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Facebook Gaming skips iOS, TikTok goes shopping, Apple One bundles arrive – StockSharksNewsh
Welcome back to This Week in Apps, the TechCrunch series that recaps the latest OS news, the applications they support and the money that flows through it all. The app industry is as hot as ever, with a record 204 billion downloads and…
Stock-Trading Problems Push European Investors to Call for Data Changes
Investors in Europe learned the hard way this month that key structural differences between some of the region’s main stock exchanges and their U.S. counterparts put them at a costly disadvantage when it comes to trading stocks. On Oct.…
Boo! It’s the Halloween earnings special! – StockSharksNewsh
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. As promised, the whole gang is back, this time to chew on the biggest, baddest, worstest,…
Google reveals a new Windows zero-day bug it says is under active attack – StockSharksNewsh
Google has dropped details of a previously undisclosed vulnerability in Windows, which it says hackers are actively exploiting. As a result, Google gave Microsoft just a week to fix the vulnerability. That deadline came and went, and…
Apple acknowledges AirPods Pro issues, will replace those that crackle and rattle – StockSharksNewsh
Are your AirPods Pro earbuds making weird noises? You’re not imagining it — and you’re not the only one. Just a few months after Apple started shipping AirPods Pro, some users started noticing that one or both of their earbuds were…
Judge Kicks Off Scheduling in Google Antitrust Case
WASHINGTON—The federal judge presiding over the Justice Department’s antitrust case against Google held a first scheduling hearing Friday, with the search giant arguing it needs quick access to the government’s investigation files before…
Twitter Unlocks New York Post Account After Two-Week Standoff
Twitter Inc. on Friday unlocked the New York Post’s Twitter account, ending a stalemate between the social-media company and the newspaper stemming from the latter’s publication of stories it said were based on documents obtained from the…
TikTok stars got a judge to block Trump’s TikTok ban – StockSharksNewsh
TikTok has won another battle in its fight against the Trump administration’s ban of its video-sharing app in the U.S. — or, more accurately in this case, the TikTok community won a battle. On Friday, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has…
Netflix Raises Prices as Competition Increases
Netflix Inc. raised the monthly price of its most popular plan for the first time since early 2019, a move that comes as the streaming service competes with a growing number of cheaper alternatives. Netflix said Thursday its standard…
Under Armour is selling MyFitnessPal – StockSharksNewsh
Under Armour gives up on one of its big acquisitions, Uber Eats faces complaints over its free delivery policy for Black restaurants and Facebook takes another step to limit QAnon-related content. This is your Daily Crunch for October 30,…
Google Parent’s Stock Soars on Gangbuster Earnings
Google blasted through the coronavirus pandemic with gangbuster earnings, just a week after U.S. prosecutors sued the company for operating a purported illegal monopoly in its flagship search business. Alphabet Inc. reported a…
Moderna, Inc. (MRNA), (BNTX) – Moderna Bull, Bear On Q3 Report, Coronavirus Vaccine Timeline
Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA) reported mixed quarterly results Thursday and suggested an interim efficacy readout from the Phase 3 study is likely in November. The Moderna Bull Case: Moderna’s vaccine timeline is intact, according to Needham…
The scooter battle for New York City is on – StockSharksNewsh
New York City, one of the most coveted shared micromobility markets in the industry, has released its request for interest in its electric scooter pilot, officially kicking off what promises to be a competitive battle among companies…
Apple’s Sales Rise in Pandemic, but Pressure Remains for Breakout Holiday Season
Apple Inc. benefited from a significant uptick in sales of laptops and iPads due to the pandemic, even as quarterly iPhone sales fell from a year earlier after a delay in the launch of the company’s flagship new smartphone. Shares fell by…
Earthquake Jolts Western Turkey and Greek Islands
A powerful earthquake shook the Aegean Sea on Friday, hitting coastal cities in western Turkey and nearby Greek islands and leaving at least eight people dead. The earthquake flattened several buildings in Izmir, the city’s mayor said,…
