Wed. 01/13 – The Visa/Plaid Merger Is Called Off

The Visa/Plaid merger is called off, and I’ll tell you why I think this is a sign of the current situation for tech. More tectonic shifts in the chip industry including Qualcomm acquiring a startup and Intel losing its CEO. More smoke around the fire story of an Apple Car. And Facebook has noticed you downloaded Signal.

Sponsors:

• Netgear.com/bestwifi
• Metalab.co

Links:

• Visa Abandons Planned Acquisition of Plaid After DOJ Challenge (WSJ)
• Qualcomm eyes challenge to Apple, Intel with $1.4 billion deal for chip startup (Reuters)
• Intel CEO Bob Swan to step down, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger to replace him (CNBC)
• AMD CEO Dr. Lisa Su: Interview on 2021 Demand, Supply, Tariffs, Xilinix and EPYC (AnandTech)
• Every Deleted Parler Post, Many With Users' Location Data, Has Been Archived (Gizmodo)
• Parler Users Breached Deep Inside U.S. Capitol Building, GPS Data Shows (Gizmodo)
• Exclusive: Apple held talks with EV startup Canoo in 2020 (The Verge)
• WhatsApp clarifies it’s not giving all your data to Facebook after surge in Signal and Telegram users (The Verge)