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July 13, 2020, 10:05 AM

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Sundar Pichai / The Keyword:
Google unveils the Google for India Digitization Fund, through which it will invest ~$10B over the next five to seven years in the country  —  Editor's note: Today at Google for India, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a $10 billion Google for India Digitization Fund to help accelerate India's digital economy.
Hannah Murphy / Financial Times:
Inside Facebook's clubby network of invitation-only advertiser groups, called client councils, which use a mix of perks and pressure to keep brands close  —  Social media company uses a mixture of perks and pressure to keep brands close  —  Facebook likes to roll out the red carpet …
Subrat Patnaik / Reuters:
US semiconductor manufacturer Analog Devices says it will buy rival Maxim Integrated for $20B+ in an all-stock deal  —  (Reuters) - U.S. semiconductor maker Analog Devices Inc said on Monday it offered to buy Maxim Integrated Products Inc, an industry peer, for $20.91 billion in an all-stock deal.
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN:
Both the DNC and RNC have asked campaign staff to refrain from using TikTok on personal devices  —  (CNN)The Democratic and Republican national committees warned their staffs about using the Chinese-owned app TikTok.  —  The Democratic National Committee warned Democratic campaigns …
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Paige, a computational pathology startup targeting cancer, raises an additional $20M to close its Series B at $70M, bringing its total raised to $95M+  —  Paige, the startup that spun out of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and launched in 2018 to help advance cancer research …
Apple:
Apple allocates $400M+ for affordable housing projects and homeowner assistance programs in California, as part of its $2.5B commitment for CA's housing crisis  —  Apple is allocating more than $400 million toward affordable housing projects and homeowner assistance programs in California this year …

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