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Zoom Turns Record Profit Thanks To Coronavirus Shutdowns The video conferencing company is seeing surging demand, and profit, as so much of daily life goes virtual during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more on NPR

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As Telemedicine Replaces The Physical Exam, What Are Doctors Missing? Certain diagnoses are harder to catch without an in-person connection. And beyond that, a doctor reflects on the loss of a ritual that can provide "real comfort and meaning" to physician and patient. Read more on NPR

With Virtual Rush, Fraternities And Sororities Race To Pitch More Than Parties Greek organizations rely heavily on member dues. If chapters can't provide a meaningful experience online, one expert says, they may not survive the pandemic. Read more on NPR

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TikTok Workers Feel 'Anxiety,' 'Anger,' And 'Rage,' Amid Trump Crackdown TikTok employee Patrick Ryan has launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration to protect TikTok workers. The White House has given the popular app an ultimatum: Sell or be banned. Read more on NPR

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Walmart Joins Microsoft In A Bid To Buy TikTok Walmart cited a potential boost from TikTok to its online presence, including the giant retailer's efforts to grow online advertising and a marketplace for third-party sellers. Read more on NPR

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New Fortnite Season Will Not Be Available On iPhones, As Judge Sides With Apple The maker of the popular Battle Royale game is being banned from Apple's App Store after skirting the tech giant's rule that it receive a 30% cut of every purchase. Read more on NPR

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Resigns Amid Trump Administration's Growing Pressure On App Mayer, who was on the job as TikTok's chief executive for three months, said while it is the right time for him to step down a "resolution" for the company will happen "very soon." Read more on NPR

A Confusing Back-To-School Season May Lead To Blockbuster Spending Preparing for both in-person and virtual learning has families budgeting for new school supplies like masks and bleach wipes, but also bigger purchases like laptops, speakers, desks and chairs. Read more on NPR

TikTok CEO Kevin Mayer Resigns After Just Months On The Job Kevin Mayor, new CEO of the Chinese app TikTok, is leaving saying the "political environment has sharply changed." TikTok is under pressure from the Trump administration over its ties to China. Read more on NPR

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Epic Games Vs. Apple: What Will Happen To 'Fortnite' Update Epic Games' battle against Apple's App Store fees could hit home for millions of Fortnite fans on Thursday. That's when Epic is set to release a big update to the popular video game. Read more on NPR

Major Real Estate Website Now Shows Flood Risk. Should They All? Millions of home listings on Realtor.com now include information about climate change-driven flood risk. But other real estate sites are holding off. Read more on NPR

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What Bikes Tell Us About A Changing Global Economy COVID and tariffs are reconfiguring trade. Read more on NPR

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TikTok Sues Trump To Block U.S. Ban The White House has targeted the Chinese-owned app with an executive order that would effectively ban it from operating in the U.S. Lawyers for TikTok say the president's action is unconstitutional. Read more on NPR

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Uber, Lyft Will Not Suspend Service In California After Court Gives Them More Time An appeals court has given the ride-hailing companies more time to fight a judge's order that they reclassify their drivers as employees to comply with state law. Read more on NPR

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Former Uber Executive Charged With Paying 'Hush Money' To Conceal Massive Breach Federal prosecutors allege Uber's former chief security officer Joe Sullivan covered up the breach, and instead arranged a $100,000 payment to the hackers. Read more on NPR

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There's More Big Tech In Your Life Than You Even Know. Check Out Your Stock Portfolio The market is hitting records, in large part because of a handful of superstar tech stocks. Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Facebook, Netflix and Google's parent dominate indexes in retirement funds. Read more on NPR

Trump, Addressing Far-Right QAnon Conspiracy, Offers Praise For Its Followers Trump said he didn't know much about the online conspiracy theory community, other than he believes its followers "like me very much." Read more on NPR

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Despite Investors Preaching Diversity, Market Keeps Relying On Big Tech Stocks S&P 500 index funds were supposed to protect investors, by putting their money in a broad array of different stocks — but much of the recent gains have come from a few Big Tech stocks. Read more on NPR

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Apple Is Worth $2 Trillion — 1st American Company To Hit Milestone Apple first crossed the $1 trillion mark just two years ago. The iPhone maker and a handful of other tech giants propelled the S&P 500 index to a new record this week. Read more on NPR

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A Tale Of Two Ecosystems: On Bandcamp, Spotify And The Wide-Open Future There's Bandcamp, beloved by artists. There's Spotify, very well-liked by listeners. And then there's that big question mark. The artist Damon Krukowski takes a look. Read more on NPR

There's A Better Way To 'Dub' Movie Audio For Visually Impaired Fans Most non-English films made outside the U.S. are inaccessible to many of the 26.9 million visually impaired Americans. "Dubbing just tells us the dialogue," one disability rights activist explains. Read more on NPR

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Amazon Thinks It Will Need More — Not Fewer — Offices In Big Cities At a time of mass work from home and many moving to spacious suburbs, Amazon is funding a large expansion of corporate real estate and jobs in six U.S. cities. Read more on NPR

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I Thought A Zoo: Simulated Games For Isolated Times Whether you want to take a break from reality with a zoo, a city, an amusement park, or a hospital full of angry clowns, a simulation game can be just the ticket. Read more on NPR

User Coalition Fights To Keep Chinese App WeChat In U.S. Market President Trump recently issued an executive order that would effectively ban the Chinese app WeChat — starting in September. The order says the app poses a national security threat. Read more on NPR

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Trump: TikTok Must Be Sold In 90 Days, Cites 'Credible Evidence' Of Security Threat The move follows a previous executive order from the president that would make "transactions" between U.S. citizens and the Chinese-owned app illegal. Read more on NPR

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