Mon. 05/13 – The Solar Storm Is Real (Ask Farmers)

Well, looks like my worries about solar weather being a threat to technology wasn’t just in my head. Ask farmers. Squarespace to go private. Raspberry Pi to go public? Waymo is setting some impressive records. And the new type of deal Apple and the other streamers want to offer Hollywood.

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Links:

• Solar Storm Knocks Out Farmers' Tractor GPS Systems During Peak Planting Season (404Media)
• Website-design firm Squarespace to go private in $6.9 billion deal with Permira (Reuters)
• British tech firm Raspberry Pi lines up £500m float (The Times)
• Microsoft set to face EU competition charges over Teams software (Financial Times)
• Google’s Waymo Crosses 50,000 Paid Driverless Rides Per Week (The Information)
• Apple Nears Deal With OpenAI to Put ChatGPT on iPhone (Bloomberg)
• Apple, Netflix Amazon Want to Change How They Pay Hollywood Stars (Bloomberg)

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