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* You can take a screenshot on your HP laptop or desktop computer by pressing the Print Screen key, often abbreviated as "prt sc."  * There are a number of ways to customize your screenshot using key combos.   * The Print Screen key is found in the top row of your keyboard. * To take a screenshot on an HP tablet, press and hold the Power button and Volume Down button at the same time.  * Visit Business Insider's Tech Reference library for more stories. Taking a screenshot is such a common task that it has been a standard feature built into computers since the early days of personal computing. No matter what kind of HP computer, laptop, or tablet you own, you can take a screenshot with just a few clicks or taps.  Check out the products mentioned in this article: HP Chromebook 14 G5 (From $385.60 at HP) HP Envy Desktop (From $869.99 at Best Buy) How to take a screenshot on an HP desktop or laptop computer The easiest way to take a screenshot is to use the Print S...

* Australia's government has introduced draft legislation which would force Google and Facebook to pay news publishers for hosting their content. * Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said the aim of the legislation is to give news companies fair remuneraton for original content. * Google's Australia and New Zealand managing director said the draft legislation was a "heavy-handed intervention" that "threatens to impede Australia's digital economy and impacts the services we can deliver to Australians." * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The Australian government said on Friday it plans to give Google and Facebook three months to negotiate with Australian media businesses fair pay for news content. The government has released a draft mandatory code of conduct that aims to succeed where other countries have failed in making the global digital giants pay for news siphoned from commercial media companies. Treasurer Josh Fryden...

* Alphabet reported earnings on Thursday, disclosing that Google Cloud generated over $3 billion in revenue — up 43% from the same period of last year. * Last quarter, Google Cloud saw a 52% year-over-year increase, showing that revenue growth in the unit is slowing down. * On a call with investors, Google CFO Ruth Porat attributed the slowdown to price changes at G Suite, its productivity software suite.  * Google Cloud was still a bright spot on Alphabet's earnings report, which saw Google report its first quarterly revenue decline since going public. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Google Cloud's revenue growth is showing signs of slowing down, but Google is still investing aggressively in the unit by spending big on hiring and building new data centers. On Thursday, Alphabet announced that Google Cloud generated over $3 billion in revenue this past quarter. That's a 43% increase from the $2.1 billion it posted over the same period last y...

* Chinese tech giant Huawei shipped more phones than any other company in Q2 2020, according to research firm Canalys. * That makes it the first time in nine years that a company other than Samsung or Apple led the quarter, the report says. * Huawei's dominance was largely fueled by its growth in China, which has seen better recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic than other markets like the US'.  * But Canalys warns that Huawei's spot at the top might be short lived, as growth in China likely won't be enough to remain the market leader once the global economy recovers.  * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Chinese tech giant Huawei shipped more smartphones than any other company in the second quarter of 2020, making it the first quarter in which a company other than Samsung or Apple led the market in nine years, according to a new report from research firm Canalys. Huawei shipped 55.8 million devices in the quarter, which is down 5% year-over-ye...

* TikTok has announced a $300 million creative fund in Europe. It mirrors a larger fund announced for the US on July 23. * The company has not yet said who can apply for the fund, which is designed to help creators make money from the platform.  * Currently, creators can only make money on TikTok from brand deals or donations. * The news comes after a report in the Wall Street Journal said Instagram Reels, an upcoming Facebook-backed competitor, was offering TikTok's biggest names hundreds of thousands of dollars to defect. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. TikTok says it will hand up to $300 million to European creators over the next three years, giving them the chance of earning a living on the short-video platform. The new European creator fund will kick off at $70 million in its first year, TikTok said Thursday, and rise to an estimated $300 million within three years. The fund is the European version of a scheme TikTok announced for the US on J...