‘Massively concerning’ jobs report sends a signal that the economic recovery could be fading
‘Massively concerning’ jobs report sends a signal that the economic recovery could be fading Search quotes, news & videos Source link
New GV partner Terri Burns has a simple investment thesis: Gen Z – StockSharksNewsh
In 2015, then-Twitter product manager Terri Burns penned a piece about staying optimistic despite the sexism and racism that exists expansively within tech. “America has broke my heart countless times, but I believe that technology can be…
Ant IPO Sets Off $3 Trillion Scramble Among Small Investors
To Ant Group Co.’s set of staggering statistics—a billion users, more than $17 trillion in yearly payment volumes—add one more: trillions of dollars in stock orders from small investors. Late Thursday, the Chinese financial-technology…
Teampay adds $5M to its Series A at higher valuation after growing ARR 320% growth since the round – StockSharksNewsh
What do you call the grey area between a Series A and a Series B? In 2020, when the money is taken on opportunistically, you call it a Series A-1 extension, according to Teampay. Even if the new capital was raised at a new, higher…
Huawei Slips to No. 2 in Smartphones as Samsung Reclaims Lead
Huawei Technologies Co.’s reign at the top of the global smartphone market was short-lived, a sign that U.S. efforts to curb its supply chain might be starting to hurt the Chinese company. The Shenzhen-based tech giant fell to second…
Smartphone shipments dip in China for Q3, led by Huawei decline – StockSharksNewsh
China was the first major global smartphone markets to rebound from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Stringent lockdown measures were able to help the country recover from the virus relatively quickly during the first wave, as…
Tencent Investor Prosus Launches $5 Billion Buyback in Bid to Close Value Gap
JOHANNESBURG—Internet conglomerate Prosus NV said Friday it plans to buy back up to $5 billion of its own shares and those of its parent Naspers Ltd., after losing out on two high-profile acquisitions. It is the latest attempt to narrow a…
Corsair acquires EpocCam, a webcam app for iPhone – StockSharksNewsh
Corsair Gaming today announced that it has acquired EpocCam, the software developer behind the iOS software of the same name. It’s easy to see why the gaming company would be interested in such an acquisition in 2020. The COVID-19…
FTC Request to Reconsider Qualcomm Antitrust Case Rejected by Appeals Court
A federal appeals court on Wednesday refused to reconsider its decision earlier this year to throw out a government antitrust case against Qualcomm Inc. The Federal Trade Commission had alleged the dominant cellphone chip maker engaged in…
Apple seems pretty interested in search – StockSharksNewsh
Apple might be building a Google competitor, Audible adds more podcasts and an ad measurement company raises $350 million. This is your Daily Crunch for October 28, 2020. The big story: Apple seems pretty interested in search Apple has a…
Hacker Releases Georgia County Election Data After Ransom Not Paid
A computer hacker who took over networks maintained by Hall County, Ga., escalated demands this week by publicly releasing election-related files after a ransom wasn’t paid, heightening concerns about the security of voting from…
Rocket Lab successfully launches 10 Earth observation satellites in 15th commercial mission – StockSharksNewsh
New Zealand launch provider Rocket Lab has put its 15th commercial payload into space, delivering 10 Earth observation satellites each to their own orbit. The company is getting back into its stride after an upset in July dampened plans…
The Holidays Are Beginning to Look a Lot Like Pinterest
With Wall Street still fawning over Snap’s monster results last week, Pinterest did them one better. The company said on Wednesday that it grew revenue 58% in the third quarter year-over-year, exceeding even analysts’ bullish forecast by…
France, Germany Announce New Lockdowns to Combat Covid-19 Resurgence
France and Germany announced new lockdowns Wednesday in a sign of how Europe’s strategy for containing the coronavirus has buckled under the pressure of mounting cases and deaths. In a national TV address, French President Emmanuel Macron…
A Deutsche Bank Turnaround Needs More Than Trading Success
Deutsche Bank’s trading arm had a cork-popping third quarter, but the lender’s turnaround still needs a broader solution to the persistent problem of ultralow interest rates. Germany’s largest bank posted an unexpected €309 million…
Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:MRVL), Inphi Corporation (NYSE:IPHI) – Chip Merger-Frenzy Continued: Marvell Said To Be Nearing $10B Purchase Of Inphi
Semiconductor company Marvell Technology Group Ltd’s (NASDAQ: MRVL) talks to acquire chipmaker Inphi Corporation (NASDAQ: IPHI) for $10 billion are nearing a conclusion, according to Bloomberg. What Happened: Of the total purchase…
LinkedIn’s Career Explorer helps you identify new kinds of jobs based on the skills you have – StockSharksNewsh
One of the key side-effects of the Covid-19 pandemic has been how it has played out in the economy. There are currently 12.6 million people out of work in the U.S. alone, with estimates from the International Labour Organization noting…
Samsung Posts Profit Increase as Pandemic Fuels Tech Demand
SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. reported its largest profit in more than 18 months, fueled by a bounceback in smartphone sales and demand for memory chips. The South Korean giant, like many other technology companies, has largely…
Facebook’s Top Public Policy Executive in India Steps Down
A Facebook Inc. executive in India who was at the center of a political storm over the company’s policy on anti-Muslim hate speech on the platform is leaving the company effective today, the company said Tuesday. Ankhi Das, the…
The Woman Behind a Hit Videogame
The pandemic, for all its devastation, has been great for the videogame industry. More people stuck at home has meant more gamers: Videogame spending in the U.S. was up 30% between April and June year over year, according to the NPD…
Major Energy Companies Bet Big on Hydrogen
As the oil-and-gas industry struggles to secure its place in a world shifting away from fossil fuels, major energy companies are making a grab for the rising hydrogen market. Hydrogen is expected to play a vital role in slashing emissions…
BOJ Official Says Digital Currency Needs Public Support First
A Bank of Japan move to launch a digital currency would be conditional on public support, according to a senior BOJ official who says no final decision has been made even after the announcement of testing to start next year. “There is no…
Chinese Fintech Company Lufax Seeks Up to $2.4 Billion in U.S. IPO
Lufax Holding Ltd., a smaller rival to Chinese financial-technology giant Ant Group Co., is seeking to raise as much as $2.4 billion from an initial public offering in the U.S. The deal is likely to put a substantially lower value on…
Quibi says it will shut down in early December – StockSharksNewsh
Quibi is shutting down — we know that much for sure. But when? If you’re looking to blast through all 25 episodes of the Reno 911 revival series before Quibi calls its quits, how long do you actually have? While it seems even Quibi isn’t…
Palantir to Help U.S. Track Covid-19 Vaccines
Data-mining company Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR 5.22% is helping the federal government set up a system that will track the manufacture, distribution and administration of Covid-19 vaccines, state and local health officials briefed on…
Representatives propose bill limiting presidential internet ‘kill switch’ – StockSharksNewsh
A pair of U.S. Representatives — one from each party — are proposing a law that would limit the president’s ability to shut down the internet at will. That may not strike you as an imminent threat, but federal police disappearing…
Snapchat’s Augmented-Reality Lenses Find Their Way to the Ballpark
In a normal year, the MLB Ballpark app was for use at, well, the ballpark. But this year, with stadium attendance reduced to scattered pods of fans or banned outright, Major League Baseball has added a vicarious layer to its app:…
Senate subpoenas could force Zuckerberg and Dorsey to testify on New York Post controversy – StockSharksNewsh
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of issuing subpoenas for Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Thursday, meaning that there might be two big tech CEO hearings on the horizon. Republicans in the committee…
Intel Hit as Consumers Flock to Lower-Cost Laptops, Datacenter Chips
Chip giant Intel Corp. INTC 0.75% may be seeing an end to the work-from-home boost it enjoyed during the pandemic, with earnings hit by consumers gravitating to cheaper laptops and data-center sales softening. The company on Thursday said…
Here’s why Intel’s stock just dropped 10% after reporting earnings – StockSharksNewsh
The third-quarter earnings cycle is just getting underway, but we’ve already seen a few companies post numbers that investors did not like. Netflix missed on several metrics yesterday and was punished, and today Intel is joining the video…
