 will take up 66GB of PS5 storage space.  It’s one of two game …

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