* Mark Zuckerberg wrote warmly about how Chinese apps copied competitors and urged his team to find ways to "move a lot faster" in 2012. * The Facebook CEO made the comments in an internal memo that was made public on Wednesday by the US House Judiciary Committee. * The document offers a window into the tech exec's influences, and how he has historically thought about product strategy. * Facebook has long had a reputation for blatantly copying competitors if it can't acquire them, and is now facing intense antitrust scrutiny. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a message for his top lieutenants: Shamelessly copying competitors gets results. In March 2012, the technology executive sent an emailed message to some of his closest confidantes at the social network, relaying some takeaways from conversations he had had with Chinese entrepreneurs about their products. Zuckerberg spoke warmly about the results of China's "strong culture of cloning things quickly...

  * Veteran investor Alan Patricof, 85, is teaming up with Abby Levy Miller, a former Soul Cycle exec and founding president of Thrive Global, to launch Primetime Partners, a new fund to back startups aiming to fill the unmet needs of people over 60. * The new venture firm's first fund has raised $32 million to invest in seed- and early-stage startups, in amounts up to $1 million each, and NBA superstar Kevin Durant is one of the investors.  * Patricof and Levy are hoping to take a large slice of the trillion-dollar-aging-sector pie by investing in startups that speak positively and aspirationally about what the later stages of life could look like. * Patricof, co-founder of Greycroft and the founder of Apax Partners, is ready for his third act, and he hopes that his accomplishments will inspire older entrepreneurs to launch new careers. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. On the court, NBA superstar Kevin Durant is known for his ability to sink a thre...

* Last year Jeff Bezos and his wife MacKenzie divorced, leaving her with a fortune of about $36 billion and thirteenth-richest person in the world. * In a blog post on Tuesday MacKenzie announced she has donated $1.7 billion to 116 organizations over the past year. * She has also changed her name to MacKenzie Scott. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Amazon's billionaire chief executive Jeff Bezos, has donated $1.7 billion of her wealth in the past year to causes including racial equality, LGBTQ rights, public health and climate change, she said in a blog post on Tuesday. Scott, who was previously known as MacKenzie Bezos, also announced her new last name, which she said was taken from her middle name. Last year, Scott signed the Giving Pledge in a commitment to donate the majority of her fortune after her split from Bezos — the world's richest man — left her with a 4% stake in Amazon. "Like many, I watched the f...

* Election cybersecurity experts said Tuesday that "the electorate may not be prepared for how long it's going to take" for winners to be declared after the general election on November 3rd. * A panel that included two cybersecurity experts who served in the White House agreed that simply counting ballots may take a week or two.  * Any litigation that follows that counting could postpone results for much longer in a scene reminiscent of the 2000 election, when results were delayed until January.  * The experts also said voters' loss of trust in the system may be the biggest risk in the upcoming election.  * Despite fears of foreign interference, hacked voting machines, and disinformation campaigns, there is some optimism that the country is better prepared than in 2016.  * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. If you're an American mentally preparing to settle onto the couch on the night of November 3 and see who wins the presidential elect...

* Many influencers earn a big chunk of their revenue by promoting products to their followers on Instagram. * And when it comes to influencer marketing, brands are no longer looking to hire those with the most followers. Instead, they are often interested in the accounts with the highest engagement.  * To measure engagement, brands and marketers are studying new metrics, like how many saves and likes a post has and whether followers mention the brand or product in the comments of the post. * Subscribe to Business Insider's influencer newsletter: Influencer Dashboard. As the coronavirus pandemic has hit advertising budgets, the brands that are continuing to spend on influencer-marketing campaigns want to know they are getting results. The pandemic has put into focus the new metrics brands are using to measure the success of an influencer in promoting their products, as the industry moves away from follower counts and likes (which are easily bought) and toward clearer engagemen...

* After President Donald Trump complained that Twitter trends are often hostile to him, two anti-Trump hashtags became trending topics. * #TrumpleThinSkin and #ThePresidentIsACrybaby both appeared in the top 10 US trends on Tuesday morning. * Many people used the hashtags to post generally mocking cartoons and commentary, while others raised concerns about 1st Amendment rights. * Others connected the hashtag to recent events at which the president appears to have held personal grievances, such as his decision not to pay his respects to recently passed civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. President Donald Trump was mocked by two popular hashtags after he complained on Twitter about "very unfair" trends on the site.  The hashtags #TrumpleThinSkin and #ThePresidentIsACrybaby both appeared on the site after the president tweeted that negative trends about him were "really ridiculous, illegal, and, of course, ve...

