10 things in tech you need to know today

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1. Microsoft is in talks to buy TikTok from its parent company ByteDance, which are set to conclude by September 15. Microsoft announced Sunday talks were resuming after Trump threatened to ban the app in the US, and CEO Satya Nadella said he had personally spoken with Trump.
2. Microsoft isn't the only company bidding on TikTok, Bloomberg reports. An anonymous source said TikTok has had talks with at least one other large company, but did not identify that company.
3. A 17-year-old in Tampa, Florida was arrested in connection with the massive Twitter hack that hijacked dozens of high-profile accounts. State prosecutors filed 30 charges of fraud, identity theft, and hacking against the teen, describing him as the "mastermind" of a "massive fraud."
4. SpaceX brought two NASA astronauts back to Earth in its Crew Dragon spaceship on Sunday. NASA's administrator said the mission marks "the next era in human spaceflight," since the agency is now poised to purchase flights from SpaceX.
5. SpaceX has won an epic, high-stakes game of capture the flag that Barack Obama started nine years ago. SpaceX beat Boeing, the other company in the contest, to the first crewed launch with the May 30 flight of NASA astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.
6. Facebook has blocked a dozen accounts belonging to top allies of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro after being ordered to by the country's supreme court, the BBC reports. Facebook told the BBC it sees no choice but to comply for now, but will be appealing the court's decision.
7. Softbank-backed hotel startup Oyo will be getting a new CEO and merging its Japan operations, Bloomberg reports. Ryoma Yamamoto will be stepping up at the new CEO. 
8. China's government is going to legally require people to use their real names when playing video games from next month, The South China Morning Post reports. The national age verification system will check people's names against ID numbers.
9. COVID-19 has triggered a new wave of conspiracy theories among those who fear a 'cashless society.' One social media post claiming the decline in cash payments has "nothing to do with the virus" has been repeatedly shared on Facebook and Twitter, potentially reaching millions of users. 
10. The co-inventor of the computer mouse, William English, has died aged 91, The New York Times reports. English helped develop the computer mouse at Stanford in 1968.

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