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Biden signs an EO calling on regulators to enact reforms such as increasing scrutiny of tech mergers and focusing more on moves like “killer acquisitions” — - President Joe Biden signed a new executive order aimed at cracking down on anti-competitive practices in Big Tech, labor and numerous other sectors.
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Sources: the FTC has opened an in-depth investigation into Amazon's purchase of MGM — Any hopes that Amazon had of completing its $8.5 billion purchase of movie and TV studio MGM anytime soon may have just gone out the window. — The Federal Trade Commission on Friday opened …
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| Deanna Paul / Wall Street Journal: |
New York City opens a real-time cyberattack defense center, the first major US metropolitan area to do so, with 282 partners sharing info on potential threats — Initiative brings together government agencies and business groups to share intelligence and respond to digital threats
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Sources: Apple has had discussions with NFL execs to buy streaming rights for Sunday Ticket games, which currently air on DirecTV — Apple has expressed interest in the streaming rights for a package of National Football League games the NFL is now auctioning, said people familiar with the situation …
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Instacart hired at least 55 engineers, product managers, recruiters, designers, and data scientists from Facebook this year, based on analysis of LinkedIn data — Instacart CEO Apoorva Mehta's decision to hire his replacement as the grocery delivery firm prepares a public stock debut surprised most of its employees and investors.
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| Sohini Podder / Reuters: |
Blackstone to buy Sphera, a environmental, social and governance (ESG) software provider, from private equity firm Genstar Capital for $1.4B — Blackstone Group Inc said on Tuesday it will buy Sphera, a environmental, social and governance (ESG) software, data and consulting services provider … | Eugene Scott / Washington Post: |
Biden warns Putin in a call that the US “will take any necessary action” to defend its people and critical infrastructure, after the latest ransomware attacks — President Biden told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday that the United States will take “any necessary action” …
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| Jay Peters / The Verge: |
Square announces it will build a hardware wallet for bitcoin, after Jack Dorsey had discussed the possibility of creating one in June — CEO Jack Dorsey said the company was considering one in June — Square is going to make a hardware wallet for bitcoin, the company's hardware lead, Jesse Dorogusker, announced on Thursday.
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| Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal: |
App Annie says it is exploring strategic options, including going public; sources: it had about $120M in revenue last year and is considering a possible sale — Analytics firm's review comes amid a wave of deals and public offerings in ad tech — App research company App Annie Inc …
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| Charlie Taylor / The Irish Times: |
Ireland-based Teamwork, which creates business management SaaS applications, raises $70M, its first-ever external funding since its founding in 2007 — Founded by Daniel Mackey and Peter Coppinger, Teamwork's clients include Disney — Irish software company Teamwork has secured $70 million …
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China's internet regulator says any Chinese company with data for more than 1M users must undergo a security review before listing its shares overseas — China's cyberspace regulator said on Saturday any company with data for more than 1 million users must undergo a security review … | Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: |
Chinese regulators rejected Tencent-led merger of Huya and DouYu, which together have 80%+ share of the Chinese game live streaming market based on active users — - Regulators reject Huya-DouYu merger as scrutiny grows — Tencent had been counting on the merger to solidify its leadSponsor Posts
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