* Joe Biden's campaign told staffers to "refrain from using and downloading TikTok" on their personal and work phones, first reported by Bloomberg Monday and confirmed by Business Insider. * Biden's top lawyer told staffers in an email to avoid using the popular social media app due to security and privacy concerns, according to Bloomberg. * TikTok has come under increasing scrutiny from US government officials who worry that its Chinese parent company ByteDance could cave to censorship or data requests from Beijing. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Former Vice President Joe Biden's campaign told its staffers to avoid using popular social media app TikTok, Bloomberg first reported Monday and a campaign official confirmed to Business Insider. Biden's general counsel, Dana Remus, told staffers in an email that they should "refrain from downloading and using TikTok on work and personal devices," citing concerns around data...

* Instagram Stories have become a central component in how influencers interact with their followers and make money, especially during the pandemic. * A growth in reach and engagement on Instagram Stories and Instagram Live posts has been recorded by several industry reports and insiders during the pandemic.  * Britney Turner, a micro influencer and content creation coach, broke down these trends and shared the advice she gives her clients for the best Instagram Stories practices.  * For instance, Turner said she encourages her clients to share five to eight slides on their Instagram Stories a day.  * Subscribe to Business Insider's influencer newsletter: Influencer Dashboard. Instagram Stories have become a central component in how influencers interact with their followers and make money, especially during the pandemic, which has increased the usage of both stories and Instagram Live. Daily views on stories jumped 21% in the middle of March, according to a survey of over 1,...

* Drivers for ride hailing giant Uber are suing the firm in Europe to access their data, arguing that the app uses different markers to determine who gets the best jobs. * In a second, related UK lawsuit, they are also suing to change their employment status in a way that would give them certain rights such as paid holiday and national minimum wage. * They say the landmark lawsuits could help to address the power imbalance between tech giants and workers in the estimated $200 billion gig economy.  * According to one former driver involved in the suits, James Farrar, obtaining information could be a key mechanism to enable gig economy workers to organize. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Uber is facing an uprising from drivers in Europe who want both increased stability and greater freedom, demanding stronger employment rights and access to their data respectively. On the employment rights front, two Uber drivers continue to fight for basic guarantees in ...

* SAP has announced that Qualtrics, the subsidiary it purchased for $8 billion in 2018, will be going public. * The company said that SAP's board has already approved the deal, and that it plans to maintain its majority stake in the company even after the IPO. * Qualtrics was just days away from going public at the time of the SAP acquisition. * SAP has said that cloud applications like Qualtrics are core to its business strategy, as a differentiator from the likes of Amazon Web Services and Microsoft. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Qualtrics was just days away from an IPO when SAP announced in November 2018 its intent to acquire the company at an $8 billion price tag. Now, it looks like Qualtrics will get a second shot at the public markets, as SAP announced on Sunday its plans to take the subsidiary public. While a timeline for that offering was not announced, SAP said that it will keep its majority stake in Qualtrics even after the IPO, and that...

* Despite both living under parent company Alphabet, Verily and Google Health act largely independent of one another. * But that might be about to change. * Verily CEO Andrew Conrad told employees he wants to end the 'rivalry' between the two companies, hinting at more collaboration in the future. * Google Health has grown to around 500 employees and could help Verily as the latter company strives to reach an IPO and break away from Alphabet entirely – something insiders say Conrad is pushing to do. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Since it was spun out of Google's highly secretive X research lab in 2015, Verily Life Sciences has operated largely independent of Google's own health efforts – but that may be about to change.  On April 27, Verily CEO Andrew Conrad sent an email to employees telling them he wanted to end the "rivalry" with Google, according to two employees who asked to remain anonymous because they were not authori...

