IBM names Gary Cohn, former Goldman Sachs executive and economic adviser to Trump, as its vice chairman and member of its executive leadership team (Matt Grossman/Wall Street Journal)

Matt Grossman / Wall Street Journal:
IBM names Gary Cohn, former Goldman Sachs executive and economic adviser to Trump, as its vice chairman and member of its executive leadership team  —  Past Goldman Sachs president named vice chairman as tech icon develops stronger growth strategy  —  International Business Machines Corp …

UK-based autonomous vehicle startup Oxbotica raises $47M Series B led by BP Ventures, bringing total raised to $80M, to deploy its tech in industrial use cases (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
UK-based autonomous vehicle startup Oxbotica raises $47M Series B led by BP Ventures, bringing total raised to $80M, to deploy its tech in industrial use cases  —  While the world continues to await the arrival of safe, reliable and cost-effective self-driving cars, one of the pioneers …

Google plans to add privacy labels across its iOS app catalog this week or next, after a report claimed none of Google's iOS apps has been updated since Dec. 7 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Google plans to add privacy labels across its iOS app catalog this week or next, after a report claimed none of Google's iOS apps has been updated since Dec. 7  —  Contrary to reports, Google is not delaying updates to its iOS apps because it doesn't want to comply with Apple's recently announced App Store Privacy Labels policy.

Sources: after NYSE said it wouldn't delist China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, it now mulls reverting to original plan following Mnuchin criticism (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Sources: after NYSE said it wouldn't delist China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, it now mulls reverting to original plan following Mnuchin criticism  —  - Possible reversal follows Mnuchin call to NYSE's Cunningham  — Exchange's surprise announcement caught White House off guard

Moto G Power (2021), Moto G Play (2021) Key Specifications Tipped in New Leak

Moto G Power (2021) and Moto G Play (2021) have leaked in renders online. Key specifications of the two phones have also been tipped, leaving little to the imagination. The Moto G Power (2021) has a... https://ift.tt/2JQxYYU

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 SoC With 5G Connectivity Launched

Qualcomm Snapdragon 480 has been launched with Snapdragon X51 modem to enable 5G connectivity on affordable smartphones. The new SoC is Qualcomm's first 4-series mobile platform with 5G support. The... https://ift.tt/3rWRaVM

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, JPMorgan Chase to Disband Health Venture Haven

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan will disband Haven, the joint venture aimed at lowering health care costs for their US employees, just three years after launching. https://ift.tt/359gu1l

OnePlus 9 Pro May Support 45W Wireless Charging, Reverse Wireless Charging

OnePlus 9 Pro has been tipped to come with support for 45W wireless charging and reverse wireless charging. OnePlus 9 will support the two features as well, but the speeds have not been revealed. https://ift.tt/3ngyOf9

Amazon failed to provide any help when group debt mounted amid lockdown: Future promoters

Amazon provided mere "lip service" and failed to provide any help to the debt-laden Future Group as the retail major suffered massive setback amid the COVID-induced lockdown and faced possible insolvency or debt restructuring, Future Group's promoters said in a letter to the e-commerce giant. https://ift.tt/3ohxjOW

Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan healthcare joint venture to shut business next month

The healthcare joint venture of Amazon.com Inc, Berkshire Hathaway Inc and JPMorgan Chase & Co, will cease to exist at the end of February, it said on Monday. https://ift.tt/35b3J6j

Ericsson CEO Worried About Chinese Retaliation After Huawei 5G Ban

Ericsson CEO Börje Ekholm is worried about Chinese reprisals after Sweden banned Huawei from taking part in the rollout of 5G networks, he said. https://ift.tt/3om4IZ6

Jack Ma's Disappearing Act Fuels Speculation About His Whereabouts

Alibaba founder Jack Ma's absence from public view in the past two months, has fuelled social media speculation over his whereabouts amid a Chinese regulatory clampdown on his sprawling business... https://ift.tt/3pQmyDC

Twitter Acquires Breaker Podcasting Platform, to Help Build Twitter Spaces

Breaker said its team is becoming part of Twitter to apply its expertise to audio experiences at the social messaging service. https://ift.tt/2XdmGRA

Google Workers Form Labour Union to Shield Members From Firings

Workers at Google and other Alphabet units formed a labour union for US and Canadian offices, building on years of protests over working conditions and business practices. https://ift.tt/3pSLnPc

Square says US FinCEN's proposed cryptocurrency regulation will inhibit widespread adoption of cryptocurrencies and hinder current law enforcement efforts (Saniya More/The Block)

Saniya More / The Block:
Square says US FinCEN's proposed cryptocurrency regulation will inhibit widespread adoption of cryptocurrencies and hinder current law enforcement efforts  —  Square is the latest company to go public with its opposition to proposed rulemaking from the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).