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 …
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 …
Gurman: Apple's mixed reality headset will not be an all-day device and will be meant for bursts of gaming, communication, and content consumption
and that's totally fine Jon Fingas / Engadget : Apple said to have ruled out a metaverse for its mixed reality headset Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider : Apple Watch glucose & blood pressure sensors still ...
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 …
How Web3 apps and wallets inevitably depend on centralized services like OpenSea, Infura, and Alchemy, which don't even provide authenticated responses
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 …
Ex-Facebook director Katie Harbath says social media will likely incubate future political violence if tech platforms or governments don't urgently intervene
Katie Harbath says she left Facebook disillusioned; now she pushes for more online guardrails — Katie Harbath joined Facebook …
A look at Norton 360's widely criticized, opt-in crypto miner: a 3060 Ti mined 66¢ of 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
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
Ethereum co-founder responds: “the properly authenticated decentralized blockchain world is coming”, but is slowed by “limited technical resources and funding”
I've been thinking about Matt Mullenweg's response to Brian Armstrong's response … Rick Webb / Webb Chatham Report : Good morning. Hello. How are you? #562 Cooper Midroni / Future Proof : Chip Off the...
A look at the turmoil inside Pudgy Penguins, one of the most successful NFT projects, as community members clash with founders over the project's fate
There's trouble brewing in the huddle. — The beloved NFT project Pudgy Penguins voted out its founders on Thursday after they allegedly failed …
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.
How the peer pressure to be a part of the blue bubble iMessage text groups keeps US teens locked into Apple's ecosystem
Good morning! Have you heard of Mukesh Ambani, the hotelier? Alan Friedman / PhoneArena : Google executive accuses Apple of using peer pressure and bullying to sell iPhones Jeff Butts / HotHardware.c...
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 Tweets: @simonparkin , @veenadubal , @upf...
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 …
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
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
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 Tweets: Arrowz / @tanarrowz : Morningstar, sai...
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
Matter, the smart home standard backed by Apple, Amazon, Google, Samsung, and others, gained significant momentum at CES, with ~30 companies showcasing support
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Sources: UK financial regulators plan an investigation into AWS, Microsoft, and Google, citing concerns over UK banks' reliance on cloud services
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LinkedIn profiles and former employees say ~100 people from Microsoft's HoloLens team have left in the past year, with over 40 joining Meta
Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal :
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
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Despite China's sweeping crackdown on the tech industry over the summer, VC investments in China reached an estimated $130.6B in 2021, up from $86.7B in 2020
Coco Liu / Bloomberg :
French startup Ankorstore, an online wholesale marketplace for independent retailers across Europe, raises a €250M Series C at a €1.75B post-money valuation
Romain Dillet / TechCrunch :
As Uber keeps opposing Spain's law to treat drivers as employees and lobbies against similar statutes, its CEO claims such rules don't break its business model
and has — adapted to treating workers as employees in other countries is a slap in the face to every single driver in the US that Uber continues to exploit.” https://theintercept.com/... @theintercept...
Accounting firm Prager Metis International purchases a ~$35K property in Decentraland, after PwC's Hong Kong unit bought property in Sandbox in December
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Munich-based Arive, which partners with premium stores and brands to deliver consumer goods in 30 minutes, raises a $20M Series A led by Balderton Capital
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch : Tweets: @martinsfp Tweets: Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp : This is really interesting. I wonder how many people want these kinds of items *RIGHT NOW*, but I know there a...
Frustration with Covid-19 policies and crime have recently led many tech workers in San Francisco to engage in local politics for the first time
David Ingram / NBC News : Tweets: @recallsfboe , @commonsense415_ , @nbcnews , @sbuss , and @zachcoelius Tweets: @recallsfboe : “This is not a conventional political campaign,” he said. “We have a re...
Seoul-based Qraft Technologies, which uses AI to find promising stocks, raises $146M from SoftBank Group
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PitchBook: Huawei's Hubble fund has backed 56 companies since 2019, many of them involved in chip production, as US sanctions cut off easy access to chips
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A look at the opportunities and challenges of ultra-wideband, as UWB beacons see widespread adoption in smartphones, smartwatches, and other devices
Profile of Anne Neuberger, the NSC deputy advisor at the center of a bureaucratic tussle between US agencies over controlling cybersecurity policy
How Ryan's World, launched in 2015 with a then three-year-old Ryan Kaji, grew into a content behemoth with 10 YouTube channels and deals with Amazon and others
Strava CEO Michael Horvath says the app's revenue increased 68% YoY in 2021, suggesting a revenue of approximately $170M and a paid subscriber base of 2M to 3M
Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI.
Email fatigue is real: Here's how smart email tools help you regain control
Picture this: It's Monday morning. You walk into the office feeling energized and ready to take on the week.
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data
Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Box data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.