A hot potato: TikTok and WeChat are set to be banned in the United States starting Sunday, September 20, on all app stores and platforms, unless President Trump makes a decision on a last-minute deal. The move comes as the Trump administration claims that both apps pose a threat to national security, and could pass user data on to China. TikTok, WeChat, and the Chinese government all deny the accusations.

Follow-up: Trump approves Oracles's TikTok bid "in concept" - Tick

In brief: Apple has long been criticized for locking down NFC functionality and restricting it to Apple Pay, which is seen as an anticompetitive move that keeps competitors at bay. The EU is looking to introduce new legislation that will force the company into allowing alternative payment services to coexist with Apple Pay on its devices.

For years, we've heard that Apple may eventually expand NFC functionality on iPhone and Apple Watch beyond Apple Pay. That thought has yet to materialize, as is the dream of many payment processors to have

From forecasting sales to analyzing customer behavior, data skills are more valuable than ever. If you want to impress recruiters, the 2020 Master Microsoft Excel & Power BI Certification Bundle provides 28 hours of essential tutorials. Right now, you can save hundreds on the training.

The bundle contains 9 courses in total, covering a range of skills from data plotting to visualization. Just as importantly, you come away from each course with a certificate to add to your resume. You would normally pay $1,

Highly anticipated: Cyberpunk 2077's third (but not final) Night City Wire info dump dropped today, and it's given us some juicy new details about the game. We got a more in-depth look at Night City's various districts and their respective gangs, and -- perhaps most importantly for us PC enthusiasts -- we finally know what sort of rig we'll need to run Cyberpunk 2077 on November 19.

We'll focus on the system

TL;DR: The latest casualty in Epic's war with Apple is Fortnite: Save the World. The co-op PvE shooter is not getting pulled by Apple directly, but it needs an update to continue working cross-platform without bugs. This cannot happen because Apple terminated Epic's developer accounts, so updates cannot be signed and made available to users.

Epic Games announced this week that it has to pull the plug on the macOS version of Fortnite: Save the World. Due to its ongoing legal

In brief: A US-based production company is planning to host a reality show in which the winner will receive the most lucrative prize in reality show history - a 10-day trip to the International Space Station.

According to Deadline , a production company called Space Hero Inc. has been formed to create an unscripted reality show titled Space Hero. Contestants with a love for space exploration will compete against like-minded individuals for the opportunity to visit the International Space Station for 10 days.

Show viewers will vote

Why it matters: With your purchase, you’ll be helping to support animal friendly charities including Best Friends Animal Society, Humane Society and Sweet Farm, or you can select your own charity.

The curators over at Humble Bundle have partnered with Twitter account Can You Pet the Dog? To create a collection of games in which, yes, you can in fact pet the dog.

A pledge of just $1 is all that is needed to unlock Dog Sled Saga, Bulb Boy, Beyond Eyes and Scribblenauts Unlimited.

WTF?! Police in the Canadian province of Alberta got a surprise when they chased down a speeding car that appeared to have nobody inside. It turned out that the Tesla was traveling down the highway with both driver and passenger asleep in their fully reclined seats.

The incident, which took place in July, came after highway officers received a call reporting a speeding Tesla Model S. When police approached the vehicle from behind, it was traveling at 140 kmh (87 mph), breaking the 110

Bottom line: One of the many welcome new features in iOS 14 was the ability for users to set third-party apps as their default email and browser clients. And while the feature is finally letting apps like Outlook and Chrome become the new defaults, users who reboot their iPhones/iPads are finding their preferences have been automagically reset to Apple's Mail and Safari apps.

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