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How Working From Home Could Change Where Innovation Happens. For decades, ‘superstar cities’ have been attracting talent and money. But thanks to remote work, their status is likely to change in unexpected ways, bringing tech expertise to places that have long tried to attract it. (Christopher Mims via Wall Street Journal)
Blacklisted Chinese tech giant Huawei paid Tony Podesta $500,000 to lobby the White House. Huawei, the Chinese tech giant that is on a U.S. trade blacklist, paid veteran Democratic lobbyist and donor Tony Podesta $500,000 to lobby the White House during the July-September quarter. The disclosure comes as the Biden administration is… (Brian Schwartz via CNBC)
What the Loss of Freedom Feels Like. In three distinct and different places, a similar sense of loss—of liberal values, of hope—is overwhelming. (Kim Ghattas via The Atlantic)
The Hidden Ways the Ultrarich Pass Wealth to Their Heirs Tax-Free. An inside look at how Nike founder Phil Knight is giving a fortune to his family while avoiding billions in U.S. taxes. (Anders Melin, Devon Pendleton, Ben Steverman via Bloomberg)
Twitter acquires group chat app Sphere. Twitter has acquired London-based Sphere, which operates an eponymous chat app for groups, the startup said on Wednesday. Sphere — founded by Nick D'Aloisio, who previously founded news summary app Summly. (Manish Singh via TechCrunch)
Ransomware Gang Masquerades as Real Company to Recruit Tech Talent. A criminal organization believed to have built the software that shut down a U.S. fuel pipeline has set up a fake company to recruit potential employees, according to researchers at the intelligence firm Recorded Future and Microsoft Corp. (Robert McMillan via Wall Street Journal)
Fox News Host's Pro-COVID-Vaccine Message Gets Almost No Airtime on Fox News. As prime-time talkers like Tucker Carlson keep pumping out anti-vax programming, the conservative network—and sibling Fox Business—only briefly covered Neil Cavuto’s COVID-19 diagnosis, though not his advice to “get vaccinated.” (Caleb Ecarma via Vanity Fair)
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