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ION Group, which sells trading, analytics, and other financial market tools, plans to acquire Italian credit management company Prelios, sources say for €1.35B (Reuters)

Reuters: ION Group, which sells trading, analytics, and other financial market tools, plans to acquire Italian credit management company Prelios, sources say for €1.35B  —  U.S. hedge fund Davidson Kempner Capital Management (DK) said on Friday it had agreed to sell Prelios to fintech firm ION Group …

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Why fire is a growing risk in Hawaii

An aerial image taken on August 10th, 2023, shows destroyed homes and buildings on the waterfront burned to the ground in Lahaina in the aftermath of wildfires in western Maui, Hawaii. | Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP via Getty Images Maui faces a long road to recovery from the devastating blazes this week

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X lowers eligibility threshold for ads revenue sharing from 15M to 5M impressions within the past 3 months; Musk says only views from “verified handles” count (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)

Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch: X lowers eligibility threshold for ads revenue sharing from 15M to 5M impressions within the past 3 months; Musk says only views from “verified handles” count  —  Elon Musk-owned social network X, formerly Twitter, said late Thursday that it is lowering requirements for its creator payout program.

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Biden’s Chinese tech EO leaves US VCs and private equity firms trying to work out the impact on their holdings and weighing up strategies to comply or exit (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Biden’s Chinese tech EO leaves US VCs and private equity firms trying to work out the impact on their holdings and weighing up strategies to comply or exit  —  Private equity and venture capital funds targeted in Biden administration’s crackdown  —  After President Joe Biden announced a ban …

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DCG and Barry Silbert file a motion to dismiss Gemini’s fraud lawsuit, claiming Gemini fails to properly claim fraud and engages in “character assassination” (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg: DCG and Barry Silbert file a motion to dismiss Gemini’s fraud lawsuit, claiming Gemini fails to properly claim fraud and engages in “character assassination”  —  – Gemini filed its lawsuit against DCG, Silbert in July  — Dispute centers on trapped customer funds at bankrupt DCG unit

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Google Slides is getting native support for annotations

Circling! Underlining! And more! | Image: Google Google is adding a new annotation feature to its Slides presentation software that’ll let users doodle on their work while presenting it. The search giant hopes that having the ability to “circle, underline, draw connections or make quick notes” will make for presentations that are “more engaging, interactive

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Sources: the US Cyber Safety Review Board, created by Biden, plans to investigate cloud computing risks, including Microsoft’s recent government email breach (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: the US Cyber Safety Review Board, created by Biden, plans to investigate cloud computing risks, including Microsoft’s recent government email breach  —  – Cyber Safety Review Board to examine risks in cloud computing  — Senator Wyden had called for investigations of Microsoft

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