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Paradise Papers: Apple sought a secret shift to new tax haven of Jersey, after crackdown by European regulators of its Irish tax arrangement — The world's most profitable firm has a secretive new structure that would enable it to continue avoiding billions in taxes, the Paradise Papers show.
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| Apple: |
Apple says no operations or investments moved from Ireland after 2015 corporate restructuring, changes in Ireland's tax laws did not reduce its tax payments — Apple believes every company has a responsibility to pay its taxes, and as the largest taxpayer in the world, Apple pays every dollar it owes in every country around the world.
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| Bloomberg: |
Broadcom offers $105B in cash and stock to buy Qualcomm for $70/share, a 28% premium to Qualcomm's closing price on Thursday — Broadcom is proposing to buy Qualcomm for $70 per share in a cash and stock deal valued at $130 billion, Bloomberg News reports.
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Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @ahess247, @technology, @benbajarin, @m_delamerced, @tonyromm, and @thestalwart
| James Bridle: |
A look at how YouTube is being used to share traumatizing content to young children automatically and at scale — As someone who grew up on the internet, I credit it as one of the most important influences on who I am today. I had a computer with internet access in my bedroom from the age of 13.
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New York Times, CNET, musictechpolicy.com, and The A.V. Club
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| Mark Hachman / PCWorld: |
Intel and AMD team up to co-design an Intel Core processor with custom AMD Radeon graphics, to bring top-tier games to thin and light notebook PCs — Absolutely incredible! Intel will ship a chip powered by AMD's Radeon graphics next year to bring top-tier, AAA games to the thin-and-light notebook market.
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| Salvador Rodriguez / Reuters: |
Will.i.am's tech startup I.am+ announces it has raised $117M, has created a voice assistant for customer service — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - I.am+, the tech startup founded by pop star and entrepreneur will.i.am, has raised $117 million in venture funding, the company told Reuters on Monday … | DisplayMate: |
DisplayMate: iPhone X display has the best color accuracy of “any display we have ever tested”, top full screen brightness of OLED-equipped phones at 634 nits — Dr. Raymond M. Soneira President, DisplayMate Technologies Corporation Copyright © 1990-2017 by DisplayMate Technologies Corporation.
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MacRumors, AppleInsider, BGR, ZDNet, TechCrunch, Ubergizmo, SlashGear, 9to5Mac, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, Apple News aus Cupertino, iPhone in Canada Blog, and Cult of Mac. Tweets: @vijayshekhar
| Nan Boden / Google: |
Google announces strategic partnership with Salesforce, will better integrate G Suite with Salesforce's CRM software — Today, we announce a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership with Salesforce that spans Google Cloud and Google Analytics. The partnership will enable smarter, more collaborative experiences for our customers.
| Zac Hall / 9to5Mac: |
iOS 11.2 will let developers offer introductory pricing for auto-renewable subscriptions in the App Store — Apple is introducing a new App Store pricing feature for developers starting with iOS 11.2. Apps that use auto-renewable subscription pricing will soon be able to offer special introductory pricing for new customers.
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MacRumors, The Verge, Ubergizmo, Neowin, and PhoneDog.com
| Wall Street Journal: |
Russian Twitter accounts posing as Americans began to support Trump in June 2015, weeks after he announced campaign and earlier than previously known — In three months after Mr. Trump announced his candidacy, tweets from Russian accounts offered far more praise for the businessman than criticism
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Engadget and The Hill
Tweets: @patrickw, @propublica, @eorden, @markmaremont, @amy_siskind, @congressmanraja, and @dabeard
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| Arpan Varghese / Reuters: |
Consortium of energy firms, including BP and Shell, will make a blockchain-based platform for trading energy commodities, slated to be operational by end of '18 — (Reuters) - A consortium including energy companies BP and Royal Dutch Shell will develop a blockchain-based digital platform … | Rani Molla / Recode: |
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