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Sources: Apple and Intel will be the first to adopt TSMC's 3nm tech, with new Intel and iPad CPUs based on the new manufacturing process scheduled for late 2022 — Taiwanese company remains vital partner for American tech giants — TAIPEI — Apple and Intel have emerged as the first adopters …
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Twitter shows off features it is testing, including a way to tweet only to a group of trusted friends, ability to tweet under different “personas”, and more — Twitter has a history of sharing feature and design ideas it's considering at very early stages of development.
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Robinhood files for long-awaited IPO, says it will set aside up to 35% of shares for retail investors — Popular trading app Robinhood on Thursday filed for its initial public offering, and disclosed that it will set aside up to 35% of shares for retail investors who rarely get to buy at a company's IPO price.
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| Karen Weise / New York Times: |
Dozens of long-serving Amazon VPs left in the past 18 months, an unusual number for the company, with more expected to leave as Andy Jassy makes changes — An unusual number of vice presidents are leaving for prominent jobs at public companies or high-growth start-ups.
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New Facebook test prompt asks users if someone they know might be “becoming an extremist”; another notifies users who may have been exposed to extremist content — New York (CNN Business)Some Facebook (FB) users in the United States are being served a prompt that asks …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Thailand SEC files criminal complaint against Binance alleging it has operated a cryptocurrency exchange business via its website without a license — ANTHONY KWAN/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGES — Quick Take — Thailand's financial regulator has filed a criminal complaint against Binance over unregistered operations.
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| Nico Grant / Bloomberg: |
In its diversity report, Google says it is hiring more Black people but rates of attrition are rising, especially among Black women; US workforce is 50%+ white — Google reported its best year yet for hiring Black employees, but rising departures of the same group highlights a risk to the company's plan to double its Black workforce.
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
TikTok is rolling out longer videos of up to three minutes, up from one minute, to all users over the coming weeks, after testing them since December — Now up to three minutes — TikToks are about to get longer. The app is now rolling out the ability for everyone to publish videos …
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| Tage Kene-Okafor / TechCrunch: |
Nigeria-based neobank FairMoney raises $42M Series B led by Tiger Global, as it expands into India — Neobanks have led the charge as regards venture capital funding for consumer fintech startups. But while they have collectively dominated the fintech space, they don't operate a monolithic model.| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Swedish gaming giant Modern Times Group says it has acquired Indian startup PlaySimple for at least $360M, with 77% in cash and the rest in company shares — Swedish gaming giant Modern Times Group (MTG) has acquired Indian startup PlaySimple for at least $360 million, the two firms said Friday.
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China announces a cybersecurity review of Didi, during which it won't be able to register new users; Didi shares fell 10%+ in premarket trading on Friday — - Shares of Didi fell Friday after China announced a cybersecurity review of the ride hailing company.
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Kakao Pay, South Korea's largest online payment service, seeks to raise as much as $1.4B in an IPO in Seoul, at a market capitalization of up to $11B+ — - Kakao Pay joins Krafton, Kakao Bank in filing for IPOs — The company is planning to offer securities trading, insurance| Reuters: |
India selects Dell, Wistron's ICT, Flex Ltd, Foxconn's Rising Stars, and ten local firms for its $1B incentive plan to boost exports of laptops, tablets and PCs — India on Thursday named Dell Inc(DELL.N), Wistron Corp's (3231.TW) ICT, Flex Ltd(FLEX.O) and Foxconn's (2354.TW) …
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| Ryan Browne / CNBC: |
PitchBook: grocery companies have raised $10B globally so far in 2021, surpassing the $7B raised across 2020 — - Venture-backed grocery companies have already raised over $10 billion so far in 2021, according to data from Pitchbook. — In Europe, several “dark store” … Thanks:@ryan_browne_
| Thomas Brewster / Forbes: |
FOIA docs: Google sold $2.5M worth of cloud software and AI tools to help the Pentagon deal with the COVID-19 pandemic — Amidst concerns over Big Tech sales of AI technology to the Pentagon, Google furnished the Department of Defense with cloud software and artificial intelligence tools … | Mark Haranas / CRN: |
HPE says it will acquire Zerto, developer of automated software for helping clients recover from unplanned data loss, for $374M in cash — 'Zerto's market-leading cloud data management and protection software expands HPE GreenLake cloud data services, allowing customers to protect their data …
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Tweets: @markharanas, @crn, @crn, and @brianmcc
| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Opera becomes first third-party browser fully optimized for Chromebooks, with built-in access to messaging apps, free built-in VPN, a crypto wallet, and more — As far as third-party browsers go, there are none that are fully optimized for Chromebooks and Chrome OS, that is until now with the popular Opera Browser.
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| Adam Janofsky / The Record: |
DHS says it's onboarding about 300 cybersecurity professionals and has extended job offers to 500 more; DHS has more than 2,000 cybersecurity vacancies open — The US Department of Homeland Security on Thursday announced that it is onboarding nearly 300 cybersecurity professionals … | Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to test a hybrid in-store and work-from-home arrangement for retail employees later this year under a pilot program dubbed Retail Flex — - Company to pilot “Retail Flex” program for employees this year — Apple earlier asked office workers to return three days a week
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Tweets: @creative_rants, @peninsulaqatar, and @markgurman
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