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A document from Facebook's law firm shows how the company might fight an antitrust lawsuit and any attempts to force a divestiture of WhatsApp or Instagram — Social giant prepares defense against antitrust scrutiny from federal enforcers — A government effort to break up Facebook Inc …
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| Jody Serrano / Gizmodo: |
As Twitter announced sweeping action against tweets wishing for Trump's death, many users noted years of light enforcement of its “abusive behavior” policy — Wishing someone else ill will or death is a disgusting act that makes the world worse.
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| Sriram Krishan / The Observer Effect: |
Q&A with Daniel Ek on his pledge to invest €1B in European moonshots, shadowing CEOs like Zuckerberg and Hastings, Spotify's impact on the world, and more — Welcome to the second interview on ‘The Observer Effect’. We are lucky to have one of the most influential founders/CEOs …
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| Surabhi Agarwal / The Economic Times: |
After pushback from Indian developers, Google says it will delay the enforcement of its 30% cut on IAPs from Play Store in India from Sept. 2021 to April 2022 — Bengaluru: Google deferred the enforcement of 30% commission on in-app purchases of digital goods from its Play Store in India …
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| Jada Nagumo / Nikkei Asian Review: |
Japanese electronics company NEC says it has agreed to buy Swiss banking software developer Avaloq for $2.2B — Japanese electronics company will use acquisition to drive growth in sector — TOKYO — Japanese electronics giant NEC will purchase Swiss banking software developer Avaloq …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Ola fails to get London ride-hailing license renewed over public safety concerns, says it will appeal and keep operating; Uber recently won its appeal in London — Just six days after Uber won its appeal against London transportation regulators to continue operating in London for another 18 months …
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| Liam Frost / Decrypt: |
DappRadar: Ethereum's transaction volume skyrocketed to $119.5B in Q3 2020, growing nearly 1,200% from Q2, while DeFi apps accounted for 99% of that volume — Transaction volume on the Ethereum blockchain reached $119.5 billion in Q3 2020, surging by nearly 1,200% compared to the previous quarter …
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| Nicole Perlroth / New York Times: |
Ransomware attacks on ERT, IQVIA, and others involved in hundreds of clinical trials and work on a COVID-19 vaccine, has slowed some trials according to clients — No patients were affected, but the incident was another reminder of the risks in the increasingly common assaults on computer networks.
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Tweets: @sub8u, @carlquintanilla, @darlin, @billy_penn, and @nicoleperlroth
| Kif Leswing / CNBC: |
Ten US states, including NY and NJ, that account for ~21% of the US population have released a COVID-19 contact tracing app based on Apple and Google's API — - New York and New Jersey both released Covid-19 apps this week, bringing the total to 10 states which have published alert apps using technology …
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Patently Apple. Tweets: @sruhle, @nearform, @cds_gc, @dcasha, @mblumenthal, @theophite, @9to5mac, @kifleswing, @jennydove, and @mattrosoff
| Elisa Anzolin / Reuters: |
Italy's biggest payments company Nexi announces a merger with rival SIA to create a group with ~€1.8B in annual revenue and a market value of €15B+ — MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's Nexi and SIA agreed a long-awaited merger on Monday to create a dominant domestic payments group with 1.8 billion euros …
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| Benedict Evans: |
US no longer sets the agenda for the internet, as 80%+ of users are now outside the US, and China has more smartphone users than US and western Europe combined — When Netscape launched in 1994 and kicked off the consumer internet, there were maybe 100m PCs on earth, and over half of them were in the USA.
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Tweets: @aweissman, @hindolsengupta, @vijayshekhar, @sub8u, and @j0j0r0
| Kentaro Iwamoto / Nikkei Asia: |
Profile of Singapore-based Sea Limited, an operator of online gaming, commerce, and financial services, whose market cap has quadrupled in 2020 to over $70B — Gaming and e-commerce firm will ‘not compromise growth potential,’ says CEO — SINGAPORE — When Apple founder Steve Jobs gave …
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