Remote Work Isn’t Just for White-Collar Jobs Anymore
On the ground floor of a towering office building overlooking Tokyo Bay, in a space intended to resemble the interior of a moon base, a convenience store is tended by a humanoid robot. This robot isn’t out front, wowing customers. No, it…
Uber drivers sue company alleging coercive Prop 22 advertising – StockSharksNewsh
Uber is facing a class-action lawsuit over Proposition 22 that alleges the company is illegally coercing its drivers to support the ballot measure that seeks to keep workers classified as independent contractors. The suit was brought…
Google’s Antitrust Woes Seen Helping Microsoft’s Bing
The target of the U.S. government’s last major tech antitrust campaign could be the biggest beneficiary of its newest lawsuit. Microsoft Corp.’s MSFT 0.02% Bing search engine is the only major competitor to Google’s dominant product,…
Pope Francis Backs Civil Unions for Gay Couples, in Shift for Vatican
ROME—Pope Francis endorsed civil unions for same-sex couples, in a move that is likely to intensify the already heated controversy over the Catholic Church’s teaching on homosexuality. The pope’s words, though not part of his official…
Disjointed Covid-19 Apps Across U.S. Raise Questions About Tech’s Role
Months after a burst of optimism about the potential for technology to help track the spread of Covid-19, a hodgepodge of mobile phone apps around the U.S. has yielded unclear results amid inconsistent policies and usage. Ten states and…
This Japanese Engineer Created the Robots That Make Your Cars
It is well-known nowadays that robots do much of the work making a car, their giant arms swinging in precise motion to bolt on doors and weld metal. Less well-known is one of the major figures behind that assembly-line transformation, a…
Brookfield Asset Management Inc (NYSE:BAM), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C) – Last Week’s Notable Insider Buys: Carnival, Citigroup And More
Insider buying can be an encouraging signal for potential investors when markets face uncertainty. More initial public offerings encouraged insiders to buy shares last week. Insiders also have bought into a big bank, an asset manager and…
Peloton Bike+ Review: Rationalizing a $2,495 Exercise Bike
If there is a winner in Corporate America’s grueling Tour de Pandemic, Peloton would be it. As we endured month upon month of quarantine, the word “Peloton” became as ubiquitous to in-home exercise gadgets as Kleenex is to tissue, or…
U.S. to Offer Loans to Lure Developing Countries Away From Chinese Telecom Gear
The U.S. government is embarking on a push to persuade developing countries to shun Chinese telecommunications equipment, offering financial assistance to use alternatives that Washington says are safer and have fewer strings attached.…
Weekly jobless claims rise unexpectedly as stimulus boost fades
The number of first-time filers for unemployment benefits were slightly higher than expected last week as the labor market continues its sluggish recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. The Labor Department reported Thursday that initial…
Zoom Video Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ZM) – ‘Options Action’ Traders Share Their Thoughts On Zoom Video
A viewer of CNBC’s “Options Action” wanted to know traders’ opinion on purchasing call options in Zoom Video Communications Inc (NASDAQ: ZM) ahead of the election. Tony Zhang likes the stock and the fact that it broke out above the $520…
The need for true equity in equity compensation – StockSharksNewsh
Carine Schneider Contributor I began my career at Oracle in the mid-1980s and have since been around the proverbial block, particularly in Silicon Valley working for and with companies ranging from the Fortune 50 to global consulting…
Time is running out for virus aid that’ll help consumers: Crossmark
Time is running out for virus aid that’ll help consumers: Crossmark Search quotes, news & videos Source link
Datto sets initial IPO price range, indicating a valuation of around $4B – StockSharksNewsh
It was just a few weeks ago that Datto, what TechCrunch called a “backup and disaster recovery firm,” filed to go public. This week the firm set an initial range for its debut. The Vista Equity Partners -backed company was picked up by…
EU’s Google-Fitbit antitrust decision deadline pushed into 2021 – StockSharksNewsh
The deadline for Europe to make a call on the Google -Fitbit merger has been pushed out again — with EU regulators now having until January 8, 2021, to take a decision. The latest change to the provisional deadline, spotted earlier by…