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| Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: |
In email to staff, Dara Khosrowshahi says Uber will cut 3,000 more jobs, in addition to the 3,700 that were let go earlier this month, and will close 45 offices — The ride-hailing giant also is exploring the sale of noncore businesses — Uber Technologies Inc. is cutting several thousand …
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| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asian Review: |
Sources: TSMC, the biggest contract chipmaker, has halted new orders from Huawei in response to new US export controls; orders placed before are not impacted — Taiwan chipmaker's relationship with its second biggest customer under fire — TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. …
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| Michael Potuck / 9to5Mac: |
AG Barr says that, “no thanks to Apple”, the FBI succeeded in unlocking the “phones” of the Pensacola gunman, who they found had significant links to Al Qaeda — It looks like the most recent contention between the FBI and Apple over device encryption has come to an end …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says Minecraft has now topped 200M sales, up from 100M in 2016, with 126M monthly players; Minecraft saw a 25% increase in new players last month — Minecraft continues to grow despite being 11 years old — Minecraft sales have officially topped 200 million, with 126 million people playing the game monthly.
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| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
Alibaba's Jack Ma resigns from SoftBank board, as he pulls back from formal business roles to focus on philanthropy; SoftBank to propose three new appointments — TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday that Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma will resign from its board … | Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank Vision Fund records $17.7B loss in the last fiscal year after writing down investments including WeWork and Uber, reports a net loss of $8.96B — SoftBank Group Corp. said its Vision Fund business lost 1.9 trillion yen ($17.7 billion) last fiscal year after writing down the value of investments …
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| Bloomberg: |
Apple says it's reopening 25 US stores this week plus 12 stores in Canada, adding to nearly 100 global locations that have reopened so far — - Company has 100 stores back in operation after virus closures — Plans temperature checks and face coverings at every location
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| Ranjan Roy / Margins: |
DoorDash is listing restaurants on its service without their permission, leading to inaccurate menus, unhappy customers, and even arbitrage opportunities — There is such a thing as a free lunch — If capitalism is driven by a search for profit, the food delivery business confuses the hell out of me.
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| Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: |
Jack Dorsey has told Square employees they can work from home even after the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders end, following a similar move at Twitter — Employees can work remotely even after the COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders end — Square employees will be able to work from home … | Oculus: |
Oculus says it will start accepting Quest titles that support hand tracking this month and details two new collaboration and productivity apps coming this year — We're about to celebrate an exciting milestone: the one-year anniversary of Oculus Quest and Rift S!
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| David Cohen / Adweek: |
Instagram introduces Guides, a feature letting creators curate content on a specific subject, debuting with select accounts focusing on wellness — Creators, public figures, organizations and publishers can curate content on a specific subject — Instagram introduced a new Guides feature Monday …
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| Jonathan Vanian / Fortune: |
Microsoft and FedEx partner to help companies ship products more efficiently, including a tool that aggregates information to predict potential issues — Microsoft has teamed with FedEx to develop technology that would help it and other companies ship products more efficiently.
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Google suspended a popular Android podcast app, Podcast Addict, from the Play Store and removed ads from existing installs, because it lists COVID-19 content — Part of a new Google policy — Podcast Addict, an Android podcast app with millions of users, was suspended over the weekend because it lists COVID-19 content.
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