Amazon's TikTok email, Far Cry 6 and a new mission to Mars
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Mega popular app TikTok is under intense scrutiny from governments around the world with concerns it's being used by the Chinese government to spy on users.
This seems to have rankled ecommerce, Titan, Amazon, which sent employees a memo telling them to delete the app from phones on Friday.
However, hours later, Amazon said the memo was sent in error.
The original memo said the app poses a security risk without providing any specifics.
Tick Tock issued a statement Friday saying user security is of the utmost importance.
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French video game giant Ubisoft ran its forward event Sunday showing off gameplay and updates Far Cry sixers trailer for the first time.
The game will feature Giancarlo Esposito of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul fame as it seems the main villain prior to the event would be self stated it would not be addressing allegations of sexual misconduct at the company during forward On Sunday, AFP announced three executives would be stepping down as the company continues to pursue an internal investigation.
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And finally, the Hope Mars mission is set to launch to the red planet on Tuesday.
The spacecraft is set to launch from Japan, and is the first interplanetary mission to be led by an Arab Muslim majority country.
Hope will hopefully offer a holistic view of the Martian atmosphere when it reaches orbit in February 2021 is an exciting time for Mars Exploration three spacecraft heading to Earth cosmic neighbor this month, taking advantage of the distance between the two planets to probe the atmosphere and search for signs.
Ancient life.
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