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Sources: Broadcom is in talks to acquire VMware, which has a ~$40B market cap; the discussions are ongoing and there's no guarantee they will lead to a purchase — Broadcom Inc. is in talks to acquire cloud-computing company VMware Inc., according to people familiar with the matter …
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| New York Times: |
A look at efforts by 50+ countries to control the data produced by their citizens, governments, and businesses, driven by privacy concerns, economics, and more — Nations are accelerating efforts to control data produced within their perimeters, disrupting the flow of what has become a kind of digital currency.
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Fortune. Tweets: @imeluny, @wbm312, @pt, @vickerysec, @profcarroll, @satariano, @davidheniguk, @dmccabe, and @davidheniguk
| Matt Burgess / Wired: |
As GDPR turns four, despite some positives, regulators struggle to keep up with complaints, the ad industry remains littered with potential abuses, and more — The world-leading data law changed how companies work. But four years on, there's a lag on cleaning up Big Tech.| Mimi Billing / Sifted: |
Klarna tells employees it plans to lay off 10% of its workforce, after reports of raising money at a reduced $30B valuation; LinkedIn shows it has 6,500+ staff — Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that Klarna was seeking a new round of investment that could see its valuation brought down by a third, from $46bn to $30bn.
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| Tripp Mickle / New York Times: |
Meta, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are positioned to emerge stronger from this downturn; Refinitiv: from 2008 to 2010, the companies acquired 100+ firms — Flush with cash, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Google are positioned to emerge from a downturn stronger and more powerful.
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Computerworld, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, MacDailyNews, NEWS.am, and Reuters
| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Meta says it plans to give outside researchers more info on political ad targeting on Facebook and Instagram and will update Ad Library with more info from July — Academics and journalists will be able to see more data about the way political ads are used to target users across Facebook and Instagram.
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Bloomberg, Meta, The Economic Times, and Protocol
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| Financial Times: |
On April 6, weeks before UST collapsed, Binance promoted the stablecoin on Telegram as a “High Yield, Safe & Happy Earn” investment with an annual ~20% yield — World's biggest crypto exchange marketed stablecoin lending scheme offering nearly 20% yield| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
The 11th Circuit federal court upholds the block on Florida's social media “censorship” law over First Amendment concerns, as SCOTUS weighs Texas' similar law — As the Supreme Court weighs whether to block Texas's social media “censorship” law, a court of appeals has decided …
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| Spencer Soper / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Amazon, which has too much warehouse capacity after the pandemic, is looking to sublet over 10M square feet in New York, California, and elsewhere — Amazon.com Inc., stuck with too much warehouse capacity now that the surge in pandemic-era shopping has faded …
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PCMag. Tweets: @stanphylcap, @h_thoreson, @dofornop, @jimpethokoukis, @yevp, @supheci_kimse, @aoverk, @capitalobserver, @firstadopter, @mattmday, and @rebovichinst
| Wall Street Journal: |
After Elon Musk attempted to pause the Twitter deal, internal chat logs detail bewilderment among employees; VP Jay Sullivan says a “chaos tax” will continue — Deal has left employees bewildered about what their jobs are and will be — In one 24-hour period this month …
Tweets: @rupasubramanya, @saraheneedleman, and @saraheneedleman
| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
StepN, a Solana-based app that rewards users with tokens for walking and running, says it has 2M-3M MAUs and makes $3M-5M/day in net profit from trading fees — But skeptics question its sustainability and whether it can be called a ‘game’ — Since its launch in December, StepN …
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Micky. Tweets: @patio11, @genia_xx, @alexanderchopan, @acityinohio, @shitirastogi, @sk8ercurt, @tuviae, @mdudas, @dreamboat_id, and @zachweinberg
| Eva Szalay / Financial Times: |
BNP Paribas joins JPMorgan's blockchain-based Onyx network for the repurchase market, which has facilitated $300B+ in deals since December — BNP Paribas joins JPMorgan-powered platform that has traded more $300bn of intraday repo deals — BNP Paribas has joined JPMorgan in using digital tokens …
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PYMNTS.com, Blockworks, CoinDesk, Off to Lunch, Cryptonews, and Coinspeaker
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| Damien Wilde / 9to5Google: |
Xiaomi signs a long-term partnership with Leica and announces a jointly developed smartphone will launch in July 2022, likely with the Snapdragon 8 Plus Gen 1 — Xiaomi has signed a “long-term strategic partnership” with camera and camera lens manufacturer Leica in a bid to improve …
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Tweets: @philstarlife, @aamirsidd94, @gizchina, @androidauth, and @bencsin
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