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Arm’s China Venture Goes Rogue, Seizes IP and Declares Independence

Arm Holding’s venture in China, Arm China, has gone rogue, seized IP and is trying to establish itself as an independent company. As part of its efforts to expand in China, Arm’s parent company, SoftBank, was pressured to create a joint venture in which Arm only owned 49% of the...
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UK Regulators May Force Facebook to Sell Giphy

Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has raised significant concerns over Facebook’s Giphy purchase and may force a sale. Facebook bought Giphy, the popular animated GIF platform, for $400 million in 2020. The social media giant wanted to integrate with Instagram....
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Weather Forecasts May Suffer From 5G

Carriers may be racing to deploy 5G, but it seems accurate weather forecasts may be an unintended casualty. 5G promises to revolutionize a slew of industries, offering speeds that rival or surpasses traditional broadband. Thanks to being wireless, the technology promises to have...
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Microsoft Tops Forecasts on Strong Cloud Results

Microsoft has announced its quarterly results, topping forecasts on strong Azure performance. Microsoft has been firing on all cylinders, recently becoming just the second company to cross the $2 trillion valuation mark. Multiple analysts have raised the company’s stock target,...
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Clubhouse Leaves Beta and Is Open to Everyone

Clubhouse, the popular audio-only social media platform, announced it is out of beta and no longer invitation-only. Clubhouse has gained popularity as a platform for audio chatrooms and conversation, but has been invite-only for the last year. The company used those 12 months to...
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GoDaddy Online Shops Now Integrate Across Google

GoDaddy online shops will now be able to integrate their products and inventory across Google. GoDaddy is a popular web hosting option used by many small and medium-sized businesses. Google has been teaming up with e-commerce platforms in an effort to better integrate their...
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Brave Search Enters Public Beta

Brave has opened its search engine beta to the world, following an invite-only early access. Brave made headlines in March when the company announced it was working on its own search engine. Brave has made a name for itself as a privacy-focused company, with its namesake browser...
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AG Wants to Strengthen Policies for Obtaining Lawmaker Data

US Attorney General Merrick Garland wants to strengthen policies for obtaining lawmaker data and has vowed swift action regarding recent revelations. A furor broke out when it was discovered that Trump administration prosecutors subpoenaed Apple in 2017 and 2018 for...
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User Data at Heart of Roku and Google/YouTube TV Dispute

Roku has accused Google of “predatory, anti-competitive and discriminatory” actions regarding its YouTube TV streaming service. Roku is the number one streaming platform in the US, making it a major factor in the success of TV streaming services. Meanwhile, Google’s YouTube TV...
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Microsoft, Linux Foundation and Others Launch The Green Software Foundation

Microsoft, the Linux Foundation, Accenture, GitHub and ThoughtWorks have launched The Green Software Foundation to promote sustainable software development. Software development may not be the leading contributor to climate change, or even come up in most conversations about it,...