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Annie Palmer / CNBC: Amazon says its annual sale on Prime Day will happen on October 13 and 14 after the original summer date was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.Amazon Prime Day will take place on October 13 and 14 this year, the company announced on Monday. – The company postponed its biggest shopping...

Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: Fiture, a Chinese startup providing smart home fitness equipment, is raising $ 65 million in Series A led by TencentFITURE, a Chinese startup providing smart home fitness equipment, has secured $ 65 million in a Series A round of financing led by Tencent with the participation of its spin-off investor Sequoia...

Stripe led a $ 12 million tour of Series A at Manila-based online payment platform PayMongoThe startup announced today. PayMongo, Providing an API for online payments to businesses in the Philippines, it was the first Filipino-owned fintech startup to participate in the Y Combinator acceleration program. Y Combinator and Global Founders Capital, another former investor,...

The New York Times: Federal judge grants preliminary injunction against Trump administration order that would have banned TikTok from US app stores– The government said the ban would address its national security concerns. But the owner’s attorneys said the ban “will not be different from the government closing the doors of a public forum.”

A US federal court imposed a ban on Tik Tok It will not go into effect Monday as scheduled. The anticipated ban delay will allow Americans to continue using the app while the court considers the legality of the ban and whether the app poses a national security risk as the Trump administration claims. For...

Ann Marie Brady / Washington Post: A look at the Zhenhua database, set up by a government-connected Chinese technology company, which collects personal information on about 2.4 million people globally, most of them from the United StatesAnne-Marie Brady is a global fellow at the Wilson Center, a professor at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand...

Biz Carson / protocol: A look at VC Handbook, which allows startup founders to post reviews on VCs anonymously, as critics say it focuses on individuals rather than company-wide reviewsHello and welcome to Pipeline. This week: Inside the Zoom boom, anonymous investor reviews, and the worst “Uber for X” idea I’ve ever heard.

Zak Whitaker / TechCrunch: Portions of Amazon’s law enforcement requests portal that can be seen on the web provide a rare glimpse into how the company handles law enforcement requests.– Parts of the web portal that law enforcement agencies use to request customer data from Amazon can be accessed by anyone, despite the portal …

Bloomberg: Cryptocurrency exchange for Winklevoss Twins, Gemini, expanded to the UK after receiving an e-money license from the country’s Financial Conduct Authority– Gemini says exchange is among the first in the registration process – customers will be able to use the pound for all transactions

Matt Leonard / Dive into the supply chain: The FedEx CEO says the company is working with trusted Robotics to pilot a single-engine drone to deliver cargo– Scuba Brief: – FedEx is working with trusted robots to pilot a single-engine unmanned aircraft to deliver cargo …