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Sources: a bipartisan bill that would ban Big Tech companies from favoring their products faces resistance from some Senate Democrats worried about the midterms — A bipartisan legislative effort to rein in the nation's largest tech companies is facing fresh resistance from a faction …
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| The Markup: |
An investigation finds Apple, Meta, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have launched a coordinated campaign in 31 states against data privacy legislation since 2021 — Coordinated industry lobbying is overwhelming the scattered efforts of consumer groups and privacy-minded lawmakers
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| Chavi Mehta / Reuters: |
Broadcom offers to acquire VMware for ~$61B in cash and stock, paying $142.50 per share, a nearly 49% premium, and will assume VMware's $8B in net debt — May 26 (Reuters) - Broadcom Inc (AVGO.O) said on Thursday it will buy cloud service provider VMware Inc (VMW.N) in a $61 billion cash …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Tether enters Latin America by launching the MXNT stablecoin, pegged to the Mexican peso, initially available on the Ethereum, Tron, and Polygon blockchains — Quick Take — Tether has launched a new stablecoin pegged 1:1 to the Mexican peso. — It will be initially available on Ethereum, Tron and Polygon.| Benjamin Mullin / New York Times: |
Sources: Substack dropped efforts to raise money, after talks to raise $75M-$100M at a $750M-$1B valuation, during which the company said 2021 revenue was ~$9M — Amid an industrywide downturn, venture investors are preaching austerity and halting new deals, particularly for companies that have spent aggressively on growth.
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| Dina Bass / Bloomberg: |
Microsoft plans to slow hiring in Windows, Office, and Teams groups, citing a need to realign staffing priorities; EVP Rajesh Jha must approve all new hires — Microsoft Corp. will slow hiring in its Windows, Office and Teams chat and conferencing software groups, citing a need …
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| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
A profile of Stripe co-founders John and Patrick Collison; sources: Stripe gross revenue rose 60% YoY to nearly $12B in 2021 as net revenue reached almost $2.5B — Billionaire brothers John and Patrick Collison built Stripe into one of the world's most-hyped, highest valued — and profitable! — startups, worth some $95 billion.| Lora Kolodny / CNBC: |
A Twitter shareholder sues Elon Musk and Twitter over the handling of the acquisition, saying Musk engaged “in conduct designed to create doubt about the deal” — - Since Musk's acquisition bid, Twitter's share price has dropped more than 12%, and Tesla's is down about 28% as part of a broad sell-off in tech stocks.| Kyle Alspach / Protocol: |
Cloud security startup Lacework, which employed 1,000+ in March 2022, lays off 20% of its workforce; Lacework has raised $1.85B including $1.3B in November 2021 — A well-funded startup in the cybersecurity industry, Lacework, has become the latest tech firm to disclose a major round …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Bolt Financial laid off 185 employees, or about one-third of its workforce; some have to repay loans they took from the company for vested shares within 90 days — One-click checkout company Bolt Financial yesterday laid off 185 employees, or approximately one-third of its workforce …
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| Drew Harwell / Washington Post: |
Human Rights Watch finds 89% of 164 remote learning apps and sites used during the pandemic in 49 countries shared student data with marketers and data brokers — The educational tools used by students during the pandemic shared their information with advertisers and data brokers that could track …
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| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
Sources: Apple plans to keep iPhone production in 2022 at ~220M, about the same as 2021, compared to ~240M market forecasts, amid inflation and a tough market — Apple Inc. is planning to keep iPhone production roughly flat in 2022, a conservative stance as the year turns increasingly challenging for the smartphone industry.
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Tweets: @detroitborg, @zollotech, and @lisaabramowicz1
| Bloomberg: |
The tech market collapse, aided by macroeconomic forces, is an opportunity to reckon with wildly inflated valuations, overpaid VCs, and crypto pyramid schemes — Over the past half-century, Silicon Valley has toggled between two similar-sounding pursuits that are often in conflict: wealth creation and moneymaking.
Tweets: @bradstone, @mikeisaac, @hharrisemea, @retogregori, @mark_dow, @mpelletiercio, @mikeisaac, @jessefelder, @pkafka, @revshark, and @thestalwart
| Sujith Somraaj / Decrypt: |
Binance, FTX, Crypto.com, Huobi, Bitfinex, Kucoin, and other exchanges pledge support for Do Kwon's Terra 2.0, set to launch on May 27 by airdropping tokens — Cryptocurrency exchanges have pledged support to Terra's upcoming relaunch, following the passing of a proposal to launch a new blockchain.
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| Patrick McGee / Financial Times: |
Q&A with Epic CEO Tim Sweeney on creating the metaverse, Unreal Engine's role, Apple's and Google's app store monopolies, Meta's metaverse investment, and more — Online game Fortnite is arguably the closest thing to the metaverse that exists today. Some 70mn gamers immerse themselves …
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TechCrunch, 9to5Mac, PYMNTS.com, Developer Tech News, iMore, Protocol, AppleInsider, iMore, iMore, Slashdot, and MacRumors
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| Michael Tobin / Bloomberg: |
Instacart plans to slow hiring as it prepares for its IPO, after hiring over 1,500 staff in 2021; Instacart cut its valuation by 40% to $24B in March 2022 — Grocery delivery startup Instacart Inc. is planning to slow the pace of hiring as it prepares for an initial public offering, focusing instead on profitability.
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| Devin Coldewey / TechCrunch: |
New York-based Parallel Learning, a telehealth service focused on students with learning challenges, raises a $20M Series A led by Tiger Global — If a kid is having trouble at school, one of the standard steps is to schedule an assessment for conditions like dyslexia, ADHD, or anything else that might require a special approach.| Sam Nussey / Reuters: |
Sony plans to ramp up PlayStation 5 production as supply chain issues ease, and a radical broadening of its game portfolio, including more PC and mobile titles — Sony Group Corp (6758.T) said it plans to ramp up production of its PlayStation 5 console as supply chain snarls ease and signalled …
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Video Games Chronicle, The Verge, 9to5Google, The Verge, Game Developer, Bloomberg, Gizmodo, SlashGear, Engadget, iPhone in Canada Blog, TechRadar, Gameranx, PCMag, Engadget, and TheGamer
Tweets: @tomwarren and @bruceqburke
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