Sunday, January 19, 2025

In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US alongside TikTok, including Lemon8 and Lark (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US alongside TikTok, including Lemon8 and Lark  —  Amid the TikTok shutdown, in a rare move, Apple published a statement and a support document listing all affected apps that are inaccessible …



Apple CFO Kevan Parekh tells a London court it is impossible to accurately determine the App Store's standalone profitability and disputes claims of 75% margins (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Apple CFO Kevan Parekh tells a London court it is impossible to accurately determine the App Store's standalone profitability and disputes claims of 75% margins  —  Kevan Parekh disputed claims the iPhone maker enjoys profit margins of about 75% on its App Store



Collate, which is developing tech to automate paperwork for life science companies, emerges from stealth with a $30M seed led by Redpoint at a $100M+ valuation (Forbes)

Forbes:
Collate, which is developing tech to automate paperwork for life science companies, emerges from stealth with a $30M seed led by Redpoint at a $100M+ valuation  —  Surbhi Sarna sold her last startup, nVision Medical, for $275 million.  Now she's leaving a partner role at Y Combinator to launch Collate …



US officials have struck binding deals for 85% of the CHIPS Act funding; sources: Gina Raimondo said her successor, Howard Lutnick, is committed to the program (Mackenzie Hawkins/Bloomberg)

Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg:
US officials have struck binding deals for 85% of the CHIPS Act funding; sources: Gina Raimondo said her successor, Howard Lutnick, is committed to the program  —  - Officials have struck binding contracts for 85% of grant money  — Trump Commerce pick told Raimondo he's committed to program



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 ...