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The most recent articles from a list of feeds I subscribe to.

Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to provide technical support to the US military, after a ProPublica report raised security concerns (Stephen Nellis/Reuters)

Stephen Nellis / Reuters:
Microsoft says it will no longer use China-based engineers to provide technical support to the US military, after a ProPublica report raised security concerns  —  Microsoft (MSFT.O) on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military …

Billionaire Jackass Bill Ackman Bought His Way Into Playing in a Legit Professional Tennis Tournament and, Shockingly, He Embarrassed Himself and Everyone Involved With Letting Him Play

Real athletes get 30 For 30 documentaries; fake athletes get fake ones. Not sure which are more enjoyable.

Sources: Prosus offered to cut its 27% Delivery Hero stake to below 10% and give up its board seat to address EU concerns over its €4.1B Just Eat Takeaway deal (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters:
Sources: Prosus offered to cut its 27% Delivery Hero stake to below 10% and give up its board seat to address EU concerns over its €4.1B Just Eat Takeaway deal  —  Prosus has offered to slash its Delivery Hero (DHER.DE) stake to below 10% and give up its board seat to address EU concerns …

Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish files for an IPO, plans to trade on the NYSE, and reports a net loss of ~$349M on digital asset sales of $80M in Q1 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
Peter Thiel-backed crypto exchange Bullish files for an IPO, plans to trade on the NYSE, and reports a net loss of ~$349M on digital asset sales of $80M in Q1  —  Bullish, a digital-asset exchange operator whose backers have included billionaire Peter Thiel, filed for an initial public offering …

★ Curse Not the King

Why CBS’s cancellation of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” stinks to high hell.