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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple's HomePod mini has a sensor, currently disabled, that measures temperature and humidity; Apple is working on speakers with screens and cameras — Apple Inc.'s HomePod mini speaker launched last November with new features such as a home intercom system.
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
Microsoft says it will begin a limited reopening of its Redmond HQ on March 29 and plans a future focus on hybrid workplaces — Microsoft is letting some employees back into the office — Microsoft is planning to start reopening its Redmond, Seattle headquarters later this month.
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| Adi Robertson / The Verge: |
Judge certifies a class action suit against Apple that claims it knew for years that MacBooks' butterfly keyboards were flawed and small fixes were insufficient — The suit says Apple knew its thinner keyboard was rotten — A judge has certified a class action suit against Apple for its fragile butterfly keyboard design.| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Spark Capital decides to “sever all ties” with Dispo after claims of sexual assault against a former Vlog Squad member; David Dobrik departs from Dispo — Dobrik departs from Dispo board and leaves company — Venture capital firm Spark Capital has decided to ‘sever all ties’ with Dispo …
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| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Long time Google VP Caesar Sengupta, who was in charge of Next Billion Users, Google Pay, and oversaw Chrome OS, is leaving the company after 15 years — One big focus for Google today is making products for what it dubs the Next Billion Users in countries just coming online.
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| Andrew Chung / Reuters: |
SCOTUS declined to hear Facebook's appeal to stop a proposed $15B class action lawsuit that accused Facebook of secretly tracking users via the “like” buttons — (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away Facebook Inc's bid to pare back a $15 billion class action lawsuit accusing … | Andy Day / Fstoppers: |
Instead of convincing people merely to buy things that they don't need, NFTs are convincing them to buy imaginary optimism based on a mass enchantment and FOMO — Photographers, filmmakers, and digital artists are falling over themselves to mint NFTs in a get-rich-quick scheme …
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| Ronn Blitzer / Fox News: |
Trump adviser Jason Miller says Trump is having meetings with “numerous companies” to return to social media with his own platform in two to three months — Jason Miller tells Fox News' ‘#MediaBuzz’ the platform will ‘completely redefine the game’
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| Reuters: |
Sources: Box is exploring a sale, discussing a potential deal with other companies and PE firms, amid pressure from hedge fund Starboard over stock performance — (Reuters) - U.S. cloud services provide Box Inc is exploring a sale amid pressure from hedge fund Starboard Value LP over its stock performance …
| Yang Jie / Wall Street Journal: |
Japanese chip maker Renesas says a fire at one its plants has halted production for at least a month, impacting automakers, and estimates losses at $160M/month — Shares of Toyota, Nissan and Honda fell Monday — TOKYO—A fire at a factory of one of the world's leading auto chip makers …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
Side, a real estate brokerage whose end-to-end software helps agents with branding, marketing, and more, raises $150M Series D and is now valued at $1B — Side, a real estate technology company that works to turn agents and independent brokerages into boutique brands and businesses … | Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Zoom announces an SDK to help developers build Zoom video services into other apps, a central developer portal, analytics, and other tools — One clear sign of a maturing platform is when the company exposes the services it uses for its own tools to other developers.
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
Deliveroo prices shares at £3.90 to £4.60 ahead of its London IPO, implying a market cap of £7.6B to £8.8B — - Deliveroo set a price range of between £3.90 and £4.60 per share for its upcoming IPO. — That implies an estimated market cap …
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| Mark Kleinman / Sky News: |
Source: Epic Games is finalizing a $1B round at a ~$28B valuation, following a $1.78B round at a $17.3B valuation in July 2020 — Epic Games, which also owns the video chat app Houseparty, is close to concluding another $1bn fundraising, Sky News can reveal. — City editor @MarkKleinmanSky| Chavi Mehta / Reuters: |
Facebook says it took down 1.3B fake accounts from October-December and 12M pieces of COVID-19 misinformation; Facebook has 35,000 staff tackling misinformation — (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Monday it took down 1.3 billion fake accounts between October and December …
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| Reuters: |
ByteDance says its Nuverse video game unit has acquired Shanghai-based gaming studio Moonton Technology, sources say for around $4B — (Reuters) - ByteDance said on Monday its video games unit Nuverse has agreed to acquire Shanghai-based gaming studio Moonton Technology, as it seeks to further expand into the video games business.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Berlin-based Camunda, which makes open source process automation tools, raises €82M Series B led by Insight Partners and says it has 400 enterprise customers — It's clear that automated workflow tooling has become increasingly important for companies.
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| Larry Dignan / ZDNet: |
Synnex and privately-held Tech Data, both of which help implement solutions for IoT, cloud computing, and more, say they are merging in a deal valued at ~$7.2B — The combination of two companies will expand the geographic and product reach into cybersecurity, cloud, data and Internet of things.
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| Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal: |
Blackstone, with a goal of managing $1T in assets by 2026, is increasingly investing in fast-growing tech companies and has opened a San Francisco office — Jonathan Gray is guiding shift at investment firm that made its name buying into undervalued companiesSponsor Posts
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