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Thursday, December 9, 2021

Italy fines Amazon record $1.3 billion for abuse of market dominance

Italy's antitrust watchdog said it had fined Amazon 1.13 billion euros for alleged abuse of market dominance, in one of the biggest penalties imposed on a U.S. tech giant in Europe. https://ift.tt/3dGnS7X

Microsoft joins Whitehat Jr to offer Minecraft game-based learning

Microsoft India and online learning platform WhiteHat Jr on Thursday announced a collaboration to provide students as well as teachers access to personalised learning experiences with popular game Minecraft. https://ift.tt/3lLdnEP

Nintendo hacker settles Switch piracy lawsuit for $10million in restitution

Gary Bowser, a member of a group of hackers called Team-Xecuter, has been ordered to pay $10 million to settle a Nintendo lawsuit against him over piracy charges. https://ift.tt/3oBYYg8

Fintech firm Pleo raises another $200 million at $4.7 billion valuation

Danish financial technology firm Pleo, which offers expense management tools and "smart" payment cards for companies, said on Thursday it has raised another $200 million as part of an extension to its last round in July that nearly tripled its valuation to $4.7 billion. https://ift.tt/3GsNC47

Self-driving startup Robotics Research raises $228 million in funding

Self-driving technology startup Robotic Research said on Thursday it has raised $228 million from investors including SoftBank to scale up its commercial division's solutions for trucks, buses and logistics vehicles. https://ift.tt/3EJKNv9

Russia blocks website of privacy service 'Tor'

Russia stepped up state oversight of internet activity on Wednesday by blocking the website of global privacy service Tor and part of its wider network, with the communications regulator accusing it of enabling access to illegal content. https://ift.tt/3lPsY6l

Why You Should Buy HUAWEI Watch GT 3 Moon Phase Collection II This New Year

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NASA Launches New Telescope With Help of SpaceX to Study Black Holes

NASA launched the IXPE telescope aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Thursday. https://ift.tt/3lOtOAr

Robotic Research, which makes on and off-road autonomous vehicles for the US DoD, raises a $228M Series A led by SoftBank Vision 2 and Enlightenment Capital (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
Robotic Research, which makes on and off-road autonomous vehicles for the US DoD, raises a $228M Series A led by SoftBank Vision 2 and Enlightenment Capital — Robotic Research, a self-driving technology company that has spent the last two decades developing on and off-road autonomous vehicles …

Italy's competition authority fines Amazon €1.13B for allegedly abusing its market position and harming competitors in e-commerce logistics (Politico)

Politico:
Italy's competition authority fines Amazon €1.13B for allegedly abusing its market position and harming competitors in e-commerce logistics — Italy's competition authority announced Thursday it was slapping a €1.13 billion fine on Amazon for abusing its dominant position in the market …

Redditors Can Now Join 'Waitlist' For Its Crypto Rewards Programme

Reddit has launched a new "Waitlist" to allow more people to become part of its crypto rewards programme called Community Points. https://ift.tt/33eLkHH

Claroty, which protects industrial systems from "cyber-physical" attacks, raises $400M led by Vision Fund 2 and others, source says at a ~$2B valuation (Thomas Brewster/Forbes)

Thomas Brewster / Forbes:
Claroty, which protects industrial systems from “cyber-physical” attacks, raises $400M led by Vision Fund 2 and others, source says at a ~$2B valuation — Worried that cyberattacks are “a threat to humanity,” the New York startup claims it's the best-funded company in its field thanks …