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Court docs: Epic's total gross revenue was $5.6B in 2018 and $4.2B in 2019, with the vast majority of revenue coming from Fortnite — New financial figures were revealed as part of Epic Games' antitrust case against Apple — After a meteoric rise to popularity in 2018 … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Epic vs. Apple trial begins with Epic attacking the App Store's “walled garden”, arguing Apple's 30% cut is monopolistic; Apple argues 30% is standard practice — Today marked the beginning of the highly-anticipated Apple vs. Epic trial, and things kicked off with both companies presenting their opening statements.
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Basecamp employees detail an all-hands that led to resignations, including the head of strategy, who questioned the existence of white supremacy at the company — I. — At 8AM PT on Friday, a bleary-eyed Basecamp CEO Jason Fried gathered his remote workforce together on Zoom to apologize.
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| Dieter Bohn / The Verge: |
Twitter buys Scroll, the $5/month service that removes ads from partner news sites; Scroll's Nuzzel email service will shut down on May 6 — The Nuzzel email service is winding down and the future of Scroll is uncertain — Twitter's acquisition spree continues today with Scroll …
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| Rupert Neate / The Guardian: |
Filing: Amazon had sales of €44B in Europe in 2020, but reported a €1.2B loss and therefore paid no corporate tax — Despite lockdown surge the firm's Luxembourg unit made a €1.2bn loss and therefore paid zero corporation tax — Fresh questions have been raised …
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| Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
Justin Zhu, former Iterable CEO ousted for taking LSD before a meeting, on his disputes with key investors and the challenges of being Chinese in Silicon Valley — Justin Zhu, chief executive officer of digital marketing startup Iterable Inc., was walking down Broadway in San Francisco …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Twitter opens Spaces, its live audio feature, to anyone with 600+ followers and details plans for Ticketed Spaces, reminders, co-hosting, accessibility, more — Twitter Spaces, the company's new live audio rooms feature, is opening up more broadly. The company announced today it's making …
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Apple hires ex-Google AI scientist Samy Bengio, who left last month after colleagues' firings; sources say Bengio will lead a new AI unit under John Giannandrea — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Monday it has hired former distinguished Google (GOOGL.O) scientist Samy Bengio …
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Acronis, which provides data backup and protection services, raises $250M at a $2.5B+ valuation led by CVC — As cybersecurity continues to grow in profile amid an increasingly complex and dangerous landscape of malicious activity, a cyber security vendor that specializes in “all-in-one” …
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VentureBeat, Tech.eu, ZDNet, CRN, Acronis, Private Equity News, Channel Futures, Tech in Asia, and SecurityWeek. Thanks:@ingridlunden
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Intel to invest $3.5B to upgrade its chipmaking plant in New Mexico, resulting in 700 new jobs over three years, as part of CEO Pat Gelsinger's turnaround plan — Intel on Monday plans to announce a $3.5 billion upgrade to a chip manufacturing plant in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.
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WorkBoard, which develops software to help companies manage their corporate planning, raises $75M Series D led by SoftBank at a post-money valuation of $800M — This morning WorkBoard, a software startup that sells software designed to help other companies plan, announced that it has raised …
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PitchBook: the number of “inside rounds”, where only previous investors participate, rose to over 1,000 in 2020 with $30B invested, up 15% from 2019 — Venture capitalists may be getting too comfortable with marking up their own portfolios. — The number of inside rounds … | Katie Canales / Insider: |
SensorTower data shows Clubhouse was downloaded only about 900,000 times in April, down from 2.7M installs in March and from February's peak of 9.6M — - Clubhouse's 922,000 downloads in April is a dip from February when 9.6 million users installed it. — The audio app has enjoyed …
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Verizon says it will sell Yahoo and AOL to PE firm Apollo Global Management for $5B, keeping a 10% stake in the company, which will be rebranded as just “Yahoo” — - Verizon will sell its media group, which includes brands from AOL and Yahoo, to private equity firm Apollo Global Management.
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