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Take-Two will acquire Zynga for $12.7B, or $9.86 per share, a 64% premium on Zynga's January 7 closing price; Take-Two develops GTA, Red Dead, and other titles — Take-Two to acquire all the outstanding shares of Zynga for a total value of $9.861 per share - $3.50 in cash and $6.361 in shares …
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| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
LinkedIn profiles and former employees say ~100 people from Microsoft's HoloLens team have left in the past year, with over 40 joining Meta — Around 100 people on the team developing Microsoft's HoloLens augmented-reality headsets have left, mostly to Facebook parent Meta| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
As TSMC reports record sales, research shows chip delivery times slipped to 25.8 weeks in December, the longest waits since 2017 — - Shortages to persist as chip lead times rose again in December — Chipmaker's revenue set to gain 26% this year: Goldman Sachs
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| Simon Parkin / The Guardian: |
Roblox's aim of encouraging children to make games has been its key to success but is fraught with dangers, as some face stress, burnout, and exploitation — Young developers on the platform used by many millions of children claim they have been financially exploited, threatened with dismissal and sexually harassed
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
A look at Norton 360's widely criticized, opt-in crypto miner: a 3060 Ti mined 66¢ ETH in one night, costing 66¢ in electricity, and Norton takes a 15% cut — Some online accusations aren't exactly correct, but that doesn't mean it's a good deal — Norton is facing criticism …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
How Apple could radically improve its money management services: expand Apple Card beyond US, add checking and savings accounts, ambitiously expand Wallet, more — Hey everyone, it's Mark. Apple could shake up the fintech world with an Apple Card expansion, checking accounts and more.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Pine Labs, which provides payments services in Asia, filed confidentially for a US IPO, seeking to raise about $500M at a $5.5B to $7B valuation — Pine Labs Pvt, an Asian digital payments provider backed by Sequoia India and Mastercard Inc., is moving ahead with preparations …
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| Sarah Ya-Ru Zheng / Bloomberg: |
Chinese edtech company New Oriental fired 60,000 workers in 2021 after revenue fell 80%, the biggest layoffs disclosed since China began its tech crackdown — - New Oriental saw an 80% slump in sales, chairman says — It fell victim to far-ranging curbs on after-school education
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
A roundup of Samsung Galaxy S22 series leaks, including specs, an unboxing video of dummy units, and an alleged image of the S22 Ultra's 45W fast charger — A new unboxing video has shown potential designs for the three handsets — A video from Unbox Therapy has shown off what appears …
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| Ax Sharma / BleepingComputer: |
An open-source developer, expressing regret for supporting “Fortune 500s”, breaks ~19K projects by corrupting popular NPM libraries; GitHub reverts the changes — Users of popular open-source libraries ‘colors’ and ‘faker’ were left stunned after they saw their applications …
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| Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the SEC is pushing for more transparency from large private companies, including increasing disclosures and tightening investor qualifications — ‘Unicorn’ firms have a huge impact and ‘absolutely no visibility’ for regulators, says SEC Commissioner Allison Lee
Tweets: @anthony, @jmover, @patrickw, @mayazi, and @benedictevans
| The Guardian: |
EU data watchdog orders Europol to delete a vast trove of personal data it obtained unlawfully; internal documents show Europol has around 4PB of data — EU police body accused of unlawfully holding information and aspiring to become an NSA-style mass surveillance agency
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| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Honor debuts Magic V, its first foldable, with 7.9" internal and 6.45" external displays, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, and up to 12GB RAM, coming to China for ~$1,570 — Releasing in China soon — Former Huawei sub-brand Honor has just announced its first foldable smartphone …
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