Author: Tech Support

    • Major founder-led tech companies have seen their share prices double in 2020 vs. 7.8% gain for the S&P 500, while outperforming non-founder led tech companies (Reuters)

    Reuters: Major founder-led tech companies have seen their share prices double in 2020 vs. 7.8% gain for the S&P 500, while outperforming non-founder led tech companies  —  (Reuters) – Technology companies led by their founders have been the standout winners in share price performance and profit growth this year … Major founder-led tech companies have

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    • New mathematical model-based research suggests that exposing US social media users to viewpoints different than their own furthers political polarization (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

    Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: New mathematical model-based research suggests that exposing US social media users to viewpoints different than their own furthers political polarization  —  Mathematicians are teaming up with political scientists to create models of how social media divides us, and results suggest at least … New mathematical model-based research suggests that

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    • Superfast geofencing could be the answer to rogue escooter riders

    This article was originally published by Christopher Carey on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching an international audience of city leaders. For the latest updates follow Cities Today on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube, or sign up for Cities Today News. American firm Superpedestrian claims to have designed an inbuilt

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    • Sources: Didi Chuxing is considering Hong Kong, rethinking its previous aims of NYSE, for an IPO in the first half of 2021, targets a valuation of $60B+ (Reuters)

    Reuters: Sources: Didi Chuxing is considering Hong Kong, rethinking its previous aims of NYSE, for an IPO in the first half of 2021, targets a valuation of $60B+  —  HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s top ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing is considering Hong Kong for a multibillion-dollar initial public offering … Sources: Didi Chuxing is considering

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    • Technology companies now account for nearly 40% of the S&P 500 and are set to end the year eclipsing a record of 37% from 1999 (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)

    Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: Technology companies now account for nearly 40% of the S&P 500 and are set to end the year eclipsing a record of 37% from 1999  —  Companies that do everything from manufacturing phones to operating social-media platforms now account for nearly 40% of the S&P 500 Technology companies now

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    • Billtrust, which makes cloud-based software for processing B2B payments, is going public on Nasdaq through a SPAC merger in a deal valued at $1.3B (Mary Ann Azevedo/FinLedger)

    Mary Ann Azevedo / FinLedger: Billtrust, which makes cloud-based software for processing B2B payments, is going public on Nasdaq through a SPAC merger in a deal valued at $1.3B  —  The company will launch with a cash balance of about $200 million  —  Billtrust announced on Monday it will go public through … Billtrust, which

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