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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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| Maureen Farrell / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: Airbnb plans to boost the proposed price range of its IPO to between $56 and $60 a share, which equates to a valuation of $39B to $42B, fully diluted — New price range for home-rental company's public debut equates to $39 billion to $42 billion, fully diluted
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| Financial Times: |
Inside Disney's costly online push while its lucrative legacy businesses decline, as sources say the success of Disney+ diminished Disney's interest in Hulu — Media empire must sustain its costly online push while its lucrative legacy businesses decline — The Walt Disney Company …
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| Bloomberg: |
Source: investors in at least two mature Sequoia funds will see 11X returns on paper, after fees, and another fund is showing 8X returns — About a week before the coronavirus was declared a pandemic, one of the world's leading venture capital firms issued a dire prophecy.
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| Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: |
Facing a nationalist backlash in India, Xiaomi has rebranded itself as a local manufacturer, unlike other Chinese brands that retreated from the limelight — Facing a nationalist backlash in India, Xiaomi has rebranded itself as a local manufacturer. — • BANGALORE, INDIA
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| Jane Lytvynenko / BuzzFeed News: |
This year, disinformation about the pandemic, BLM protests, and the election divided the US, with “Plandemic” as a case study of social networks' failures — Disinformation and its fallout have defined 2020, the year of the infodemic. Month after month, self-serving social media companies … | Beth DeCarbo / Wall Street Journal: |
How drone deliveries may impact the design of homes, apartment complexes, and neighborhoods, with possibilities like drone landing pads on mailboxes or rooftops — Landing pads, special mailboxes and more: A future where delivery drones buzz through neighborhoods could prompt architects and builders to rethink
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| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Wonder, which enables smaller, more organic video-based interactions within a larger virtual conference, raises $11M led by EQT Ventures — A plethora of virtual event platforms have gained significant traction in a year marked by social distancing. And Germany's Wonder is another …
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| Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: |
Some Black startup founders are finding it easier to attract investors in 2020, as investors are accessible on Zoom and creating diversity-focused funds — An unexpected side-effect of lockdowns: It can be easier to get a meeting with a venture capitalist.| Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: |
Exclaimer, which helps businesses manage and disseminate email signatures with consistent footers across devices, raises £100M led by Insight Partners — Email signature management platform Exclaimer has raised £100 million ($133 million) in a round of funding led by Insight Partners.| Kevin Roose / New York Times: |
How Biden's digital campaign, largely focused on positive, authentic messaging and “Facebook moms”, defeated Trump's “Death Star” digital operation — The campaign's empathetic digital strategy held up surprisingly well against President Trump's passionate digital following.
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NBC News. Tweets: @srbaldesco, @johnzaozirny, @martinsfp, @chrislongview, @kevinroose, @hunterwalk, @billkristol, @cactusinsurance, @alex_panetta, @jomalleydillon, @rob_flaherty, @sarahlongwell25, and @hotlinejosh
| Annie Palmer / CNBC: |
Filing: e-commerce marketplace Wish aims to raise $1.1B in its IPO at a $14.1B valuation, pricing shares at $22-$24; Wish was last valued at $11.2B in Aug. 2019 — - E-commerce marketplace Wish is aiming to raise roughly $1.1 billion in its upcoming initial public offering, giving it a valuation of up to $14.07 billion.
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