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No sign of a Recession from the 2021 IPO Hurry

Here is the internet edition of Data Sheet, a daily newsletter about the company of technology. Subscribe to receive it sent directly to your inbox.  This season ’s Brainstorm Tech convention is, of course, being held practically. While this eliminates some of the interesting elements (wait another year, bicycle journey to Maroon Bells), it places the […]

Activist hedge fund advises Intel to outsource CPU manufacturing

(credit: Andrew Cunningham) Activist hedge fund Third Point has taken a stake of nearly $1 billion in Intel and called on the chipmaker to consider shedding its manufacturing operations, throwing a core part of its strategy into question. The firm with $15 billion in assets run by Daniel Loeb made a number of demands in […]

Facebook to end “Trump exemption” for politicians’ posts

Enlarge (credit: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Facebook has given politicians extreme leeway with what they can post, essentially treating them as a special class of user. Now, that policy will reportedly change, perhaps as early as today. The impetus for the change seems to be a looming deadline that Facebook’s Oversight Board gave the company […]