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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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| 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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| 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.
| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
UiPath, which makes software to automate repetitive tasks, raises $225M Series E led by Alkeon Capital Management at a $10.2B valuation — Take the latest VB Survey to share how your company is implementing AI today. — Robotic process automation startup UiPath today announced it has closed …
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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 … | 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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| 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.
Tweets: @rustybrick, @bloombergquint, and @bloombergasia
| Rita Liao / TechCrunch: |
Microsoft says it is spinning out five-year-old Chinese social chatbot Xiaoice into an independent entity; Microsoft will retain its stakes in the new company — Microsoft is shedding its empathetic chatbot Xiaoice into an independent entity, the U.S. software behemoth said (in Chinese) … | 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 …
Tweets: @nytimesbusiness and @media_evan
| 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 …
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| 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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| Natalie Gagliordi / ZDNet: |
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