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China's market regulator announces antitrust investigations into Alibaba, first of its kind for a Chinese internet company, for alleged monopolistic practices — Probe into China's biggest tech group is one of the first of its kind for country's internet sector
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| Bloomberg: |
China's regulatory crackdown to limit the influence of Jack Ma, who has long cultivated the image of a rebel fighting the system, has been years in the making — When Jack Ma took to a Shanghai conference stage in October, China's most famous entrepreneur was on the brink of pulling off …
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The Alibaba antitrust probe was likely triggered by a practice where online merchants are forced to pick only one platform as their distribution channel — Chinese regulators will look into the ‘picking one from two’ practice as part of their probe into Alibaba Group Holding …
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Source: Square has held talks to acquire music streaming service Tidal, which Jay-Z acquired for $56M in early 2015 — - Streaming music platform has struggled to keep up with Spotify — Dorsey has met with Jay-Z multiple times during the pandemic — Square Inc., the digital-payment …
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| Kate Duffy / Business Insider: |
April Christina Curley, a Google recruiter focused on Black colleges, says she was fired in September and alleges a hostile work environment for Black people — - A Google employee, who said she was fired by the tech giant in September, claimed Monday that her manager told her that her way of speaking …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Source: Apple is planning to release an updated Apple TV with a focus on gaming, an updated remote, and a new processor next year — Hey everyone, it's Mark Gurman. I cover all things Apple Inc. at Bloomberg Technology and I'm the host of the new consumer tech segment Power Up on Bloomberg TV.
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
Seven startups, including Thrasio and Heyday, hoping to become conglomerates like P&G have raised a combined $950M to acquire small Amazon Marketplace sellers — Start-ups including Thrasio, SellerX and Heroes are rolling up small brands, hoping to become the new P&G or Unilever
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple's new privacy prompt to allow or deny tracking, originally meant to be introduced in Sept., has started to roll out for some iOS 14 users in certain apps — As a privacy measure, Apple will be requiring developers of iPhone and iPad apps to request permission from users to track …
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| Nikhilesh De / CoinDesk: |
SEC sues Ripple Labs, its CEO Brad Garlinghouse, and Chairman Chris Larsen, alleging they violated federal securities laws in selling XRP to retail consumers — The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) believes Ripple Labs violated federal securities laws in selling the XRP cryptocurrency to retail consumers.
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Nuro says it has been granted a permit to test and charge for its commercial autonomous delivery service by California's DMV, the first company to do so — Hours after announcing that it acquired self-driving truck startup Ike, Nuro revealed it's the first company to receive permission …
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| Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
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| Zach Dorfman / Foreign Policy: |
US officials say Chinese tech companies, including Alibaba and Baidu, have been enlisted to process stolen US data for Chinese spy agencies to analyze — Beijing was giving China hawks in the United States plenty of ammunition. That same year, hackers working for China's People's Liberation Army … | John Harney / Bloomberg: |
| KC Ifeanyi / Fast Company: |
Profile of Brandlive, a live video platform that became the crown jewel of Joe Biden's digital strategy, powering 230 campaigns and securing $30M in donations — As the COVID-19 pandemic forced live event organizers to rethink their strategies this year, there was particular attention …
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