* Tesla's soaring stock price has amplified the excitement around electric vehicles (EVs), leading to IPOs and fresh rounds of funding for startups that hope to replicate Tesla's success. * But investors have been placing their bets on the next generation of EV startups for years, pouring, in some cases, billions of dollars into companies that say their vehicles will set new benchmarks in the auto industry. * Below are the 10 electric-vehicle startups that have received the most money, according to Pitchbook. * While Nio has raised more money than many of the startups on this list, it was excluded since it went public and started making vehicles in 2018. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. SEE ALSO: The quirkiest vintage gas stations you can still visit on a road trip, from a photographer who spent 40 years documenting whimsical roadside attractions across the US 10. Canoo * Total capital raised: $1 billion * Most recent valuation: N/A   9. Lu...

* Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg, Google's Sundar Pichai, Apple's Tim Cook, and Amazon's Jeff Bezos — the leaders of tech's most powerful companies — will face questions from US lawmakers in an antitrust hearing on Wednesday, according to Axios. * The House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee is investigating whether these firms have participated in anti-competitive business practices intended to stomp out smaller rivals and maintain their monopoly on the market. * The hearing, titled "Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 6: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google," will be available to watch via a YouTube live stream. * The CEOs will reportedly give virtual testimonies in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is allowed, according to the hearing notice. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. The CEOs of Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google are due to testify in front of Congress on Wednesday in an antitrust hearin...

* One winning photo in the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards was captured using the iPhone 4, a phone that launched 10 years ago. * The winning photo was taken by photographer Omar Lucas, who captured the first place prize in the awards' "People" category. * The iPhone 4 had a single 5-megapixel camera and was the first iPhone to come with FaceTime. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. You don't have to upgrade to the latest iPhone to take prize-winning photos, it turns out. The winners of the 2020 iPhone Photography Awards were announced on July 22, and among the winning photographs was an image taken on the iPhone 4, as Input reported. The photo was taken by photographer Omar Lucas from Peru, the recipient of the contest's first place prize for the "People" category. Here's a look at Lucas' winning photo taken on the iPhone 4: Tres mujeres tejedoras de la zona sur de la región de Ayacucho ( Perú) visten orgullosas ...

* Grimes told her partner, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, that "I cannot support hate. Please stop this. I know this isn't your heart" after he tweeted that "pronouns suck." * Grimes said told him to get off his phone and call her: ""I love you but please turn off ur phone or give me a dall [sic.]."  * The cultural conversation around people's pronouns, and people wanting to be referred to with pronouns like "he," "she," or "they," has increased, but their tweets did not make it explicit that this was what the exchange was about. * Grimes' tweet has since been deleted, but Musk's is still live. * Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Musician Grimes told her partner, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, to turn off his phone and that she "cannot support hate'' in a now-deleted tweet, after he tweeted that "pronouns suck." Musk tweeted on Friday night "pronouns suck....

* If you can't add music to an Instagram Story or video, it might mean you live in a country or region where the feature isn't available due to copyright issues. * Not being able to add music to an Instagram Story might also signal that you need to update your Instagram app. * If you're trying to share a branded content campaign, you can't put music in it, no matter where you are.  * Visit Business Insider's Tech Reference library for more stories. Adding music to an Instagram Story is an easy way to add humor, interest, and emotion to your videos. It's one of the many effects and filters available that makes the platform so popular.  But if you find yourself not able to add music to your Instagram Stories — say, if the music sticker isn't available  — you may think you're out of luck.  There are a few reasons why you might not be able to add music to your Instagram Story, and they include: * You live in a country where the feature isn't a...

* Bluetooth speakers come in all shapes, sizes, and price ranges. * The Sonos Move is our top pick because it has excellent sound quality, offers voice control, and you can move it around your home. * In this guide, we also have several picks that are more portable and lightweight than the Move for those of you who want to bring your speaker everywhere. * For more speaker recommendations, be sure to check out our roundup of the best speaker deals. A great listening experience for all your favorite music services shouldn't be limited to one spot in your home, and while the days of carrying around a boom box on your shoulder are by and large over, you can still get a great on-the-go music playing device for you and your friends in the form of a Bluetooth speaker. Whether you're getting a speaker for use around the house or a day at the park, there's almost certainly a great Bluetooth speaker for you. But there are a number of things to consider before you buy. * Siz...