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Sources: in a flurry of parting actions against China, Trump's admin has notified Huawei suppliers including Intel that it's revoking licenses to sell to Huawei (Reuters)

Reuters: Sources: in a flurry of parting actions against China, Trump’s admin has notified Huawei suppliers including Intel that it’s revoking licenses to sell to Huawei  —  NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Trump administration notified Huawei suppliers, including chipmaker Intel … Sources: in a flurry of parting actions against China, Trump's admin has notified Huawei

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Sources: Citrix is in advanced talks with Vista Equity Partners to buy Wrike for $2B+, after the PE firm acquired the work-management service for ~$800M in 2018 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Citrix is in advanced talks with Vista Equity Partners to buy Wrike for $2B+, after the PE firm acquired the work-management service for ~$800M in 2018  —  – Deal for work-management platform could be reached this week  — Vista invested in Wrike at an $800 million valuation in 2018 Sources: Citrix is in

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Hackaday Links: January 17, 2021

Sad news from Mars, where the InSight lander’s “mole” was officially declared dead. The self-drilling probe, the centerpiece of the Heat Flow and Physical Properties Package (HP3) experiment, was designed to ram itself 5 meters into the Martian regolith while deploying a sensor-laden tail. The mole would then explore heat flow from within the planet.

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Surging demand for laptops and 5G chips, alongside a boom in car sales, is fueling chip shortages and pushing prices higher, with older chips affected the most (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Surging demand for laptops and 5G chips, alongside a boom in car sales, is fueling chip shortages and pushing prices higher, with older chips affected the most  —  Surging appetite for 5G smartphones, rebounding car sales squeeze semiconductor makers  —  Semiconductor companies are asking … Surging demand for laptops and 5G chips,

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Due to Apple's security limitations and additional work required, few developers are bothering to port Chrome extensions to Safari, despite WebExtensions API (Jason Snell/Six Colors)

Jason Snell / Six Colors: Due to Apple’s security limitations and additional work required, few developers are bothering to port Chrome extensions to Safari, despite WebExtensions API  —  At WWDC 2020, Apple announced it was going to support Chrome-style browser extensions (the WebExtensions API) in Safari. Due to Apple's security limitations and additional work required,

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GitHub apologizes to the employee it has fired for using the term "Nazis" on Jan. 6 and offers him his job back, says the company's head of HR has resigned (Zoe Schiffer/The Verge)

Zoe Schiffer / The Verge: GitHub apologizes to the employee it has fired for using the term “Nazis” on Jan. 6 and offers him his job back, says the company’s head of HR has resigned  —  The company is offering the employee his job back  —  GitHub is admitting that a Jewish employee was fired

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A look at the incentives, like guaranteed auction win percentages, that Facebook got from Google in the ad partnership that is now a focus of an antitrust suit (New York Times)

New York Times: A look at the incentives, like guaranteed auction win percentages, that Facebook got from Google in the ad partnership that is now a focus of an antitrust suit  —  Facebook was going to compete with Google for some advertising sales but backed away from the plan after the companies cut a preferential

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