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| Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asian Review: |
Sources: TSMC, the biggest contract chipmaker, has halted new orders from Huawei in response to new US export controls; orders placed before are not impacted — Taiwan chipmaker's relationship with its second biggest customer under fire — TAIPEI — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. … | Bloomberg: |
Chinese state-backed funds invest $2.25B in chip factory of local company Semiconductor Manufacturing International, amid US move to limit chips sold to Huawei — - State-backed funds invest in Semiconductor Manufacturing plant — China is aiming to increase monthly capacity by 5 times
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TechCrunch, Android Authority, Nikkei Asian Review, and TechNode
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| Bloomberg: |
Apple says it's reopening 25 US stores this week plus 12 stores in Canada, adding to nearly 100 global locations that have reopened so far — - Company has 100 stores back in operation after virus closures — Plans temperature checks and face coverings at every location
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| Ranjan Roy / Margins: |
How Doordash listing restaurants on its service without their permission can lead to inaccurate menus, unhappy customers, and even arbitrage opportunities — There is such a thing as a free lunch — If capitalism is driven by a search for profit, the food delivery business confuses the hell out of me.
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| Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg: |
SoftBank Vision Fund records $17.7B loss in the last fiscal year after writing down investments including WeWork and Uber, reports a net loss of $8.96B — SoftBank Group Corp. said its Vision Fund business lost 1.9 trillion yen ($17.7 billion) last fiscal year after writing down the value of investments …
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| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
Alibaba's Jack Ma resigns from SoftBank board, as he pulls back from formal business roles to focus on philanthropy; SoftBank to propose three new appointments — TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Monday that Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma will resign from its board …
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ZDNet, TechCrunch, Protocol, New York Times, PYMNTS.com, Wall Street Journal, Nikkei Asian Review, Financial Times, and Seeking Alpha. Tweets: @hangzhoufeel
| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Multiple supercomputers in some EU countries were hacked this week with crypto mining malware via compromised SSH credentials; evidence suggests a single actor — Confirmed infections have been reported in the UK, Germany, and Switzerland. Another suspected infection was reported in Spain.
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| Hagop Kavafian / Android Police: |
Google Meet, which became free to use at the end of April, passes 50M installs on the Play Store, after passing 5M at the beginning of March — Due to the coronavirus pandemic, most people are stuck at home and looking for ways to keep in touch with each other.| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
US Secret Service memo warns a crime ring is targeting state unemployment insurance programs to commit fraud by using data belonging to identity theft victims — A well-organized Nigerian crime ring is exploiting the COVID-19 crisis by committing large-scale fraud against multiple state …
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New York Times, Ubergizmo, CNET, The Verge, Engadget, PYMNTS.com, and Decrypt
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Edison Mail says it has “rolled back” an iOS app update that gave a “small percentage” of users full access to other users' email accounts — Edison Mail is one of the more popular third-party email applications for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, but an apparent bug in the service is raising major privacy concerns.
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The Verge, SlashGear, Digital Trends, MacRumors, Daring Fireball, Softpedia News, Engadget, AppleInsider, and iPhone in Canada Blog
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| Sachin Ravikumar / Reuters: |
Indian food delivery startup Swiggy says it will lay off 1,100 employees, or nearly 14% of its workforce, to cut costs amid the pandemic — BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian food delivery startup Swiggy said on Monday it would lay off 1,100 employees, or nearly 14% of its workforce, to cut costs …
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TechCrunch, MediaNama, and Entrackr
| Aditi Shrivastava / The Economic Times: |
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The Swiggy blog, The Economic Times, Ventureburn, and TechCrunch
Tweets: @madhavchanchani, @chandrarsrikant, and @ettech
| Seth Schiesel / Protocol: |
Jason Rubin, Facebook VP for special gaming initiatives, on how Facebook thinks about gaming and how Oculus Quest can get AAA games like Call of Duty — In December, Facebook made one of its most intriguing acquisitions in years, spending a reported $78 million to buy PlayGiga, a Spanish company specializing in cloud gaming.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
General Atlantic to invest $870M in Reliance Jio Platforms at a $65B valuation, joining Facebook, Silver Lake, and Vista Equity Partners among Jio investors — Mukesh Ambani's Jio Platforms has agreed to sell 1.34% stake to General Atlantic, the latest deal in a series of deals …
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The Next Web, Bloomberg, Silicon Republic, SiliconANGLE, Reuters, India TV, Entrackr, Moneycontrol, and Livemint
Tweets: @generalatlantic, @yourstoryco, @mdudas, @tanayj, and @kanchangupta
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