Tue. 08/20 - Is Apple TV+ DOA?

Twitter suspends a bunch of China-linked accounts, is Apple TV+ dead on arrival? 23 towns in Texas are hit with ransomware, and why isn’t Alexa in your car?

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• Information operations directed at Hong Kong (Twitter)
• Removing Coordinated Inauthentic Behavior From China (Facebook)
• Updating our advertising policies on state media (Twitter)
• Apple Targets Apple TV+ Launch in November, Weighs $9.99 Price After Free Trial (Bloomberg)
• Apple splashes $6bn on new shows in streaming wars (Financial Times)
• States to Move Forward With Antitrust Probe of Big Tech Firms (WSJ)
• Sony to acquire Insomniac Games (Polygon)
• Over 20 Texas local governments hit in 'coordinated ransomware attack' (ZDNet)
• The first Lightning security key for iPhones is here, and it works with USB-C, too (The Verge)
• Amazon Wants to Put Alexa in Cars. Google and Apple Are There Already (Bloomberg)