Show notes
Here are the notes and links for this week’s episode:
Apple and Ireland mark victory on €13 billion tax bill appeal
- Commission loses out in Apple-Ireland tax battle, announces tax abuse clampdown (Euractiv)
- Apple has €13bn Irish tax bill overturned (BBC News)
- Apple just won a mammoth victory over Europe’s ‘tax lady.’ But the fight is far from over (Fortune)
Privacy Shield: invalidated
- US-EU Privacy Shield data sharing agreement struck down by court (Ars Technica)
- The background to EU citizens’ court win over US tech giants (The Guardian)
- Court of Justice of the European Union invalidates EU-U.S. Privacy Shield, while standard contractual clauses survive (for now) (Lexology)
UiPath raises $225 million at ‘decacorn’ valuation
- UiPath raises $225 million to automate repetitive back-office tasks (Venturebeat)
- UiPath’s $225M Round: What Does This Mean For RPA (Robotic Process Automation)? (Forbes)
- $10 Billion Robotic Software Firm UiPath Eyes 2021 U.S. IPO (Bloomberg)
Alibaba wants to buy Glovo
- El gigante chino Alibaba negocia la compra de Glovo (Crónica Global)
UK to bar Huawei from 5G networks after US pressure
- U.K. Bars Huawei for 5G as Tech Battle Between China and the West Escalates (The New York Times)
- UK to phase out Huawei gear from 5G networks in a major policy U-turn after U.S. sanctions (CNBC)
- Pressure from Trump led to 5G ban, Britain tells Huawei (The Guardian)
Teamviewer buys Ubimax
- Teamviewer buy augmented reality firm Ubimax (Reuters)
- Teamviewer acquires industrial AR solutions company Ubimax to strengthen its AR, IoT business (The Tech Portal)
Oscar Werner, CEO of Sinch