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| Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal: |
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 — Deal would be about a 64% premium to Zynga's Friday closing stock price — Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. agreed …
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Tweets: @markpinc, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @eric_seufert, @bowknowsbiz, @lanceulanoff, @jbillinson, @nintyprime, @endocrimes, @jasonschreier, @mikejmika, @julianklymochko, @danprimack, @stevekovach, @zynga, @zynga, @jaredhecht, @stevekovach, @zynga, and @brandolightshed
| Geoff Ralston / Y Combinator: |
YC announces a new standard deal: a $125K investment for 7% of the startup and a further $375K at terms founders can negotiate with future investors — We have a new standard deal at Y Combinator. When a company is accepted into the YC batch program, we now invest a total of $500,000.
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple shares 2021 highlights: developers made $260B+ via the App Store since its debut, up from $200B+ YoY, US and Canadian consumers used 30M tickets in Wallet — Apple today highlighted the continued growth and expansion of its services in 2021, including the App Store, Apple Music …
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| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Report: European carriers voice opposition to Apple's Private Relay in open letter, as T-Mobile and others begin blocking the VPN-like service, even in the US — Earlier today, a report indicated that some European carriers were blocking the Private Relay feature introduced by Apple with iOS 15.
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| Lauren Kaori Gurley / VICE: |
Court documents show Google ran a campaign from 2018 to 2020 to “convince” staff that “unions suck”; Google refuses a judge's order to produce more documents — New court documents reveal how Google ran its anti-union campaign, ‘Project Vivian,’ between late 2018 and early 2020.
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| Bloomberg: |
Profile of Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao, worth an estimated $96B, as the company generated an estimated $20B+ in revenue in 2021 — The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix draws princes, movie stars and world-famous athletes every year to party on Yas Island, the entertainment hub about 30 minutes from the center of downtown.
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CryptoSlate, Decrypt, CoinGape, Blockchain News, Forbes, Cointelegraph, Wagers.com Earnings+More, Coinspeaker, CryptoPotato, and CoinDesk
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| Moxie Marlinspike / Signal Blog: |
Signal CEO Moxie Marlinspike says he is stepping down; Brian Acton will act as the interim CEO as the search for a permanent replacement begins — It's a new year, and I've decided it's a good time to replace myself as the CEO of Signal. — I have now been working on Signal for almost a decade.
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The Verge. Tweets: @moxie, @apollozac, @josephmenn, @zooko, @williamturton, @howelloneill, and @iainthomson
| Jon Porter / The Verge: |
Honor debuts Magic V, its first foldable phone, with 7.9" inner and 6.45" outer displays, Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, and up to 12GB of 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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Honor Newsroom, GSMArena.com, CNET, 9to5Google, Android Police, Engadget, YouTube, TalkAndroid.com, iClarified, XDA Developers, BGR India, ZDNet, Liliputing, Notebookcheck.net, Input, Android Central, Pocket-lint, Pocketnow, SlashGear, Digital Trends, Pandaily, Android Headlines, and Android Central
| Debby Wu / Bloomberg: |
As TSMC reports record sales, research shows chip delivery times slipped to 25.8 weeks in December, the longest wait time since tracking began in 2017 — - Shortages to persist as chip lead times rose again in December — Chipmaker's revenue set to gain 26% this year: Goldman Sachs| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
Per LinkedIn profiles and former employees, in the past year ~100 people have left Microsoft's AR group that makes HoloLens and employs 1,500+; 40+ joined Meta — Around 100 people on the team developing Microsoft's HoloLens augmented-reality headsets have left, mostly to Facebook parent Meta
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PYMNTS.com, PCMag, Windows Central, WinBuzzer, OnMSFT.com, and MSPoweruser
Tweets: @markgurman, @pstasiatech, and @counternotions
| The Guardian: |
EU data watchdog orders Europol to delete much of a vast trove of personal data it obtained unlawfully; internal documents show Europol has at least 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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European Data Protection …, Euractiv, BleepingComputer, The Record, and BetaNews
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| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
A look at Norton 360's widely criticized, opt-in crypto miner that takes a 15% cut: an RTX 3060 Ti mined 66¢ of ETH in one night, costing 66¢ in electricity — Some online accusations aren't exactly correct, but that doesn't mean it's a good deal
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Krebs on Security, Digital Trends, The Register, PC Gamer, Wired, PCMag, TechRadar, TechRepublic, and Slate
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| Cameron Faulkner / The Verge: |
A roundup of computer monitors launched at CES 2022, with some featuring “smart” functions, mini-LED displays, higher refresh rates, new form factors, and more — Turning the page from a fairly boring 2021 — CES had a pretty good year, and that extends to computer monitors … | Steve Johnson / Financial Times: |
Execs and founders at companies held by Ark Invest's ETF sold $13.5B of stock in H2 2021; Cathie Wood's ARKK has lost half its value from its February 2021 peak — Bout of insider selling in Cathie Wood's flagship ETF is unprecedented, brokerage says — Founders and senior managers …
Tweets: @tanarrowz and @volatim
| Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: the SEC is preparing to force 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
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PYMNTS.com. Tweets: @jmover, @anthony, @benedictevans, @patrickw, @eladgil, @counternotions, @lexnfx, and @mayazi
| 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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XDA Developers, Android Police, ZDNet, Phandroid, Digital Trends, YouTube, and Android Headlines
Tweets: @ishanagarwal24 and @backlon
| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
How Apple could radically improve its money management services: offer Apple Card outside US, add checking and savings accounts, greatly expand Wallet, and 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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Mashable, SlashGear, iPhone in Canada Blog, Redmond Pie, iDownloadBlog.com, iPhone Hacks, KnowTechie, TechRadar, The Mac Observer, Macworld, Pocketnow, XDA Developers, Tom's Guide, MacDailyNews, and AppleTrack
Tweets: @markgurman and @brianfagioli
| Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
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