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Tim Wu, an outspoken critic of Big Tech, is joining the National Economic Council as a special assistant to President Biden for tech and competition policy — Tim Wu's appointment to the National Economic Council would signal a confrontational approach by the Biden administration.
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| Brian Krebs / Krebs on Security: |
Sources: at least 30K US organizations have been hacked by an aggressive Chinese espionage group exploiting unpatched flaws in Microsoft's Exchange Server — At least 30,000 organizations across the United States — including a significant number of small businesses, towns …
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| Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime: |
US indicts John McAfee for fraud and money laundering over an alleged $13M cryptocurrency “pump-and-dump” scheme — Antivirus software mogul John McAfee, who has been awaiting extradition from Spain on tax evasion charges since late last year, just had his legal woes compounded …
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| Kevin Reynolds / CoinDesk: |
Bitcoin mining startup Bitfury merges with a SPAC to create a US-based company called Cipher Mining, raising $595M at a valuation of $2B — The mining SPAC has an expected value of $2 billion. — Cipher Mining Technologies, a newly formed U.S.-based bitcoin mining operation formed … | Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: India threatened to jail Facebook, WhatsApp, and Twitter employees if the companies don't comply with takedown requests related to farmer protests — Country flexes new powers over big platforms while companies are counting on world's second-largest population for growth
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Leaked interface shows that Twitter is testing an “undo send” feature which may be a button that doubles as a progress bar — A work-in-progress interface has been unearthed — A potential animation for Twitter's long-rumored “undo send” feature has been discovered …
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| Robert Hackett / Fortune: |
Eco, a personal finance app that offers yields of 2.5% to 5% and cash back for shopping at Amazon, Uber, and DoorDash, raises $26M led by a16z crypto — Our mission to make business better is fueled by readers like you. To enjoy unlimited access to our journalism, subscribe today.
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| Katherine Rosman / New York Times: |
Square acquires a majority stake in Jay-Z's streaming service Tidal for $297M; Jay-Z will join Square's board — What did Jay-Z and Jack Dorsey talk about when they went yachting around the Hamptons together last summer? Perhaps only Beyoncé knows. — Maybe now we do, too.
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| New York Times: |
Research: low-wage workers at businesses in the areas where Amazon operates have seen significant wage growth since the company raised minimum pay to $15/hour — New research suggests that when big companies increase wages, they drive up pay in the places where they operate — without a notable loss in jobs.
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| Sujeong Lim / Counterpoint Research: |
Global smartwatch shipments rose 1.5% YoY in 2020, with Apple Watch shipments up 19% YoY, Huawei's up 26% YoY, and Fitbit shipments down 4% YoY — - In Q4 2020, the shipments decreased slightly YoY due to a fresh wave of COVID-19. — However, Apple managed to expand its market share and remains firmly at the forefront.| Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: digital imaging company Shutterfly has held talks to go public via SPAC at a valuation between $4B-$5B, including debt — Discussions come less than two years after Apollo took the online-photo-book company private — Shutterfly Inc. is in talks to go public through a merger …
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| Riley de León / CNBC: |
Online learning provider Coursera files its S-1, reports 2020 net losses widened to $66.8M, up 46% YoY, on revenue growth of $293.5M, up 59% YoY — - Coursera filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to list on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol “COUR.”
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| Mike Isaac / New York Times: |
Reddit hires Drew Vollero as its first chief financial officer to prepare the company for an eventual IPO — The addition of Drew Vollero, formerly of Mattel and Snap, is a move toward developing operations more like publicly traded social networks. — SAN FRANCISCO — The world's …
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| Ashley Carman / The Verge: |
Screenshots of a beta version of Fireside, Mark Cuban's podcasting app, suggest it will be a hybrid between Spotify's Anchor and Clubhouse — The app is in beta on iOS — Last month, The Verge broke news of Mark Cuban and Falon Fatemi's new app Fireside, which promises to deliver a …
Tweets: @danbenjamin, @ashleyrcarman, and @martinsfp
| Kate Clark / The Information: |
Pitchbook: the median pre-investment valuation for a Series A round in the US has increased sixfold to $37M since 2010 — Financial software developer Orum, which disclosed a seed round over the summer, wasn't seeking more capital when Bain Capital Ventures offered to lead its Series A investment last year.
Tweets: @theinformation, @amir, @randybias, @jessicalessin, and @kateclarktweets
| Bloomberg: |
UK antitrust authorities say they plan to investigate Apple's App Store to probe whether it is abusing its market power to restrict competition — - CMA taking into account Apple's ‘dominant’ position in apps — Apple probe prompted by complaints from some developers
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| Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: |
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