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Sources: many Apple store employees continue to discuss unionizing; Apple has started to record its September event; opinion: iPadOS delay was probably worth it — Apple made the right call to push back iPadOS 16, but the move could create new issues for users and developers.
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A look at potential Ethereum forks, led by some miners, after the shift to a proof-of-stake model, called the Merge, expected as early as September — A monkey wrench is about to be thrown into the already complicated transition that the Ethereum blockchain is slated to go through soon.
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| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
SoftBank reports a ~$17.23B loss for Vision Fund in Q1, as the value of its tech portfolio fell, including SenseTime and Uber, following a record Q4 loss — SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) on Monday posted a 2.33 trillion yen ($17.23 billion) loss at its Vision Fund unit in the April-June quarter as the value of its tech portfolio slid.| Wall Street Journal: |
A profile of Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky, as the company goes bankrupt; sources say he is a brash entrepreneur with a history of unhappy investors and colleagues — Entrepreneur proposed a stream of moonshot ideas in different industries over many years—and frequently left a string of unhappy colleagues and investors
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Filings: Apple spent $33M in fiscal 2021 and $169M in 2022 to date on acquisition payments, down from $1.5B in fiscal 2020, as its dealmaking slows dramatically — Apple Inc., which used to acquire a company every three or four weeks, has dramatically slowed its dealmaking in the past two years …
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Apptopia: Netflix's games have 23.3M total downloads and average 1.7M DAUs, less than 1% of its subscribers; Netflix plans to reach 50 games by the end of 2022 — - Netflix plans to expand its video game catalog from 24 to 50 by year-end, marking a significant investment.| Sankalp Phartiyal / Bloomberg: |
Sources: India plans to ban Chinese smartphone markers from selling devices for under $150, impacting Xiaomi and others, seeking to boost its domestic industry — India seeks to restrict Chinese smartphone makers from selling devices cheaper than 12,000 rupees ($150) to kickstart … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Google files two lawsuits against Sonos, alleging it infringed on seven patents related to smart speakers and voice control, as part of the long-running dispute — After Sonos won in court earlier this year — Google is striking back at Sonos with a pair of lawsuits alleging … | Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Vista Equity Partners plans to acquire Seattle-based automated tax compliance software maker Avalara for $8.4B in an all-cash deal — Global investment giant Vista Equity Partners has announced plans to acquire automated tax compliance software provider Avalara, in an all-cash deal worth $8.4 billion.
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Nvidia reports Q2 preliminary earnings, showing $6.7B revenue, down 19% from Q1 and below its $8.1B guidance, driven by lagging gaming revenue; stock drops 5%+ — - Nvidia shares dipped on Monday after the company released preliminary earnings that show early second-quarter revenue of $6.70 billion … | Reuters: |
Qualcomm and GlobalFoundries sign a multi-billion dollar revenue agreement to double long-term production, including expanding GlobalFoundries' New York plant — Qualcomm (QCOM.O) and GlobalFoundries (GFS.O) signed an agreement on Monday to more than double their existing long-term manufacturing agreement … | Mark Harris / IEEE Spectrum: |
A look at the data Tesla collects from its 3M vehicles: breadcrumb GPS trails and gateway log files, using the data to develop Autopilot, and who owns the data — Logs and records of its customers' journeys fill out petabytes—and court case dockets — You won't see a single Tesla cruising …
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