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Robinhood files for long-awaited IPO, says it will set aside up to 35% of shares for retail investors — Popular trading app Robinhood on Thursday filed for its initial public offering, and disclosed that it will set aside up to 35% of shares for retail investors who rarely get to buy at a company's IPO price.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter shows off features it is testing, including a way to tweet only to a group of trusted friends, ability to tweet under different “personas”, and more — Twitter has a history of sharing feature and design ideas it's considering at very early stages of development.
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Sources: Apple and Intel are the first adopters of TSMC's 3nm chips for the iPad and CPUs for Intel-powered notebooks and data centers — Taiwanese company remains vital partner for American tech giants — TAIPEI — Apple and Intel have emerged as the first adopters of Taiwan Semiconductor …
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| Oliver Darcy / CNN: |
New Facebook test prompt asks users if someone they know might be “becoming an extremist”; another notifies users who may have been exposed to extremist content — New York (CNN Business)Some Facebook (FB) users in the United States are being served a prompt that asks …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Thailand SEC files criminal complaint against Binance alleging it has operated a cryptocurrency exchange business via its website without a license — ANTHONY KWAN/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES — Quick Take — Thailand's financial regulator has filed a criminal complaint against Binance over unregistered operations.
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| Jason Snell / Six Colors: |
As Apple releases macOS Monterey public beta, an in-depth look at Focus, iCloud Private Relay, Safari's revamped UI, FaceTime, SharePlay, and other new features — If there's a theme of Apple's operating-system releases in 2021, it's platform unification. This development is most significant …
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| Politico: |
Former Trump spokesman Jason Miller leads GETTR, a Twitter-like service that bills itself as a “non-bias social network”, in the newest pro-MAGA tech venture — Former President Donald Trump's team quietly launched a new social media platform on Thursday, billing it as an alternative to Big Tech sites.
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Nigeria-based neobank FairMoney raises $42M Series B led by Tiger Global, as it expands into India — Neobanks have led the charge as regards venture capital funding for consumer fintech startups. But while they have collectively dominated the fintech space, they don't operate a monolithic model.| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to test a hybrid in-store and work-from-home arrangement for retail employees later this year under a pilot program dubbed Retail Flex — - Company to pilot “Retail Flex” program for employees this year — Apple earlier asked office workers to return three days a week
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| Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: |
NSA, FBI, and others say Russian hacking group Fancy Bear has been using Kubernetes to run brute force attacks on US and foreign organizations since mid-2019 — US and UK cybersecurity agencies said today that a Russian military cyber unit has been behind a series of brute-force attacks … | Sohee Kim / Bloomberg: |
Kakao Pay, South Korea's largest online payment service, seeks to raise as much as $1.4B in an IPO in Seoul, at a market capitalization of up to $11B+ — - Kakao Pay joins Krafton, Kakao Bank in filing for IPOs — The company is planning to offer securities trading, insurance| Mark Kleinman / Sky News: |
Source: British esports franchise EXCEL, which competes in the online battle arena League of Legends and Fortnite, raises ~£17M led by JRJ Group — EXCEL ESPORTS, which is endorsed by the footballer Dele Alli, is being backed by ICAP founder Lord Spencer, Sky News learns. — City editor @MarkKleinmanSky| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
FOIA docs: Google sold $2.5M worth of cloud software and AI tools to help the Pentagon deal with the COVID-19 pandemic — Amidst concerns over Big Tech sales of AI technology to the Pentagon, Google furnished the Department of Defense with cloud software and artificial intelligence tools … | Mark Haranas / CRN: |
HPE says it will acquire Zerto, developer of automated software for helping clients recover from unplanned data loss, for $374M in cash — 'Zerto's market-leading cloud data management and protection software expands HPE GreenLake cloud data services, allowing customers to protect their data …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
As Andy Jassy becomes Amazon CEO on Monday, a look at his management style, relationship with Jeff Bezos, regulatory challenges ahead, and more — Andy Jassy is about to take over an e-commerce colossus that employs 1.3 million people. His first challenge is an antitrust campaign that threatens the empire he will oversee.
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| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Opera becomes first third-party browser fully optimized for Chromebooks, with built-in access to messaging apps, free built-in VPN, a crypto wallet, and more — As far as third-party browsers go, there are none that are fully optimized for Chromebooks and Chrome OS, that is until now with the popular Opera Browser.
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| Adam Janofsky / The Record: |
DHS says it's onboarding about 300 cybersecurity professionals and has extended job offers to 500 more; DHS has more than 2,000 cybersecurity vacancies open — The US Department of Homeland Security on Thursday announced that it is onboarding nearly 300 cybersecurity professionals …
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| Reuters: |
India selects Dell, Wistron's ICT, Flex Ltd, Foxconn's Rising Stars, and ten local firms for its $1B incentive plan to boost exports of laptops, tablets and PCs — India on Thursday named Dell Inc(DELL.N), Wistron Corp's (3231.TW) ICT, Flex Ltd(FLEX.O) and Foxconn's (2354.TW) …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Swedish gaming giant Modern Times Group says it has acquired Indian startup PlaySimple for at least $360M, with 77% in cash and the rest in company shares — Swedish gaming giant Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired Indian startup PlaySimple for at least $360 million, the two firms said Friday.
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Tweets: @madhavchanchani, @nitinsharma1, @kushalbhagia, @refsrc, and @therealjpk
| Russell Brandom / The Verge: |
FTC passes new measures expanding its power to regulate anti-competitive business practices, in its first open business meeting in more than 20 years — The first open business meeting of the Federal Trade Commission in more than 20 years — In an open meeting on Thursday …
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