Fri. 12/03 – Acquisition Deathwatch: Nvidia/Arm

Another tech deal goes on a deathwatch, but this time it’s Nvidia and Arm, and this time I think it’s for real. Google is probably working on its own smartwatch. Didi is the first Chinese stock to delist in the west. Instagram is ENCOURAGING you to create a Finsta. And, of course, the Weekend Longreads Suggestions.

Sponsors:

• MasterWorks.io/ride

Links:

• FTC Challenges Nvidia’s Deal for Arm Holdings (WSJ)
• EXCLUSIVE: Google readies 'Pixel Watch' for 2022 launch as it renews ambitions in wearable tech (Insider)
• Didi bows to China regulatory pressure, will delist from NYSE (Reuters)
• Why Instagram Asks Users to Create Second Accounts (WSJ)

Weekend Longreads Suggestions:

• Can a Digital Reality Be Jacked Directly Into Your Brain? (Wired)
• Metaverse Real Estate Piles Up Record Sales in Sandbox and Other Virtual Realms (WSJ)
• World's first living robots can now reproduce, scientists say (CNN)
• Planetary scientists are starting to get stirred up by Starship’s potential (ArsTechnica)
• ‘Oregon Trail’ at 50: How Three Teachers Created the Computer Game That Inspired — and Diverted — Generations of Students (the74million.org)
• Why the Beatles’ ‘Get Back’ May Stand as the Best Rock Doc Ever (Column) (Variety)