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Google unveils the Google for India Digitization Fund, pledging ~$10B over seven years toward a mix of equity investments, ecosystem investments, and more — 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.
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple pushes retail workers to begin working from home, says full return to offices won't happen in 2020 and it's shipping employees COVID-19 test kits — - Full return to U.S. offices won't happen before end of 2020 — Apple Inc. is readjusting operations as Covid-19 cases continue …
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| Paddy Baker / CoinDesk: |
Crypto app Abra and partner company Plutus settle charges from SEC and CFTC for $300K after allegedly facilitating unregistered security-based swap transactions — Crypto financial app Abra has settled charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission …
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
SiriusXM will buy E.W. Scripps' podcast network and producer unit Stitcher for $325M; Scripps says Stitcher had $72.5M in 2019 revenue — According to E.W. Scripps, the $325 million price tag represents a return of more than 100% in its investment in podcasting over the last five years.
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| Lucinda Shen / Fortune: |
Robinhood says it has raised $320M in new funding that values it at $8.6B, following its $280M Series F in May, which valued it at $8.3B — Investors are adding hundreds of millions more to Robinhood's coffers as the pandemic ushers in new customers. — On Monday, the stock-trading app announced … | Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitch restores President Trump's account after a two-week suspension for “hateful conduct” — Can the president last on Twitch? — Twitch has unbanned President Donald Trump, two weeks after suspending his account for “hateful conduct.” — Trump's account … | Sarah Ponczek / Bloomberg: |
According to Robintrack.net, during a four-hour span today almost 40,000 Robinhood accounts added Tesla stock, which hit $1,794.99 before closing at $1,497.06 — - Almost 40,000 Robinhood users bought the stock in four hours — Tesla shares surged 16% Monday before giving up gains
Tweets: @charliebilello, @malwaretechblog, @patrickmcgee_, and @dissensual
| 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.
| New York Times: |
As US COVID-19 cases surge, public health officials are battling broken, fragmented data systems, some relying on fax, that are seriously impeding progress — Before public health officials can manage the pandemic, they must deal with a broken data system that sends incomplete results in formats they can't easily use.
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Gizmodo. Tweets: @sarahkliff, @nytimes, @sarahkliff, @lolgop, @yfreemark, @sangerkatz, @sam_baker, @jennifernuzzo, @ryanlcooper, @dylanbgeorge, @sarahkliff, @bymikebaker, @elidourado, and @amymaxmen
| Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: |
Facebook, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, others back Harvard and MIT's suit against ICE directive that will send international students home if classes are online — A number of top tech companies say the Trump administration's new directive to strip foreign students of their visas could crush the tech industry's workforce.
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Axios, South China Morning Post, and Associated Press
Tweets: @protocol, @bigblackjacobin, @kent_walker, and @issielapowsky
| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Sources detail issues faced by Black and brown tech employees when reporting incidents to HR departments, which often work only to protect company interests — Vanessa Williams was coming off of a big professional win in August 2018. The former marketing staffer on YouTube's music team …
Tweets: @positiviteee, @issielapowsky, @protocol, @reprokhanna, and @birnbaum_e. Thanks:@issielapowsky
| David McCabe / New York Times: |
In a May filing to Australia's antitrust regulator, Google said it doesn't control enough of the digital ad market to overcharge customers or block competitors — A document sent by the search giant to Australian regulators argues that the company doesn't control enough of the digital ad industry … Sponsor Posts
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