Sunday, May 23, 2021

Study: among 44 tech startups that completed a SPAC deal from the start of 2020 through April 2021, their share prices had fallen 12.6% on average by May 17 (Heather Somerville/Wall Street Journal)

Heather Somerville / Wall Street Journal:
Study: among 44 tech startups that completed a SPAC deal from the start of 2020 through April 2021, their share prices had fallen 12.6% on average by May 17  —  Entrepreneurs are increasingly wary about the money-raising tool after watching peers' stocks slide and investors balk



Ahead of the conclusion of the Apple vs Epic trial on Monday, a closer look at the judge's pointed questioning of Cook that touched on the lack of competition (Nick Statt/Protocol)

Nick Statt / Protocol:
Ahead of the conclusion of the Apple vs Epic trial on Monday, a closer look at the judge's pointed questioning of Cook that touched on the lack of competition  —  Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, who is presiding over the Epic v. Apple antitrust trial, saved her best for last.



A look at the greater role automation is playing in the US, with labor shortages driving greater adoption of the tech since the start of the pandemic (David J. Lynch/Washington Post)

David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
A look at the greater role automation is playing in the US, with labor shortages driving greater adoption of the tech since the start of the pandemic  —  From warehouses to oil fields, artificial intelligence, robots and advanced software are leaving a mark



Google's partnership with Samsung to merge Wear OS with Samsung's Tizen comes after years of Google failing to build a cohesive wearables strategy (Chaim Gartenberg/The Verge)

Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge:
Google's partnership with Samsung to merge Wear OS with Samsung's Tizen comes after years of Google failing to build a cohesive wearables strategy  —  Third time might not be the charm  —  Once again, Google is hitting the reset button, combining with Samsung's Tizen wearable operating system …



Pro-Palestinian activist campaign targets Facebook's app store ratings via 1-star reviews; Facebook's internal chats show Apple declined to remove the reviews (Olivia Solon/NBC News)

Olivia Solon / NBC News:
Pro-Palestinian activist campaign targets Facebook's app store ratings via 1-star reviews; Facebook's internal chats show Apple declined to remove the reviews  —  Pro-Palestinian activists are running a coordinated campaign to downgrade Facebook's app review ratings to protest …



Lamborghini announces its roadmap for electrification

Stephan Winkelmann, President and CEO of Automobili Lamborghini, presents "Direzione Cor Tauri" (Towards Cor Tauri) a roadmap to decarbonisation of future Lamborghini models and of the SantAgata Bolognese site based on a holistic approach to its environmental sustainability strategy. https://ift.tt/3yyiYTW

The US NLRB rules that Amazon must negotiate with the Amazon Labor Union, which represents ~5K workers at its Staten Island warehouse; Amazon plans to appeal (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

Greg Bensinger / Reuters : The US NLRB rules that Amazon must negotiate with the Amazon Labor Union, which represents ~5K workers at its ...