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Bloomberg: US reverses directive requiring international students take an in-person class to avoid being sent home, following a suit with support from the tech industry  —  - Deal ends standoff that could have sent thousands back home  — Schools can now resume planning for the fall semester https://bit.ly/2AZ4B1Y

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google Play Pass, Android's rival to subscription-based game store Apple Arcade, adds 150 more titles, a $29.99/year pricing option, and expands outside the US  —  Google Play Pass, the Android alternative to subscription-based game store Apple Arcade, is expanding. https://bit.ly/3ey3sw2

Bloomberg: Sources: Google is in advanced talks to invest $4B in Reliance Industries' Jio Platforms and an announcement could come as soon as the next few weeks  —  - Announcement could come as soon as the next few weeks  — Google on Monday pledged to invest $10 billion in India https://bit.ly/32hKMhy

Bloomberg: Facebook-provided data shows Trump's campaign micro-targets its ads more than Biden's; 68% of Trump's ads are seen fewer than 1,000 times vs 34% for Biden's  —  - Trump's campaign has run almost half a million ads on platform  — Two-thirds of Trump ads seen by small groups of voters https://bit.ly/3fra3cR

Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: Sources detail issues faced by Black and brown tech employees when reporting incidents to HR departments, which often work only to protect company interests  —  Vanessa Williams was coming off of a big professional win in August 2018.  The former marketing staffer on YouTube's music team … https://bit.ly/2Zr1BoI

Subrat Patnaik / Reuters: US semiconductor manufacturer Analog Devices says it will buy rival Maxim Integrated for $20B+ in an all-stock deal  —  (Reuters) - U.S. semiconductor maker Analog Devices Inc said on Monday it offered to buy Maxim Integrated Products Inc, an industry peer, for $20.91 billion in an all-stock deal. https://bit.ly/2We9I5W

Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: Sources: semiconductor manufacturer Analog Devices is in talks to buy rival Maxim Integrated for $17B+ in an all-stock deal  —  All-stock sale of Maxim could be announced as soon as Monday  —  Semiconductor maker Analog Devices Inc. ADI .20% is in talks to buy rival Maxim Integrated MXIM -.59% Products Inc … https://bit.ly/3iWG52Q