Feb. 18, 2021

Thu – 02/18 – Facebook Calls Australia’s Bluff; Google Pays Off Murdoch

I’ll do my best to explain this Australia situation with Facebook and Google. SpaceX is our interesting raise today. Nvidia unveils a line of chips just for crypto. Does Apple want to set the standards for 6G? And if remote work is the future, why is Big Tech still building so much office space?

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Links:Facebook restricts users, publishers from sharing news content in Australia (AP)Facebook calls Australia's bluff (Platformer)SpaceX Funding Round at $74 Billion Valuation Was Led by Sequoia (Bloomberg)NVIDIA Annoucnes CMP 30HX, 40HX, 50HX and 90HX GPUs For Mining, Cripples Hash Rate Of RTX 3060 (WCCFTech)Apple Hiring Engineers to Develop 6G Wireless (Bloomberg)If Work Is Going Remote, Why Is Big Tech Still Building? (Wired)

I’ll do my best to explain this Australia situation with Facebook and Google. SpaceX is our interesting raise today. Nvidia unveils a line of chips just for crypto. Does Apple want to set the standards for 6G? And if remote work is the future, why is Big Tech still building so much office space?

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