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Sources: Xerox plans to end its $30B+ tender offer for HP and proxy fight to replace HP's board after the pandemic undercut its ability to execute a merger
Amazon struggles to find its coronavirus footing
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Portraying the Tudors, Then and Now
3.28M file for U.S. jobless benefits
Experts say the cybersecurity fallout from COVID-19 will not become clear for weeks or months, as sophisticated organizations and nation-states glean more data
SEC Gets Win in Test of Authority to Regulate Cryptocurrency Sales
Passenger airlines start shifting idled planes into freight business
Former Google Engineer Charged With Trade-Secret Theft Reaches Deal With U.S.
SoftBank Backs Away from Part of Planned WeWork Bailout
China Bans Americans Working for WSJ, NYT, WaPo
Amazon to Hire 100,000 Warehouse and Delivery Workers Amid Coronavirus Shutdowns
Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Sources: Amazon wants to open source its cashier-less store software via an organization called Dent, which held unsuccessful talks with Walmart and Target
Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Sources: Kenneth Chenault will be leaving Facebook's board following disagreements with Zuckerberg over the company's governance and political policies
Amazon battles counterfeit masks, $400 hand sanitizer amid virus panic
Hacker News · 3 weeks ago
What We Can Learn from the 20th Century’s Deadliest Pandemic
Yes, You CAN Clean Your iPhone With Disinfecting Wipes. After years of telling us not to use Clorox wipes and other cleaning products on our phones, Apple finally admits that some disinfectants are fine
Twitter, Elliott Strike Truce That Leaves CEO Dorsey in Place
Europe’s old money mingles with tech startups
Sources: AT&T is discussing Google's dominance in the ad sector with DOJ officials as the government weighs whether to bring an antitrust action against Google
Health Experts Want to Stop Daylight-Saving Time
Quibi says it has closed a second round of financing worth $750M that includes about $400M raised at the end of 2019, bringing its total raised to $1.75B
Tim Cook and Apple Bet Everything on China. Then Coronavirus Hit.
Jack Welch has died
Sources: AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon face hefty fines after FCC probe found that the carriers didn't do enough to protect users' location data
SoftBank’s Rajeev Misra Used Campaign of Sabotage to Hobble Internal Rivals
Toy manufacturers are making merchandising deals with YouTube stars like Blippi and channels like Cocomelon as kids seek toys based on what they watch online
World Economy Shudders as Coronavirus Threatens Global Supply Chains
Sources: Intuit is nearing a deal to buy personal finance portal Credit Karma for about $7B in cash and stock; the deal could be announced as soon as Monday
Sources: Comcast's NBCUniversal is in advanced talks to acquire streaming-video service Vudu from Walmart
Google resists giving up documents in investigation of anticompetitive practices
Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army
Pier 1 files for bankruptcy, warns of dangers in handful of online vendors dominating retail sales
Sources: DOD dropped its opposition to the Trump administration's efforts to make it harder for US companies to supply Huawei from overseas facilities
Google Cuts Jobs at Cloud-Computing Group
Sources: Google is in talks with publishers, mostly outside the US, about paying a licensing fee for content that would be in a premium news product
EU Judge Raises Prospect of Increasing Multibillion Fine Against Google
Sources: Instagram is considering increased funding of up to seven figures for multiple shows on IGTV, as it tests an ad product and a revenue-sharing program
Techmeme · 2 months ago