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Twitter terminated its head of security Peiter “Mudge” Zatko this week, and CISO Rinki Sethi will depart in the coming weeks; both execs joined Twitter in 2020 — Parag Agrawal, Twitter's new chief executive, terminated the company's head of security this week.| Alana Semuels / TIME: |
Intel commits $20B to build at least two semiconductor fabrication plants on a 1,000-acre site by 2025, employing at least 3,000 people in New Albany, Ohio — As part of an effort to regain its position as a leading maker of semiconductors amidst a global chip shortage …
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Netflix COO says the company is “open to licensing large game IP”; job listings hint it may launch Fortnite-like live service games with regular content updates — Two months after launching mobile games to all of its members, Netflix is looking to double down on gaming … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
Netflix reports Q4 revenue of $7.71B, up 16% YoY, net income of $607M, 222M paid subscribers, and $30B in 2021 revenue, up 19%; stock down 20%+ on weak guidance — Netflix ended 2021 with a slightly lower-than-expected subscriber gain in the fourth quarter, and its stock took a dive with a weak Q1 outlook.
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| Jason Schreier / Bloomberg: |
A group of 34 QA testers at Activision Blizzard's Raven Software vote to unionize with the CWA, and ask the company to voluntarily recognize their union status — Microsoft Corp.'s planned acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc. will come with an unexpected and perhaps unwelcome addition: a small group of unionized workers.
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Hands-on with a pre-release mid-2018 build of Microsoft's canceled Andromeda OS for dual-screen devices — We take a look at Microsoft's canceled Andromeda OS project. — Ever wondered what Microsoft's canceled version of Windows for the Surface Duo was going to be like?
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Twitter will let iOS users of its Blue subscription service use NFTs as hexagon-shaped profile pictures — Service will be available to some users of the company's Blue subscriber service — Twitter Inc. will start allowing some users to use nonfungible tokens as their profile pictures …
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Investigation finds that Binance withheld information from regulators and maintained weak checks on customers even as it publicly welcomed government oversight — In public, Binance said it welcomed government oversight. At the same time, the firm was withholding information from regulators …
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| Erin Brodwin / Axios: |
Health monitoring startup Casana raises a $30M Series B as it gets ready to debut a smart toilet seat that measures heart rate and other vitals — With $30 million in fresh funds, health monitoring startup Casana is readying to debut a toilet seat that takes your vitals.
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IBM to sell part of Watson Health, including image software offerings and extensive data sets, to private equity firm Francisco Partners, sources say for $1B+ — International Business Machines Corp. agreed to sell part of its IBM Watson Health business to private equity firm Francisco Partners …
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Google files to dismiss state AGs' antitrust lawsuit and says in a blog post that allegations of ad auction collusion with Facebook are “more heat than light” — A lawsuit by states attorneys general fails to provide evidence of anticompetitive behavior, the company says| Bloomberg Law: |
US court rules in favor of pharma giant Merck in a $1.4B legal dispute with insurers who claimed an “Act of War” exclusion to deny coverage for NotPetya losses — Merck & Co.'s victory in a legal dispute with insurers over coverage for $1.4 billion in losses from malware known … Sponsor Posts
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