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Google unveils the Google for India Digitization Fund, through which it will invest ~$10B over the next five to seven years in the country — Editor's note: Today at Google for India, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced a $10 billion Google for India Digitization Fund to help accelerate India's digital economy.
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| Lucinda Shen / Fortune: |
Robinhood says it has raised $320M in new funding that values it at $8.6B, following its $280M Series F in May, which valued it at $8.3B — Investors are adding hundreds of millions more to Robinhood's coffers as the pandemic ushers in new customers. — On Monday, the stock-trading app announced … | Todd Spangler / Variety: |
SiriusXM will buy E.W. Scripps' podcast network and producer unit Stitcher for $325M; Scripps says Stitcher had $72.5M in 2019 revenue — According to E.W. Scripps, the $325 million price tag represents a return of more than 100% in its investment in podcasting over the last five years.
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| Paddy Baker / CoinDesk: |
Crypto app Abra and partner company Plutus settle charges from SEC and CFTC for $300K after allegedly facilitating unregistered security-based swap transactions — Crypto financial app Abra has settled charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission …
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| Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: |
Twitch restores President Trump's account after a two-week suspension for “hateful conduct” — Can the president last on Twitch? — Twitch has unbanned President Donald Trump, two weeks after suspending his account for “hateful conduct.” — Trump's account … | Subrat Patnaik / Reuters: |
US semiconductor manufacturer Analog Devices says it will buy rival Maxim Integrated for $20B+ in an all-stock deal — (Reuters) - U.S. semiconductor maker Analog Devices Inc said on Monday it offered to buy Maxim Integrated Products Inc, an industry peer, for $20.91 billion in an all-stock deal.
| New York Times: |
As US COVID-19 cases surge, public health officials are battling broken, fragmented data systems, some relying on fax, that are seriously impeding progress — Before public health officials can manage the pandemic, they must deal with a broken data system that sends incomplete results in formats they can't easily use.
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| Issie Lapowsky / Protocol: |
Sources detail issues faced by Black and brown tech employees when reporting incidents to HR departments, which often work only to protect company interests — Vanessa Williams was coming off of a big professional win in August 2018. The former marketing staffer on YouTube's music team …
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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
HPE announces it plans to buy Silver Peak, which makes SD-WAN tools for securely connecting edge networks to any cloud, for $925M — Silver Peak will be combined with HPE's Aruba business unit to bolster its position in the software-defined wide area network market.| Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: |
Both the DNC and RNC have asked campaign staff to refrain from using TikTok on personal devices — (CNN)The Democratic and Republican national committees warned their staffs about using the Chinese-owned app TikTok. — The Democratic National Committee warned Democratic campaigns …
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| David McCabe / New York Times: |
In a May filing to Australia's antitrust regulator, Google said it doesn't control enough of the digital ad market to overcharge customers or block competitors — A document sent by the search giant to Australian regulators argues that the company doesn't control enough of the digital ad industry … | Gerrit De Vynck / Bloomberg: |
Sources, publishers, and advertisers say Google's 2015 decision to add a fourth ad atop Search negatively impacted results, decreasing organic website traffic — A push for quicker answers and more ad revenue has made it more expensive for online businesses to reach consumers.
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