Sept. 22, 2025
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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