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July 2, 2021, 4:55 PM

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Nikkei Asia:
Sources: Apple and Intel will be first to adopt TSMC's 3nm tech, with new Intel CPUs and iPad SoCs based on the 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 …
Wall Street Journal:
As Andy Jassy becomes Amazon CEO on Monday, a look at his management style, relationship with Jeff Bezos, regulatory challenges ahead, and more  —  Andy Jassy is about to take over an e-commerce colossus that employs 1.3 million people.  His first challenge is an antitrust campaign that threatens the empire he will oversee.
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Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Interview with Qualcomm's new CEO Cristiano Amon, who says it plans to license Nuvia's designs to cloud computing companies that want to build their own chips  —  (Reuters) - Qualcomm Inc's new chief thinks that by next year his company will have just the chip for laptop makers wondering …
Tom Krazit / Protocol:
IBM President Jim Whitehurst to step down less than two years after being elevated to the position and three years after IBM acquired his company Red Hat  —  IBM President Jim Whitehurst is stepping down from the No. 2 leadership position at the company less than three years after IBM acquired …
Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Vestager warns Apple against using privacy and security concerns to fend off App Store competition, says security and privacy are not lost due to sideloading  —  Europe's tech chief Margrethe Vestager on Friday warned iPhone maker Apple (AAPL.O) against using privacy and security concerns …
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  —  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.
Ben Schoon / 9to5Google:
OnePlus says it is merging codebases of OxygenOS and Oppo's ColorOS, and commits to 3 years of Android updates; OxygenOS will remain the “global” OS for OnePlus  —  After announcing that OnePlus and Oppo would be merging more teams behind the scenes, the inevitable has happened.
The Information:
Sources: US subscriber growth at Disney+ has slowed sharply, with 38M subs in North America in early July, compared to 37M at the start of February  —  U.S. subscriber growth at Disney's Disney+ streaming service slowed sharply in the past few months, according to internal data reviewed by The Information …
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.
Jesús Aguado / Reuters:
Spain's competition watchdog CNMC says it is investigating possible anti-competitive practices in the sales of Apple products on Amazon  —  The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article.  We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta.
CNBC:
China announces a cybersecurity review of Didi, during which it won't be able to register new users; Didi shares are down 5%+  —  - Shares of Didi fell Friday after China announced a cybersecurity review of the ride hailing company.  — Didi is based in China, and held its IPO on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday.
Hagar Ravet / CTech:
Multinarity, which says it is developing a mixed reality product for daily use without providing many details, comes out of stealth with $28M in seed funding  —  After raising the biggest-ever Seed round for an Israeli startup, the founders of Multinarity believe they can revolutionize …
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