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| Jeran Wittenstein / Bloomberg: |
Meta drops out of the top 10 most valuable companies globally, dropping five places since September 2021 as its market value declined by $513B to $565B — Meta Platforms Inc. has tumbled out of the world's 10 largest companies by market value, hammered by its worst monthly stock decline ever.
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| Reed Albergotti / Washington Post: |
Sources: some US Apple Store employees are working to unionize, with groups in at least two stores preparing to file paperwork with the NLRB in the near future — Employees at several Apple Stores across the country are quietly working to unionize, according to people familiar with the efforts …
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| Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica: |
Windows 11 Pro's initial setup phase will require a Microsoft Account and an internet connection, like for Windows 11 Home — It's one of the new build's smaller changes—but also one of the most annoying. — Now that Windows 11's first major post-release update has been issued …
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| Dr. Ian Cutress / AnandTech: |
Intel Xeon roadmap: Emerald Rapids, based on Intel 7 process, coming in 2023, Granite Rapids and new Efficient-core Sierra Forest in 2024, both built on Intel 3 — It's no secret that Intel's enterprise processor platform has been stretched in recent generations.
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| Berber Jin / The Information: |
Source: Tiger Global told investors earlier this month that it will no longer focus on large, late-stage startups preparing to go public — Responding to a steep sell-off in technology stocks, some hedge funds and other investment firms with large public stock portfolios have been turning away …
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| Alex Heath / The Verge: |
Meta confirms the combined monthly user base for Horizon Worlds and Venues has grown to 300,000 people, up 10x since launching in December — That's a 10x increase in about three months. But can the growth continue? — Facebook has bet its future on virtual reality and the metaverse …
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| Dan Primack / Axios: |
Source: Helium, a decentralized network of 500K+ cryptocurrency-mining hotspots that offer free p2p networking, raises a $200M Series D at a $1.2B valuation — The existential question of crypto “utility” continues to roil the tech community, pitting some Web 2.0 icons against their web3 cousins.
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Sources: the value of Spotify's deal with Joe Rogan, which covers three and a half years, was at least $200M, twice the $100M that reports suggested at the time — The deal that brought his podcast to Spotify is said to be worth over $200 million, more than was previously known.
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| Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: |
Ireland's data protection authority is expected to rule on the legality of EU-US data transfers soon, dealing a potential blow to Meta and Google — Meta Platforms Inc.'s stark warning of a retreat from Europe may just be the start, as one of the region's top privacy watchdogs prepares …
Tweets: @deutschjill and @scmpnews
| Dawn Chmielewski / Reuters: |
Universal Music Group partners with NFT marketplace Curio to develop and sell NFT collectibles for its record labels and artists starting in March — Universal Music Group has struck a partnership with NFT platform Curio to develop non-fungible token (NFT) collections for its record labels and artists, the companies said on Thursday.| Don Clark / New York Times: |
A profile of Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, who joined the company at 18, as he seeks to rejuvenate the beleaguered giant by building chip factories across the world — Patrick Gelsinger is back running a company he first joined at 18. The chip maker was a Silicon Valley titan that lost its luster.
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| Jennifer Schonberger / Yahoo Finance: |
Source: Biden is expected to issue an EO next week directing agencies to study crypto and a CBDC, and come up with a strategy to regulate digital assets — President Biden is expected to issue an executive order next week directing agencies across the government to study cryptocurrencies …
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Protocol, TheBitTimes.Com's Newsletter, WRAL TechWire, Forkast, Crypto Briefing, crypto.news, InvestorPlace, Benzinga, Bloomberg, Cointelegraph, and Blockworks
Tweets: @sirbullycrypto, @o3_labs, and @mdudas
| Kirsten Grind / Wall Street Journal: |
Sources: federal and state regulators have widened their investigation into how Activision Blizzard CEO and its board handled workplace misconduct allegations — SEC subpoenas more current and former executives; California agency seeks additional information on CEO Bobby Kotick and board's handling of workplace misconduct allegationsSponsor Posts
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