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FTC, in coalition with 46 state AGs, plus Guam and DC, sues Facebook, alleging Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions were used to stifle competition — Agency challenges Facebook's multi-year course of unlawful conduct — The Federal Trade Commission today sued Facebook …
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| NY State Attorney General: |
New York AG Letitia James leads a coalition of 48 AGs in suing Facebook, alleging the company uses a “buy or bury” approach toward its competitors — AG James Leads Bipartisan Coalition of 48 Attorneys General Charging Anticompetitive Conduct — Facebook Thwarted Competition, Reduced Consumer Privacy for Profits| Jennifer Newstead / About Facebook: |
Facebook responds to the FTC and state AGs, saying the lawsuits they've brought forth are “revisionist history” and their antitrust case is unprecedented — Billions of people use Facebook's products every day. To earn their time and attention, we compete fiercely against many other services across the world.
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| The Verge: |
FTC's antitrust lawsuit against Facebook seeks to unwind Instagram and WhatsApp acquisitions, force Facebook to seek approval for future acquisitions, and more — New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the lawsuit on Wednesday — On Wednesday, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced …
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| Ina Fried / Axios: |
Internal memo: Sundar Pichai apologizes over the handling of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru's departure and says he will investigate — Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized Wednesday for the company's handling of the departure of AI ethics researcher Timnit Gebru and said he would investigate …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Microsoft says its cloud gaming service, as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate, will come to iOS via web browser in spring of 2021 — Microsoft has confirmed that Xbox cloud gaming is coming to iOS in 2021. In a new blog post today, the company says that cloud gaming as part of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate …
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| Kyle Hyatt / Roadshow: |
Report: Hyundai Motor Group has agreed to purchase Boston Dynamics, maker of the Spot quadruped robot, from SoftBank for around $921M — The acquisition has been expected since early November. … Hey, remember those deeply unsettling robot dogs that have been creeping out the internet for years and recently went into production?
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| D. M. Moore / Polygon: |
AT&T has agreed to sell Japanese anime streaming service Crunchyroll to Sony's Funimation Global Group for $1.18B — The move consolidates the anime industry in a major way — On Wednesday, Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. announced that AT&T and WarnerMedia agreed to sell Crunchyroll to Funimation.| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Airbnb raises $3.5B in its IPO at $68 per share, up from a previous $56-$60 range, giving it a fully diluted valuation of $47.3B — Airbnb on Wednesday raised $3.5 billion in its IPO at a fully diluted valuation of around $47.3 billion, and will begin trading Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol ABNB.
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YouTube says it will remove any content published from today that alleges widespread fraud or errors changed the 2020 US Presidential election outcome — Over the past weeks and months, we've seen people coming to YouTube to learn more about where and how to vote or learning more about a candidate or an issue.| Byron Tau / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple and Google to ban mobile apps that use location trackers from data broker X-Mode, after it was revealed X-Mode provided data to US government contractors — After the data broker came under scrutiny for national-security work, tech giants tell app developers to remove trackers or lose access to their operating systems
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| Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet: |
Adobe has released its final scheduled Flash Player update for all regions outside of mainland China, says it will block Flash content from January 12 — Adobe releases final Flash update with stronger language asking users to uninstall the app before its EOL.| Sara Fischer / Axios: |
WhatsApp says that Apple's new privacy labels are anti-competitive; Apple responds by confirming its own apps will include the “nutrition labels” — Facebook's global messaging service WhatsApp is protesting Apple's requirement that app owners submit information about the user data …
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| Sasha Lekach / Mashable: |
Uber says it is rolling out Uber Connect, its same-day, no-contact local package delivery service introduced in April, to 2,400+ new cities and towns in the US — Back in April, Uber was scrambling to provide something for its users who were no longer ordering ride-shares because, well, many of us were stuck at home.| Jessica Bursztynsky / CNBC: |
DoorDash closes at $189.51, up 85% from its $102 pricing, after popping to $182 as the shares began trading, giving a valuation of $60.2B — - Shares of DoorDash, a leading food delivery app, started trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. — The stock began trading at $182 per share and closed at $189.51.
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| Natasha Mascarenhas / TechCrunch: |
Squire, which develops software for barbershops, raises $59M Series C led by Iconiq Capital at a $250M valuation, just months after raising a $34M Series B — Squire, a startup that sells software to barbershops, has raised $59 million in a round led by Iconiq Capital.| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Parallel Domain, which is developing a synthetic data generation tool for accelerating the development of computer vision tech, raises $11M Series A — Parallel Domain, a startup developing a synthetic data generation platform for AI and machine learning applications, today emerged from stealth with $11 million in funding.| Bloomberg: |
AI services provider C3.ai closes up 120.2% on its first day of trading, valuing the company at ~$8.9B, after raising $651M in its IPO — C3.ai Inc., the software maker founded by former Oracle Corp. executive Tom Siebel, rose as much as 174% in its trading debut after raising $651 million …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
App Annie: consumers will have downloaded 130B apps globally in 2020, up 10% YoY, as spending rose 25% YoY to $112B; 65¢ of every $1 was spent on iOS — Consumers will have downloaded 130 billion apps in 2020 across iOS and Google Play, up 10% year-over-year, according to mobile data …
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| Che Pan / South China Morning Post: |
Semiconductor software design startup X-Epic raises $30.6M Series A, its third round in three months as China seeks self-reliance in the semiconductor industry — X-Epic, a rising star in China's EDA industry, has raised an estimated US$60 million this year China is trying to chip away … | Kellen Browning / New York Times: |
Twitch unveils new guidelines to crack down on hateful conduct and sexual harassment, which take effect in January, following a yearlong review — The livestreaming site announced new guidelines after contending with claims that its streamers were too easily abused.Sponsor Posts
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