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PE firm Silver Lake announces it will invest $747M in Indian telecom giant Jio Platforms, giving it a valuation of $65B, weeks after Facebook invested $5.7B — Weeks after Facebook invested $5.7 billion in Indian telecom giant Jio Platforms, private equity firm Silver Lake is following suit.| Omri Zerachovitz / Globes Online: |
Sources: Intel is in talks to acquire Israeli startup Moovit, which makes a journey planner app and provides transit data APIs to cities and companies, for ~$1B — Intel Capital is one of the shareholders in the company, which has developed a public transport journey planner and mobility app.
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| Sara Ashley O'Brien / CNN: |
Uber to require masks or face coverings for drivers and passengers in certain markets and is developing technology to detect drivers' usage of face coverings — (CNN Business)As it anticipates a restart to its core rideshare business amid the pandemic, Uber (UBER) plans to require drivers …
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| Om Malik / On my Om: |
The pandemic brought tech-enabled behaviors previously considered on the fringe into the mainstream and compressed years of digital transformation into months — Disruptions, downturns, and recessions make the weak weaker and the strong stronger. It was true centuries ago, and it is true today.
Tweets: @om, @perezbox, @christysandhoff, @photomatt, @natbullard, and @stevesi
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Sources: Elliott Management is financing a patent lawsuit by interactive-video company Eko, which it will take an equity stake in, against Quibi — Elliott, run by billionaire Paul Singer, will fund the suit by interactive-video company Eko and take an equity stake
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
An article in the European Heart Journal argues that in addition to atrial fibrillation, Apple Watch's ECG function may also detect myocardial ischemia — Since the Apple Watch added the ECG app with the Series 4, numerous stories have surfaced about how the app has contributed to saving people's lives.
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Flaws in Salt, a server automation and management tool, have been exploited to breach servers belonging to Ghost blogging platform, DigiCert, and LineageOS — Ghost platform got hacked via the same vulnerability that allowed hackers to breach LineageOS servers hours before.| Jean-Louis Gassée / Monday Note: |
Magic Keyboard finally transforms iPad into a personal computing device that easily shape-shifts between media consumption and white collar professional uses — After years of futile attempts to do my everyday work on an iPad, the newly released Magic Keyboard, coupled with a long wished … | Politico: |
The pandemic could make the economic power of Facebook, Google, and Amazon more visible, making them an even bigger target for antitrust hawks in Washington, DC — The pandemic “has unmasked how big and powerful these companies are,” one antitrust advocate says. And that could make them an even bigger target in Washington.
Tweets: @neil_chilson, @trevornoren, @mpetricone, @politico, @politico, @nidalqanadilo, and @barbaracomstock
| Allen St. John / Consumer Reports: |
An analysis of privacy policies of Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, and Cisco Webex finds that the services may be collecting more data than many consumers realize — CR evaluated videoconferencing privacy policies and found these services may collect more data than consumers realize| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Ransomware was mentioned in 1,000+ SEC filings over the past year, up from 749 mentions in 2018, as more companies recognize it as a significant risk factor — A growing number of public companies have started listing ransomware as a forward-looking risk factor in their SEC documents.
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Tencent buys a 5% stake, worth about AU$390M, in Australia-based buy-now-pay-later company Afterpay — (Reuters) - Chinese gaming and social media group Tencent Holdings has bought a 5% stake in Afterpay Ltd, the Australian buy-now-pay-later firm said on Friday.
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| Minghe Hu / South China Morning Post: |
Trustdata report: monthly active users of telecommuting and online education services in China were up 29% and 30.1% respectively in March from a year ago — Mobile data traffic volume for March jumped 39.3 per cent from the same period a year ago Monthly active users of telecommuting … Sponsor Posts
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