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Uber's self-driving unit, Advanced Technologies Group, to be acquired by rival Aurora Innovation in a deal valuing ATG at $4B; source: Aurora now valued at $10B — - Self-driving vehicle start-up Aurora is acquiring Uber's Advanced Technologies Group, which works on self-driving technology.
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Sources: Apple is preparing new Apple Silicon-powered MacBook Pros, iMacs, and Mac Pros for as early as spring 2021; full Mac transition will finish in 2022 — - Company tests faster performing processors than Intel's best — Major graphics boost in the works for upcoming desktop Macs
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| Timothy B. Lee / Ars Technica: |
A look at Waymo's driverless taxi service, in Phoenix suburb Chandler, which seems to work well but still only offers ~100 rides/week and limits cars to 45 mph — Human drivers are pretty safe, making it hard to prove driverless tech is safer. — Waymo has long kept details …
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| Connie Chan / Andreessen Horowitz: |
In a new era of video ushered in by TikTok, real-time interactivity is baked into viewing experiences, which may lead to shifts in education, shopping, and more — Social Strikes Back is a series exploring the next generation of social networks and how they're shaping the future of consumer tech.
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| Joyce Lee / Reuters: |
LG says it has reorganized its mobile phone division, which has reported a loss for 22 consecutive quarters, to outsource low- and mid-range smartphones — SEOUL (Reuters) - LG Electronics said on Monday it had reorganised its mobile phone division to increase outsourcing of its low to mid-end smartphones … | Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
Google starts rolling out Apple Music support to Assistant smart speakers and displays, including its Nest products, in the US, UK, France, Germany, and Japan — Stream Apple Music on a Nest Audio — Google has announced that Apple Music is now available on smart speakers and displays …
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| Lizette Chapman / Bloomberg: |
Palantir wins a three-year deal worth $44.4M with the FDA to use Palantir software to power drug reviews and inspections, including possible COVID-19 treatments — Palantir Technologies Inc. won a deal with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to help power drug reviews and inspections … | Kristine Owram / Bloomberg: |
MicroStrategy, which was the first publicly traded company to invest in bitcoin and, as of Dec. 4, held 40,824 BTC, is raising up to $400M in debt to buy more — MicroStrategy Inc. is doubling down on its Bitcoin bet, saying Monday that it plans to offer $400 million of convertible bonds in order to buy more of the cryptocurrency.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Sydney-based shipping logistics service Shippit says it has raised ~$22M Series B to help fuel its expansion in Southeast Asia — Sydney-based shipping logistics platform Shippit today nabbed AU$30 million (approximately $22 million), bringing its total raised to date to over $31 million.
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| Emily Birnbaum / Protocol: |
Profile of Phil Weiser, a law professor, antitrust expert, and Colorado's AG who is co-leading the bipartisan coalition of state AGs investigating Google — Washington's efforts to rein in Big Tech regularly devolve into circus sideshows, with ill-informed members of Congress more interested …
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
On December 4, a hacker forced open 2,732 package lockers across Moscow operated by local delivery service PickPoint using an unidentified exploit — PickPoint says this is the world's first targeted cyberattack against a post-gateway network. — A mysterious hacker used a cyber-attack … | Wall Street Journal: |
By July, Chinese banks and trust companies had ~$230B in outstanding loans to users who borrowed via Alipay, a factor in new regulatory scrutiny of Ant Group — Partnering with the fintech giant has higher risks for smaller lenders, which are already on shaky ground
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