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...The Silicon Valley-based firm now owns more than 18 per cent of City Football Group after buying more shares from China Media Capital, CFG confirmed....
...American Express Global Business Travel has agreed to buy rival CWT for $570mn in a bet on the continued recovery of business travel....
...In Silicon Valley, this has been met with deep apprehension. It is seen as a government attempt to override years of design and technical decisions made by product managers and engineers....
...It helps that the service operates only at night when roads are quiet and cars cannot travel faster than 30mph....
...Democrats and Republicans have found rare common cause in recent years in their attempts to rein in the corporate power enjoyed by Silicon Valley’s largest companies....
...As EU policymakers put the finishing touches to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), executives at Google’s headquarters in Silicon Valley are stepping up their efforts to water down parts of the legislation that...
...Silicon Valley veteran worried about Spacs Sandy Robertson isn’t exactly the retiring type....
...But there can now only be one direction of travel in the relationship between traditional private sector news media and Silicon Valley....
...DD wonders which pandemic-era start-up will make it snow in Silicon Valley next. Could this be the Big Foot of Covid tests?...
...Amazon sends legal notice to India's Future Group over Reliance deal (Reuters) Lex Letter from Seoul: Huawei and the new way (Lex) Saudi wealth fund explores investing in grocer Lulu (BBG) Silicon Valley...
...Advertising technology might yet come under scrutiny, as might Google’s practice of putting its own products — such as Google travel and shopping — at the top of search results....
...But far from threatening the dominance of Google and Facebook, the pandemic is playing to the strengths of Silicon Valley’s online advertising model....
...Last month, Silver Lake invested in Expedia and Airbnb, which have both been hit by strain in the travel and hospitality industries....
...Expedia CEO and CFO get one-way ticket Expedia's chief executive and chief financial officer have resigned after clashing with the board over an “ambitious” reorganisation plan that hit the travel booking...
...Six months ago, Hollywood impresario Ari Emanuel introduced Egon Durban, one of Silicon Valley’s most successful investors, to Khaldoon Al Mubarak, one of Abu Dhabi’s most powerful officials and chairman...
...The new “Magic Keyboard” has a redesigned scissor mechanism and 1mm travel for a more satisfying key feel, There is also a six-speaker sound system, longer battery life and Touch ID, all for a starting price...
...Other Silicon Valley companies are also striving to reduce the vast environmental impact of their data centres and devices....
...This was the sound of the Ice Age as it shaped the world, carving valleys, moulding hills....
...It is no exaggeration to say that the AT&T consent decree planted the seed for Silicon Valley. One of the many fundamental patents in AT&T’s huge portfolio was the transistor....
...Thanksgiving weekend is the biggest US migration of the year, with nearly 30m Americans expected to travel by air....
...Companies offering travel or local search would probably need to bring cases for their specific areas....
...Airbnb, Uber, Twitter, Google, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft step up their opposition to US President Donald Trump’s travel ban by filing a brief before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals...
...In 2006, Anousheh Ansari became the first woman to travel into space as a paying astronaut. She paid $20 million for the trip....
...Silicon Valley is not just straying into traditional Hollywood territory....
...Still, Mr Quattrone’s network in the valley, built over nearly 40 years, continues to bring in new work....
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