Microsoft, the software giant, is expected to win antitrust approval for its $7.5 billion acquisition of GitHub, the coding website. Reuters, citing two people familiar with the matter, reported on Monday (Oct. 8) that the European Union will approve the deal with no conditions. Marking its largest acquisition since it acquired LinkedIn in 2016 for $26 billion, […]
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Nicolas Cary’s Blockchain.com wallet service has come in ninth place in this year’s Top 25 startups list by LinkedIn. LinkedIn has ranked cryptocurrency wallet provider and data firm Blockchain.com (formerly known as Blockchain.info) in its top ten most “sought-after” U.K. startup employers in new listings September 30. Part of a list featuring 25 UK-based startup […]
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Suspicions were running high over EOS once again September 26 after four senior executives resigned from parent company Block.one to start a spin-off venture. Block.one: Four Execs, Two Contractors Walk The latest episode in the chequered history of both the platform and Block.one, now ex-senior vice president of tech operations David Moss led an exodus […]
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Retailers are looking for hundreds of thousands of retail workers ahead of what is expected to be a busy holiday season: Target, in particular, is looking to bring on 120,000 employees across the country. Finding these workers, however, is no easy feat, as the country is facing an 18-year low in the unemployment rate, as […]
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Four months after General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect, France is seeing a rise in data privacy complaints. The country’s CNIL agency announced on Tuesday (Sept. 25) that it’s received 3,767 complaints since May 25, which is when the GDPR went into effect. That is an increase from 2,294 complaints over the same period last […]
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Big companies are getting into the ICO game, crypto and blockchain in general. Previously, Telegram raised $1.7 billion privately before cancelling its public sale. Now the LinkedIn Co-Founder, Eric Ly, has filed Form D with the SEC. With experience as the company’s first Chief Technology Officer, Ly is looking to raise $20 million in a […]
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