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Sources: Spotify in early talks to buy The Ringer, founded by former ESPN commentator Bill Simmons, which has a podcast network that made $15M+ in 2018
Sources: some FBI officials were stunned by AG Barr's use of the Pensacola case to rebuke Apple as they believe Apple had already provided ample assistance
LaunchDarkly, a feature management platform for developers, raises $54M led by Bessemer Venture Partners; sources say the company is now valued at $800M+
Google Reaches 1T in market value
Sources: Facebook backed away from a plan to sell ads in WhatsApp but eventually plans to sell ads in its Status feature
FBI says it will notify state officials when local election systems are hacked, after criticism that it wasn't doing enough to inform states of election threats
Physician burnout widespread, especially among those midcareer, report says
‘Cancel Culture’ Comes to Science?
Most frequently checked-out books in the history of the New York Public Library
Visa Nears Deal to Buy Plaid
Paging Dr. Google: How the Tech Giant Is Laying Claim to Health Data
Nielsen: US music streams on services like Spotify, Apple Music grew 30% in 2019 to reach one trillion; streaming accounted for 82% of all US music consumption
Huawei’s Revenue Hits Record $122B in 2019 Despite U.S. Campaign
Tesla’s First Made-in-China Model 3s Hit the Road
In Battle to Recruit New Quants, Hedge Funds Outpay Banks
Italy has passed a new law, effective Jan. 1, imposing a 3% tax on some digital revenues of companies with €750M+ in global revenue and at least €5.5M in Italy
Sources: Comcast is in advanced talks to acquire Xumo, which offers an ad-supported video streaming service, as Comcast prepares to launch NBC's Peacock
Huawei got ~$46B in loans from Chinese state lenders, saved $25B in taxes from state incentives, $2B in land discounts, and $1.6B in grants in the last 25 years
Washington’s New Anti-Robocall Law Won’t Stop the Calls
Scientists Store Data in Synthetic DNA Embedded in a Plastic Bunny
The 2010s Have Been Amazing
WSJ analysis of thousands of U.S. broadband bills finds that low-income and rural areas often get worse deals than their counterparts.
Do You Pay Too Much for Internet Service? See How Your Bill Compares.(WSJ analysis of thousands of broadband bills)
Sources: Bytedance is considering setting up a global headquarters for TikTok outside of China, as part of its effort to shake off its Chinese image
China releases new rules for online content, requiring platforms and app operators to use AI-based moderation; the rules are set to come into effect in March
Amazon blocks marketplace sellers from using FedEx Ground for Prime shipments indefinitely over FedEx's "delivery performance"
Techmeme · 1 month ago
Netflix shares detailed overseas subscriber numbers for the first time in a filing, and says 90% of total subscriber growth came from outside the US since 2017
Economists’ projections of interest rates and unemployment have proved too high
Boeing to Suspend 737 Max Production in January
Cisco Wins Legal Challenge in Battle Against Chinese Counterfeits
Boeing Weighs Cutting or Halting 737 Max Production
The Money Men Who Enabled Adam Neumann and the WeWork Debacle
Buyout Firms Eye Gusher of Cash From Aramco IPO
How the 1% Scrubs Its Image Online
PayPal Sues U.S. Regulator over Prepaid-Card Rule
Sources: Trump agrees to a limited trade deal with China that could result in Apple and others avoiding a 15% tariff on their products set to begin on Dec. 15
Facebook says it doesn't need to change its web tracking to comply with CCPA; source: Facebook contends its data collection doesn't count as a "sale" under CCPA
Sources: FTC weighing an injunction against Facebook over antitrust concerns related to how it integrates its apps or allows them to work with potential rivals
‘It’s Hard to Trust the Numbers.’ Internet Providers Inflate Official Speed Results
Facebook Pledges $130M to Fund “Supreme Court” for Content
Vatican Uses Donations for the Poor to Plug Its Budget Deficit
SoftBank Is Selling Wag Stake Back to Company
If Bitcoin Looks Like It Isn’t Trading, It’s Because It Isn’t
American Factories Demand White-Collar Education for Blue-Collar Work
Five Cities Account for Vast Majority of Growth in Tech Jobs, Study Finds
A $7 Credit Limit: Jack Ma’s Ant Lures Hundreds of Millions of Borrowers
Google seen as retreating from the Alphabet experiment
Amazon Dodges Responsibility for Unsafe Products
Hacker News · 1 month ago