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| Dan Strumpf / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Huawei plans hundreds of layoffs at Futurewei Technologies, its US R&D subsidiary, which employs about 850 people in research labs across the US — Cuts are expected to affect workers at U.S.-based R&D subsidiary Futurewei Technologies — Huawei Technologies Co …
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| Jon Fingas / Engadget: |
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon 855 Plus, which runs the CPU at up to 2.96GHz instead of the earlier 2.84GHz and also delivers a 15% graphics speed boost — Qualcomm is shaking up its once-a-year approach to updating its flagship mobile processor, and it could be good news for Android phone fans who crave raw performance.
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| Writankar Mukherjee / The Economic Times: |
Sources: as part of a new strategy to drive value in India instead of volume, Apple stopped selling the iPhone SE, 6, 6 Plus and 6s Plus in the country — Apple has stopped selling the ‘lower priced’ smartphones iPhone SE, 6, 6 Plus and 6s Plus in India. — Apple has taken four …
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AppleInsider, VentureBeat, iDownloadBlog.com, and Cult of Mac
| Paul Sullivan / New York Times: |
How a tax loophole lets tech workers and investors who obtained stock while a company was valued under $50M make millions on stock gains tax-free — When Kay Luo joined LinkedIn in 2006, she received a grant of shares with a value of 12 cents each. The company went public in 2011 at $45 a share.
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| Sara Ashley O'Brien / CNN: |
Uber releases its third annual global diversity report, ties some diversity goals for 2022 to the compensation of senior executives for the first time — New York (CNN Business)Uber's workforce may still be mostly white men, but the company says it is taking new measures to diversify its staff, especially managerial roles.
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Financial Times and TechCrunch
| Keiko Morris / Wall Street Journal: |
Despite Amazon's NYC HQ2 retreat, tech giants like Google, Facebook, and even Amazon still seek to rent millions of square feet and employ thousands in New York — Facebook, Google, Uber and Amazon embrace Manhattan as an East Coast hub — Big technology companies are doubling …
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| Adam Walser / WFTS: |
Florida DMV earned $77M+ in fiscal 2017 from sales of driver and ID cardholder information to 30+ private companies, including data brokers like Acxiom — LAKELAND, Fla. — A local woman is blaming the state government for an onslaught of robocalls and direct mail offers … | Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
Cambridge, UK-based Paragraf, which manufactures graphene-based electronic products, raises £12.8M Series A led by early-stage VC Parkwalk — Cambridge, UK based graphene startup, Paragraf, has closed a £12.8 million (~$16M) Series A round of funding led by early stage VC Parkwalk.| Thomas Franck / CNBC: |
Sources: Symantec and Broadcom have ceased acquisition negotiations as Symantec would not accept less than $28 a share; Symantec shares are down 13%+ — KEY POINTS — Symantec and Broadcom cease deal negotiations, sources say — Symantec and Broadcom have ceased deal negotiations, sources tell CNBC's David Faber.| Andrew Liptak / The Verge: |
Microsoft Word for Android has been installed over 1B times; Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, and OneDrive each have 500M+ installs on Android, and Outlook has 100M+ — Other Microsoft Apps have hit 500 million installs — Microsoft recently hit a particularly notable milestone … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
DefenseStorm, a cybersecurity and compliance management startup focused on clients in banking and financial services, raises $15M Series A — Georgia-based cybersecurity and compliance management startup DefenseStorm today revealed that it has closed a $15 million series A round led by Georgian Partners.| Jordan Crook / TechCrunch: |
Anvyl, which sets up cameras and sensors in factories to let brands see their product being built and help optimize their supply chains, raises $9.3M Series A — Growing D2C brands face an interesting challenge. While they've eliminated much of the hassle of a physical storefront …
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