TikTok Deals? Visa Rules?

Once again, I THINK a TikTok deal is happening, so updates on that. Why lots of folk in the tech industry are worried about new H-1B visa rules. Might those annoying cookie consent checkboxes be going away? And why the real land grab in data center building is happening in Scandinavia.

• Inside Trump's deal to save TikTok (Axios)
• Startup leaders warn new $100K H-1B visa fee will hurt U.S. entrepreneurship and innovation (GeekWire)
• Big Tech companies, foreign governments scramble after Trump slaps $100,000 fee on H-1B visas (CNBC)
• Europe’s cookie law messed up the internet. Brussels wants to fix it. (Politico)
• Oura Ring Maker to Become $11 Billion Company With Latest Raise (Bloomberg)
• Coinbase CEO: We Want To Become A Super App (CoinDesk)
• Nordic Data Center Boom Fueled by Low Prices, Empty Land and Cool Weather (Bloomberg)

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