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| Sam Shead / CNBC: |
Sources: Qualcomm has told regulators around the world, including the FTC and UK's CMA, that it is against Nvidia's $40B acquisition of Arm — - Qualcomm has told regulators around the world that it is against Nvidia's $40 billion acquisition of British chip designer Arm, according to sources familiar with the matter.
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Tweets: @markhachman, @codinghorror, @benbajarin, @counternotions, and @hkanji. Thanks:@ryan_browne_
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Google, Microsoft, and Qualcomm are among companies asking US to intervene in Nvidia's Arm acquisition, and at least one company wants the deal killed — Some of the world's largest technology companies are complaining to U.S. antitrust regulators about Nvidia Corp.'s acquisition …
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| The Information: |
Sources: Facebook is building an Android-based smartwatch with health and fitness capabilities, which it aims to launch in 2022 — Facebook is building a smartwatch it hopes to start selling next year, according to people with direct knowledge of the device.| Kate Klonick / New Yorker: |
A look at the making of Facebook's Oversight Board, its members, Zuckerberg's rationale for its existence, and criticisms of the endeavor — The company has created a board that can overrule even Mark Zuckerberg. Soon, it will decide whether to allow Trump back on Facebook.
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| Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: |
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| TechCrunch: |
Jack Dorsey and Jay Z create ₿trust endowment with 500 bitcoin, worth $23M+, to fund teams working on Bitcoin development, initially in Africa and India — Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey and rapper Jay Z have created an endowment to fund bitcoin development initially in Africa and India, Dorsey said Friday.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: US investigators say hardware and firmware of Supermicro servers were tampered with as late as 2018, via chips with backdoors sending data to China — In 2010, the U.S. Department of Defense found thousands of its computer servers sending military network data to China …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Spotify says it is adapting a Work From Anywhere model and will provide co-working space memberships for employees who choose to work remotely — - Spotify is adapting a “Work from Anywhere” model, which will allow employees to choose whether they want to be in the office full time, be at home full time or a combination of the two.
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Tweets: @spotifynews, @martinsfp, @shaunbent, @elyktrix, @carnage4life, @nickstatt, @joshwcomeau, @scottlincicome, @gregavola, @mgsiegler, and @ow
| Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
AT&T installs fiber for a 90-year-old after his WSJ print ad complaining of slow AT&T Internet service speeds goes viral — From 3Mbps DSL to 300Mbps fiber: Aaron Epstein's newspaper ad gets amazing result. — When 90-year-old Aaron Epstein bought a Wall Street Journal print ad …
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Gizmodo. Tweets: @jbrodkin, @robpegoraro, @pennywriter, @doctorow, @karlbode, @cavemanjim, @jbrodkin, @dane, and @kevinharvell
| David McCabe / New York Times: |
Maryland approves the Digital Advertising Gross Revenues Tax, the first tax in US on digital ads revenue, creating a 10% tax on firms with $15B+ global revenues — Analysts estimate that the tax will generate up to $250 million for schools in the state in the first year.
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| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
LinkedIn announces the formation of a global creator management team, led by its EIC Dan Roth, aiming to support and grow content creators on the platform — LinkedIn is building a creator management team to help grow its community of content creators on the platform, according to an announcement from the company's editor in chief.
Tweets: @danroth, @changeist, @sarafischer, @ljin18, and @axios
| Dr. Tom Robinson / Elliptic Blog: |
The founder of Joker's Stash, one of the most popular marketplaces for stolen credit card and identity data, has allegedly retired with a fortune of $1B+ — Elliptic's Co-founder and Chief Scientist discusses cryptocurrency forensics, investigations, compliance, and sanctions.
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| Reuters: |
South Korean eCommerce giant Coupang filed for a US IPO, reporting $12B in revenue in 2020 vs $6.3B in 2019; a source says the company aims for a $50B valuation — (Reuters) - South Korean e-commerce giant Coupang Inc, backed by Japan's SoftBank Group Corp, on Friday filed to go public …
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| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon sues NY state AG, seeking to prevent her from penalizing Amazon for alleged retaliation against staff and failures in its safety response to the pandemic — - Covid-19 worker safety claims are federal matters, Amazon says — Company has been at odds with AG since firing worker activists
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New York Times, CNBC, New York Post, ZDNet, Engadget, Al Jazeera, Insider, South China Morning Post, Forbes, and PYMNTS.com
Tweets: @rjaviervasquez, @nytimesbusiness, and @jessedamiani
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Amazon drivers say Mentor, the company's app to track drivers and score their driving, is invasive and its bugs can lead to unfair disciplinary action — - Amazon confirmed last week it has started putting AI-equipped cameras in some delivery vans. — It already requires contracted delivery workers …
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The Verge, Slashdot, and Engadget
Tweets: @alfredwkng, @jordannovet, @robotodd, @lauren_feiner, @annierpalmer, @kifleswing, and @ron_miller. Thanks:@mattrosoff
| Will Oremus / OneZero : |
Clubhouse employs an unusually aggressive user onboarding process, pressuring users to upload contacts before ranking those contacts based on total connections — The app pressures you to upload your phone's contacts — and makes them visible in surprising ways
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Vox, Reclaim The Net, and Mashable
Tweets: @willoremus, @jeremyburge, @kantrowitz, @thatclarafied, @willoremus, @willoremus, @obrien, @jpwarren, @therealwbtc, @loudmouthman, @baekdal, @potch, @taylorlorenz, @tfoil2, and @karissabe
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