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Microsoft's Phil Spencer says the success and growth of games like Minecraft show the ingredients required for the metaverse to shed its dystopian roots — When Phil Spencer thinks about the tech and gaming industries' newfound obsession with the metaverse, the Xbox chief's mind goes to Minecraft.
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Oracle will acquire electronic medical records company Cerner for $28.3B, or $95 per share, in an all-cash deal — - Enterprise software giant Oracle will acquire electronic medical records company Cerner. — Enterprise software giant Oracle will buy electronic medical records company Cerner …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
FCC settles with AT&T, Verizon, Intrado, and CenturyLink over failed 911 calls during network outages in 2020; the companies will pay $6M collectively — The companies will pay a total of $6 million — The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has reached settlements with AT&T …
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Investigation details China's social media propaganda machine, which uses private contractors to generate content to spread on Facebook and Twitter — Register accounts on foreign social media platforms — 按月报单 价 — 境外.交平 …
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Profile of Bret Taylor, recently made co-CEO of Salesforce and chairman of Twitter, who joined Salesforce in 2016 after stints at Google and Facebook — Promotions to co-CEO of Salesforce and chairman of Twitter have turned the Silicon Valley entrepreneur into one of tech's highest-profile executives
Tweets: @yoda and @amy_e_weaver
| Ben Bowman / The Streamable: |
YouTube TV reaches a deal with Disney to bring back 17+ channels including ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and National Geographic — After one day of being dark, YouTube TV and Disney have reached a deal which will see more than 17 Disney-owned channels, including local ABC affiliates, Disney Channel, and ESPN return to the service.
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Airlines begin preparing for potential FAA flight limits in around 46 large American metro areas, as a new 5G wireless service goes live on January 5 — Carriers are taking steps to prepare for potential FAA flight limits when a new 5G wireless service goes live Jan. 5
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Spotify, Meta, and Netflix find Gen Z elusive in a way TikTok never has; Spotify says its Blend playlist feature is mostly used by Gen Z — Good afternoon from Puerto Rico. Hope you all are staying safe out there. Hollywood is celebrating the good news of a record-breaking weekend for the new … | Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Social gaming startup Rec Room raises $145M led by Coatue at a $3.5B valuation, up from $1.25B in March, and says it has 37M players, up from 2M in March — On the heels of Roblox hitting it big with its platform for user-created gaming content, another startup has landed a major round …
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| Eleanor Olcott / Financial Times: |
Alibaba suspends China's biggest shopping celebrity Huang Wei from Taobao after she was fined ~$210M for tax evasion, in a blow to Alibaba's livestream shopping — Alibaba hit hard after Viya fined $210m for under-reporting income from internet promotions — China's biggest online shopping …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Turing, which uses AI to source, evaluate, hire, onboard, and then manage engineers remotely, raises an $87M Series D, valuing the startup at $1.1B — When it comes to engineering talent in the world of tech, demand continues to outpace supply, a predicament so acute that by 2030 … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Bangalore-based Razorpay, a top payment processor in India whose products resemble Stripe's, raises a $375M Series F at a $7.5B valuation, up from $3B in April — Razorpay has more than doubled its valuation to $7.5 billion from $3 billion in April as one of India's largest fintech giants …
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