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Darktrace Agrees to Thoma Bravo Sale for $5.32 Billion

<-rte-company state="{"_id":"0000018f-197e-d583-afbf-dbfe6ac60000","_type":"00000160-4b23-d8bd-adfd-4b3348fd0000"}">Darktrace Plc, the UK-based cybersecurity company, said it agreed to sell itself to private equity firm Thoma Bravo for an equity value of about $5.32 billion.

Amazon’s Bezos, Jassy Deleted Chats Amid FTC Antitrust Probe

Top Amazon.com Inc. executives including founder Jeff Bezos and Chief Executive Officer <-bsp-person state="{"_id":"0000018f-1830-d583-afbf-dafc3fc90003","_type":"00000160-6f41-dae1-adf0-6ff519590003"}">Andy Jassy destroyed text messages discussing business, the Federal Trade Commission alleged, erasing evidence the agency could have used in its antitrust case against the retail giant.

China Prepares UN Resolution on AI Altruism Amid US Rivalry

China is preparing a United Nations General Assembly resolution that it says is intended to help close gaps between rich and developing countries in the advance of artificial intelligence, an initiative that follows an extensive and ambitious campaign by the US, its biggest AI competitor.

DirecTV Argues it was Duped into Agreement with Nexstar

Executives at Nexstar Media Group genuinely believed they could convince an NBC affiliate to renew its contract, a company lawyer told New York state judges Thursday, and didn’t purposely mislead DirecTV LLC in order to get the company to agree to a multiyear broadcast agreement.

Crypto Firm Sues SEC to Fend Off Oversight of Ethereum

Crypto software firm <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/1994287D%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-174b-d583-afbf-d7df5f850000","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">Consensys sued the <-bsp-bb-link state="{"bbHref":"bbg://securities/13165Z%20US%20Equity","_id":"0000018f-174b-d583-afbf-d7df5f850001","_type":"0000016b-944a-dc2b-ab6b-d57ba1cc0000"}">US Securities and Exchange Commission in an effort to fend off regulation of the Ethereum blockchain and push back against what it called the agency’s “campaign to seize control over the future of cryptocurrency.”

Top Democrat on House China Panel Says TikTok Lobbying Backfired

Illinois Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the top Democrat on the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, says TikTok’s lobbying efforts backfired, and he hopes ByteDance can sell the company to allow the platform to continue under new management.

Telehealth Is Booming During Covid. Is it Here to Stay?

Millions of Americans have taken advantage of telehealth during the coronavirus pandemic, so why has it taken so long for widespread adoption?

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