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Amid COVID-19 concerns, Google, GM, and Waymo cancel in-person plans for CES, following Meta, Amazon, Twitter, and others, while Intel scales back its presence — The world's biggest technology show may not be — CES, the world's largest technology show, appears to be in jeopardy due to rising COVID-19 cases in the United States.
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| Neal E. Boudette / New York Times: |
Tesla agrees to release a software update that blocks its Passenger Play gaming feature while the vehicle is in motion, after the NHTSA opened an investigation — Tesla has agreed to modify software in its cars to prevent drivers and passengers from playing video games on the dashboard screens …
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| Richard Lawler / The Verge: |
Marc Andreessen blocked Jack Dorsey on Twitter following his tweets critical of a16z and Web3; Dorsey then tweeted “I'm officially banned from web3” — The venture capitalist blocked the former Twitter CEO, and Dorsey said he's now ‘banned from Web3’
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| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Amazon reaches a nationwide settlement with the NLRB to let its warehouse employees more easily organize, likely affecting over 1M current and former workers — The agreement's national scope and its concessions to organizing go further than any previous settlement that the e-commerce giant has made.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Automation Anywhere plans to acquire FortressIQ, a process discovery startup that uses AI to automate mapping of internal processes; FortressIQ has raised $46M — Automation Anywhere, which is best known for its robotic process automation (RPA) software, plans to expand the platform.| Jeff John Roberts / Decrypt: |
As Bakkt's stock drops from $50 to ~$9 two months after its SPAC merger, president and founding executive Adam White says he is leaving the company next week — Adam White, a founder and President of the digital assets and rewards platform Bakkt, took to Twitter on Thursday to say he is moving on from the company.
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| Florian Mueller / FOSS Patents: |
The Coalition for App Fairness loses its most effective advocate as Horacio Gutierrez, Spotify's chief legal officer, leaves for The Walt Disney Company — Yesterday I saw on LinkedIn that Horacio Gutierrez is leaving Spotify. He served as Spotify's Head of Global Affairs and Chief Legal Officer …
| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Ant Money, which operates micro-income app ATM, gamer savings app Blast, and financial literacy app Learn & Earn, raises a $20M Series A — Serial fintech entrepreneur Walter Cruttenden founded Acorns with his son, Jeff, in 2012 with the goal of helping low- and middle-income households to invest and save responsibly.
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| Dan Gallagher / Wall Street Journal: |
Ahead of the holidays, the biggest game releases from EA, Take-Two, and Activision have received poor reviews, capping a difficult year for the industry — Problems with latest ‘Call of Duty,’ ‘Battlefield’ and ‘Grand Theft Auto’ releases follow tough year for videogame stocks| Katie Roof / Bloomberg: |
Sources: cybersecurity startup Snyk is preparing for an IPO that could happen as soon as mid-2022, with a target to exceed its $8.6B valuation from September — Cybersecurity startup Snyk Ltd. is making preparations for an initial public offering that could happen as early as next year, according to people familiar with the matter.
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At least 14 senior Meta executives, including from its Workplace and Novi divisions, left in 2021 or announced plans to depart in the coming months — - Numerous Facebook executives left the company in 2021 or announced plans to depart in the coming months.| Leah Nylen / Politico: |
Sources: amid budget woes, the US DOJ has delayed deciding whether to sue Apple or file a new suit against Google over antitrust concerns until at least March — The Justice Department is still months away from deciding whether to sue Apple or file a new suit against Google over antitrust concerns … Sponsor Posts
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