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Bolt Mobility, co-founded by Usain Bolt, seems to have ceased operations and vanished from at least five US cities, leaving unusable e-bikes; Bolt raised $40.2M — Bolt Mobility, the Miami-based micromobility startup co-founded by Olympic gold medalist Usain Bolt, appears to have vanished without …
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| Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal: |
As some US tech investors and startups hunker down in the market downturn, others continue as normal; PitchBook: Q2's average deal sizes are at record levels — Market correction leaves some startups in crisis as others take employees on vacation — Why a 2022 Recession Would Be Unlike Any Other
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| Politico: |
On top of chip subsidies, the US must reform its immigration policies for high-skilled workers and invest in STEM education to become a manufacturing hub again — JOHNSTOWN, Ohio — Just 15 minutes outside of downtown Columbus, the suburbs abruptly evaporate.
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| Richard Waters / Financial Times: |
The Chips and Science Act is unlikely to fund all giant projects in the US, meaning the Department of Commerce will face difficult choices in who gets the money — The long wait for legislation to boost the US's position in global semiconductor manufacturing is almost over.| Jiyoung Sohn / Wall Street Journal: |
As the US passes ~$77B in chip subsidies and tax credits, China plans to invest $150B+ through 2030, South Korea eyes ~$260B by 2027, and the EU pursues $40B+ — The question is whether semiconductor giants choose America over other locations that have offered incentives and lower costs for years
Tweets: @jonhusted and @jchengwsj
| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
iOS 16 beta 4 finally adds support for Apple Pay in non-Safari browsers like Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, possibly in response to the EU's Digital Markets Act — Not just Safari — Apple Pay could finally be compatible with Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox in iOS 16.
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| Washington Post: |
Investigation: the US organ donation network relies on manually inputting data and aging software with programming mistakes, leading to periodic system failures — White House Digital Service found that the technology that matches donated organs to patients has failed repeatedly
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
A US federal judge rules Visa must face a lawsuit alleging it is liable for the distribution of child sex abuse material on Pornhub and other MindGeek websites — In a setback for Visa in a case alleging the payment processor is liable for the distribution of child pornography on Pornhub … | Gizmodo: |
Investigation: 32 US brokers are selling overlapping datasets with ~2.9B profiles of people pegged as “actively pregnant” or “shopping for maternity products” — Gizmodo identified 32 brokers selling data on 2.9 billion profiles of U.S. residents pegged as …
Tweets: @swodinsky, @jjvincent, @swodinsky, @spekulation, @caitlinrcruz, @robinberjon, @andrewcouts, and @swodinsky
| Matt Day / Bloomberg: |
Amazon says its carbon footprint rose 18% YoY and 40% from 2019 to ~71.54M metric tons of CO2 equivalent in 2021, despite plans to be “net zero carbon” by 2040 — Amazon.com Inc. said its carbon footprint grew 18% in 2021, as the company's rapid growth during … | Bloomberg: |
India generates ~$19B from auctioning airwaves, including for 5G; Reliance Jio spent $11B+ on 24,740 megahertz, followed by Bharti Airtel and Vodafone — Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. spent more than $11 billion, emerging the top buyer in India's airwaves auction … | Financial Times: |
A look at Samsung's mounting semiconductor problems: reportedly losing Qualcomm and Nvidia's business to TSMC, Galaxy S22 lagging iPhone 13's chips, and more — Move follows warnings from investors, analysts and employees that chipmaker is losing its technological edge
Tweets: @wholemarsblog, @crsdavies, and @chinabeigebook
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