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EU Parliament passed Digital Services Act, including provisions banning targeted ads based on highly sensitive personal data, limiting dark patterns, and more — A large majority of MEPs voted in favour of the Digital Services Act on Thursday (20 January), after plenary amendments introduced important changes to the text.
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How longstanding disagreements between the FCC and FAA over potential risks to aircraft remained unresolved in the lead up to the 5G C-band rollout in the US — Longstanding disagreements between federal agencies over potential risks to aircraft remained unresolved in the days leading to the 5G debut
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Berlin-based Lendis, which helps companies set up and manage employees' equipment and software for hybrid work, raises an €80M Series A in equity and debt — Today, Lendis has just announced an €80 million Series A funding round for its SaaS solution that helps companies to set … | Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
How advances in semiconductor fabrication equipment are being applied to the production of nano-scale microelectromechanical systems, or MEMS — For years, engineers have made microchips ever smaller and more powerful. Now they're applying the technology to a host of miniature marvels.
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| Andrew Dickson / New York Times: |
How UK theater companies are using AR and VR to broadcast productions to viewers at home, as the pandemic pushes companies to experiment with new art forms — The Interactive Storytelling Studio at the National Theater in London is using technology to bring a miniature musical to viewers' homes.
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How Ohio attracted Intel to build semiconductor plants, including pursuing execs for eight months, financial incentives, and sustainability commitments — It was a Christmas morning surprise for Ohio's governor and lieutenant governor: Intel was coming to Ohio.
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| Alex Wilhelm / TechCrunch: |
Plaid acquires Cognito, which offers ID verification and compliance services to financial firms, source says for ~$250M in cash and stock — Plaid, a fintech unicorn known for its APIs that connect consumer bank accounts to financial applications, announced today that it is buying Cognito.
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| Sneha Shah / The Economic Times: |
Bengaluru-based StockGro, a social investment startup with a gamified app for learning about and participating in stock markets, raises a $32M Series A — Mumbai: Social investment startup StockGro has raised $32 million led by marquee global investors such as Bitkraft Ventures, General Catalyst … | Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
A group of 34 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software vote to unionize with the CWA, and ask the company to voluntarily recognize their union status — Microsoft Corp.'s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. will come with an unexpected and perhaps unwelcome addition: a small group of unionized workers.| Tracy Wang / CoinDesk: |
CoinGecko: since Thursday, the cryptocurrency industry's market cap is down ~20% to ~$1.6T; Bitcoin fell ~20% to ~$34K and Ethereum fell ~30% to ~$2.3K — Cryptocurrencies are getting rekt. — Crypto blue-chips bitcoin (BTC) and ether (ETH) breached key $40,000 and $3,000 support levels …
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| Christine Hall / TechCrunch: |
Nowsta, which runs an on-demand labor marketplace and develops tools to help companies manage their hourly, gig, and flex workers, raises a $41M Series B — Nowsta attracted venture capital for its approach to help employers better engage with their hourly workforces in this increasingly hybrid work environment.
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Google files to dismiss state AGs' antitrust lawsuit and says in a blog post that allegations of ad auction collusion with Facebook are “more heat than light” — A lawsuit by states attorneys general fails to provide evidence of anticompetitive behavior, the company saysSponsor Posts
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