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Alphabet's DeepMind says it has solved the key “protein folding problem”, cutting the job down from months to hours, which could speed up drug discovery — Researchers at DeepMind say they have solved “the protein folding problem,” a task that has bedeviled scientists for more than 50 years.
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| Lauren Feiner / CNBC: |
Sources: Salesforce's deal to buy Slack is expected to be announced on Tuesday after markets close; Salesforce reports Q3 earnings on Tuesday — - Salesforce's deal to buy Slack is expected to be announced Tuesday after markets close, sources told CNBC's David Faber.
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| Thomas Seal / Bloomberg: |
The UK will ban the installation of new Huawei 5G network equipment starting September 2021, after initially announcing a 2027 timeframe in July — - Britain set to impose security law on mobile network operators — White House pushed allies to exclude Chinese tech giant Huawei
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| Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Ajit Pai, the Trump-appointed Republican chairman of the FCC, announces he will leave the agency on Jan. 20, when president-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office — Aji Pai, the Trump-appointed Republican chairman of the FCC, announced that he will leave the agency on Jan. 20, 2021, when president-elect Joe Biden is sworn into office.| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
SCOTUS will hear arguments on Monday that could lead to changes to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, signed in 1986, a law critics say is outdated and vague — The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Monday in a case that could lead to sweeping changes to America's controversial computer hacking laws …
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| Nathaniel Popper / New York Times: |
Bitcoin hits a record price of $19,783, with more investors seemingly buying it for the long term, unlike the 2017 spike driven by Asian investors new to crypto — The crazy cousin of traditional currencies, which fell below $4,000 in March, passed $19,783. More investors now are buying it for the long term.
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| John D. McKinnon / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: US federal and state authorities are preparing as many as four antitrust cases targeting Facebook and Google by the end of January 2021 — Federal and state authorities, probing whether the tech giants abused their power in the internet economy, are preparing as many as four cases| Scott Pelley / CBS News: |
Interview with former director of US CISA Chris Krebs on being fired by Trump via tweet, why paper ballots are key to ensuring election security, and more — Chris Krebs, a lifelong Republican, was put in charge of the agency handling election security by President Trump two years ago.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: in its IPO this week, Airbnb will target a valuation of $30B-$33B, up from the expected $30B — - Firms target valuation increases amid end of year listing rush — Tech companies' fortunes diverged amid coronavirus pandemic — Airbnb Inc. and DoorDash Inc. will disclose higher …
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Best 2020 Cyber Monday deals on gaming consoles, laptops, monitors, Apple, Sonos, and Amazon devices, smartphones, headphones, speakers, and more — We've sifted through the junk to pick out the tech deals most worth your time. — Cyber Monday has arrived.
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Cloud-based IT services company ServiceNow is acquiring Montreal-based Element AI, which helps companies use AI to improve operations — ServiceNow, the cloud-based IT services company, is making a significant acquisition today to fill out its longer-term strategy to be a big player …
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| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
Filing: DoorDash is looking to raise up to $2.8B in its IPO, at a valuation of up to $32B, and plans to list shares at $75 to $85 — - Food delivery app DoorDash is looking to raise up to $2.8 billion in its IPO, which would value the company at $32 billion on a fully diluted basis, the company revealed in a new filing Monday.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Materialize, a SQL streaming database built atop the open source Timely Dataflow project, raises $32M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins — Materialize, the SQL streaming database startup built on top of the open source Timely Dataflow project, announced a $32 million Series B investment today led … Sponsor Posts
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