Yahoo! Finance: Company NewsApple: Foxconn manufacturers urge Chinese officials to ease COVID policies – Amid supply chain difficulties stemming from Chinas zero-COVID policy, Foxconns founder reportedly urged Chinese leaders... Read more »

ETFdb.comWIth RYT and EWRE, Add Balanced Exposure to Tech and Real Estate – The technology and real estate sectors are rallying on Thursday, each posting 1% gains in midday... Read more »

TIME – BusinessFTC Sues to Block Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Deal – The Federal Trade Commission said Thursday it is suing to block Microsofts planned $69 billion takeover of video game... Read more »

Scott Nover / QuartzMicrosofts Activision deal put it back in the USs antitrust crosshairs – Microsoft, once synonymous with large antitrust cases, has mostly flown under the radar for... Read more »

Joshua Hawkins / Boy Genius ReportApple TV+ offers 2-month free trial ahead of Emancipation premiere – Will Smith has been at the center of a bit of controversy this... Read more »

Joshua Bote / SFGate: Biz & TechSan Francisco tech ‘decacorn’ Plaid lays off a fifth of staff – Plaid was valued at over $13 billion last April. … Read more »

Yahoo! Finance: Company NewsElon Musk and Twitter may not be done taking it to Apple – Twitter owner Elon Musk suggested last week that he made nice with Apple... Read more »

Network WorldIntel Xeons to offer on-demand special functionality – Intel has a new program called Intel On Demand that will allow customers of its new Xeon Scalable Processors to... Read more »

jhart@insider.com (Jordan Hart) / Insider: TechAmazon is introducing a new TikTok-like feature that allows users to shop as you scroll from a soc – Amazon joins companies like Meta... Read more »