New plans to stop tech giants from buying smaller rivals threaten future innovations

Jul26
by on July 26, 2022 at 3:11 pm
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One way to eliminate the competition in business is simply to buy them out and shut them down. And that means less choice for consumers and sometimes the loss of innovative and, in the case of the pharmaceutical industry, even life-saving products. But such so-called killer acquisitions are likely to face greater scrutiny in the US and EU following a recent expansion of competition regulators’ powers. A July 2022 decision by the European Court of Justice has expanded the European Commission’s ability to investigate a wider range of mergers and acquisitions (M&A). And last year, the US Federal Trade Commission…

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Netflix losses: The streaming giant’s biggest threat is competitors are catching up

Jul25
by on July 25, 2022 at 4:17 pm
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Netflix is having a miserable year. The streaming giant shed 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022 — its first loss in more than a decade — and dropped around 1 million more in quarter two. The company’s woes have sparked concerns that video streaming is dying, but research suggests that there’s plenty of life left in the sector. A May study by Hub Entertainment Research estimated that 89% of US consumers subscribed to one in streaming service in 2022 — an 11% increase on the previous year. “Netflix’s subscriber loss in Q1 of 2022, and its anticipated losses…

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Research: Depression is probably not caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain

Jul24
by on July 24, 2022 at 3:03 pm
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For three decades, people have been deluged with information suggesting that depression is caused by a “chemical imbalance” in the brain – namely an imbalance of a brain chemical called serotonin. However, our latest research review shows that the evidence does not support it. Although first proposed in the 1960s, the serotonin theory of depression started to be widely promoted by the pharmaceutical industry in the 1990s in association with its efforts to market a new range of antidepressants, known as selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors or SSRIs. The idea was also endorsed by official institutions such as the American Psychiatric Association,…

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How I dealt with imposter syndrome as a newbie developer

Jul23
by on July 23, 2022 at 2:31 pm
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This article was originally published on .cult by Syk Houdeib. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. The worst thing about the imposter syndrome is that it manages to convince you it’s real, even when you know it’s not. Here’s how imposter syndrome affected me in my first month as a developer. I want to share this with juniors in the same situation, as well as seniors who have to work with them. But it’s also for people…

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