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Biden admin working to ‘unstick ports’, partner with industry to ‘incentivize’ chip production in US: Raimondo
Industry and government officials say Gaia-X, a project to reduce EU's cloud dependency on US tech giants, is hamstrung by infighting and bloated bureaucracy (Politico) TECH REVIEW
Experts say sourcing chips has turned almost into a lottery amid the global chip shortage, as wait times have ballooned to 22 weeks as of October (Wall Street Journal) TECH REVIEW
Biden, at Rome summit, seeks fixes for supply chain kinks
Apple's $19 Polishing Cloth has become its most back-ordered new product with shipments delayed until January; source: the company isn't surprised by the demand (Daisuke Wakabayashi/New York Times) TECH REVIEW
Southwest under fire after video surfaces purportedly showing pilot saying 'Let's go Brandon'
Biden urges G20 leaders to increase energy production as coal surges, oil crunch continues
G20 leaders find agreement on global tax deal
Beijing-based Huice, a SaaS provider that helps e-commerce businesses manage orders and more, raises a $312M Series D led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (Eudora Wang/DealStreetAsia) TECH REVIEW
BackBox, which provides companies with network automation, security, and management software, raises $32M Series A led by Elsewhere Partners (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat) TECH REVIEW
In 2018, Oculus' Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook execs laying the foundation for Meta's ambitions and detailing the need to own the VR market (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC) TECH REVIEW
Profile of barbershop booking app Squire, which is on track to triple its revenue to $12M in 2021 after raising $60M at a $750M valuation in July (Amy Feldman/Forbes) TECH REVIEW
A look at student activity monitoring software GoGuardian, whose usage in US schools exploded during lockdowns as some say it adds to kids' psychological strain (Bloomberg) TECH REVIEW
Prosecutors urge prison for Michael Avenatti in Nike case
AOC says Biden should cancel student debt after spending bill cuts: 'He doesn't need Manchin's permission'
BlackRock targeted in new ad campaign for being too woke
Analysis: Florida startups have raised about $1.3B in Series A and Series B funding so far in 2021, which is more than quadruple the $277M raised in all of 2020 (Joanna Glasner/Crunchbase News) TECH REVIEW
Advocates for the blind say DMCA exemptions to break ebook DRM for accessibility should be permanent, rather than having to be renewed every three years (Damon Beres/Wired) TECH REVIEW
Indian online beauty products retailer Purplle raises a $75M Series E led by Kedaara Capital at a $630M valuation (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg) TECH REVIEW
Chinese smart home devices maker Aqara raises a $155M Series C from investors including state-backed Shenzhen Capital and China Telecom (Liya Su/DealStreetAsia) TECH REVIEW
Chinese ride-sharing startup T3 raises a $1.2B Series A led by state-backed conglomerate CITIC Group, as rival Didi faces a regulatory crackdown (Nikkei Asia) TECH REVIEW
Meta acquires Within, the company behind VR fitness game Supernatural; Within will continue working on the game and help Meta improve future VR hardware (Mitchell Clark/The Verge) TECH REVIEW
Interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and CTO Greg Lavender on the IBM partnership, how new transistor architectures could help outpace Moore's law, and more (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware) TECH REVIEW
Interview with Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger and CTO Greg Lavender on IBM partnership, how new transistor architectures could help outpace Moore's law, and more (Dr. Ian Cutress/AnandTech) TECH REVIEW
Two Netflix employees who openly criticized Netflix's support of Dave Chappelle's comedy special have filed charges with the NLRB, claiming retaliation (Zoe Schiffer/The Verge) TECH REVIEW
FDA approves Pfizer vaccine for emergency use in children aged 5 to 11
Microsoft unseats Apple as most valuable company
Amazon updates Rivian stake, Ford talks IPO
Arm & Hammer, OxiClean parent plans price hikes
Daniel Yergin: Oil prices could rise to $100 per barrel due to cold winter
Lucid Motors stock surges on automaker's first deliveries
McCarthy, Republicans torch Democrats over rising energy prices: 'We are the Saudi Arabia of natural gas'
Microsoft had a market cap of nearly $2.49T at market close on Friday, passing Apple at $2.46T and becoming the world's most valuable public company (Samantha Subin/CNBC) TECH REVIEW