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The US strikes at Huawei again. Apple acquires a VR startup and there’s conflicting rumors on those AR glasses. Is Silicon Valley really about to become a ghost town? And, of course, the weekend longreads suggestions. Sponsors: TinyCapital.com Classified Ad:  IbisWritingAcademy.com Links: U.S. moves to cut Huawei off from global chip suppliers as China eyes retaliation (Reuters) Scoop: Facebook to buy Giphy for $400 million (Axios) Apple Acquires Startup NextVR that Broadcasts VR Content (Bloomberg) Apple’s computerized glasses won’t be ready until 2022 ‘at the earliest,’ top analyst says (Bloomberg) Latest leak has "sleek" Apple Glasses coming out in 2021 instead of 2022 (Apple Insider) Uber’s CEO, a Seasoned Dealmaker, Pursues His Biggest One Yet (Bloomberg) Chrome will start blocking resource-heavy ads in August (VentureBeat) Tech Workers Consider Escaping Silicon Valley’s Sky-High Rents (Bloomberg Businessweek) Weekend Longreads: OnlyFans, Influencers, And The Politics Of Sel