☠️ Biden proposes billions for cybersecurity after wave of attacks
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Biden proposes billions for cybersecurity after wave of attacks. President Joe Biden’s infrastructure proposal includes billions of dollars tied to improving cybersecurity, an area of intensified interest after the ransomware attack on the Colonial Pipeline Co. sent U.S. gasoline prices soaring last week. (Jennifer Epstein via Bloomberg)
Walmart sales rise at slower rate as pandemic wanes. Walmart Inc.’s sales continued to rise during the spring quarter though at a slower pace than earlier in the Covid-19 outbreak, as some consumers returned to more typical shopping patterns as the pandemic wanes. (Sarah Nassauer via Wall Street Journal)
How Google’s $150 billion advertising business works. Alphabet’s market capitalization of over $1.5 trillion makes it one of the most valuable publicly traded companies in the world, trailing only Apple, Microsoft and Amazon. (Megan Graham via CNBC)
Apple’s redesigned MacBook Pros with next-gen in-house chips could arrive early this summer. The performance of Apple’s M1 chips exceeded our expectations and made the 2020 MacBook Air the most impressive laptop we’ve used in years (it’s also done wonders for the redesigned iMac). (James Vincent via The Verge)
The Rules Even Elon Musk Can't Break. Tesla had hit its stride in November 2019 when Elon Musk announced a massive electric car plant in Germany, the heart of European auto-manufacturing. His Silicon Valley company was riding a booming share price fueled by the start of a string of quarterly profits and, more importantly, its Shanghai Gigafactory was coming together at an astonishing pace: It was about to begin making Model 3s just 11 months after the groundbreaking. (Alan Ohnsman via Forbes)
Americans are booking working ‘vacci-cations’ before office life resumes. After more than a year of working full-time from inside her San Bruno, Calif., home, her husband and oldest child almost always nearby, Victoria Gryn needs a change of scenery. (Heather Kelly via Washington Post)
Fox Launching NFT Company to Sell Digital Collectibles of Dan Harmon's New Show. Fox is jumping into the world of digital goods by launching a new company that will oversee a marketplace for NFTs, according to a report from the Hollywood Reporter. (Matt Novak via Gizmodo)
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