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We get it. Turning on two-factor authentication for your online accounts can be a pain. But like going to the dentist, it’s just something you have to do.On Tuesday, someone broke into the Securities and Exchange Commission’s official X account and tweeted that spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds had been approved, sending the price of the cryptocurrency briefly higher. The official-looking announcement was a hack, an SEC spokeswoman said; the agency did officially approve the ETFs on Wednesday. Copyright ©2024Dow Jones…

Intel agreed to buy Silicon Mobility SAS, a fabless silicon and software company that develops system-on-chips for intelligent electric vehicle energy management.The purchase is one of the plans Intel announced at CES to bring its “AI everywhere strategy into the automotive market.”Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Intel agreed to buy Silicon Mobility SAS, a fabless silicon and software company that develops system-on-chips for intelligent electric…

Updated Jan. 10, 2024 1:29 am ETFrasers Property’s majority owners could sell the company or some of its assets as part of a strategic review, people familiar with the situation said.One of the people said the review is in its initial stages and there is no assurance of any outcome.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Updated Jan. 10, 2024 1:29 am ETFrasers Property’s majority owners could sell the company or some of its assets as part of a strategic…

Listen to article(2 minutes)Move over GMOs and high-fructose corn syrup. There is a new phrase making the food industry pucker: ultra-processed foods.A battle is brewing over the latest term for many packaged food products that manufacturers fear could infiltrate U.S. food policy and scare off consumers.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Listen to article(2 minutes)Move over GMOs and high-fructose corn syrup. There is a new phrase making the food industry…

Updated Jan. 10, 2024 2:01 pm ETThe National Football League lost several of its biggest stars to injuries during the just-completed regular season, including the quarterbacks of the New York Jets, Minnesota Vikings and Cincinnati Bengals. But a new NFL star emerged: superfan Taylor Swift.Swift’s attendance at several Kansas City Chiefs games to support boyfriend and star tight end Travis Kelcecreated something of a frenzy both for her fan base and the TV networks, who seemingly couldn’t get enough shots of the singer…

Aaron Rodgers won’t appear on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” for the rest of the National Football League season, a move that comes after the star quarterback engulfed the show and the network in a weeklong controversy.“Aaron Rodgers Tuesday season four is done,” McAfee said during Wednesday’s show. “There are going to be a lot of people that are happy with that, myself included, to be honest with you. The way it ended, it got real loud.”Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.…

Updated Jan. 11, 2024 4:34 am ETThomson Reuters is launching a $626 million cash bid for Pagero Group, beating a rival offer made by Vertex for the Swedish e-invoicing provider last month.Thomson Reuters said Thursday that it will begin a public tender offer to acquire all of Pagero’s shares on Friday. It intends to pay 40 Swedish krona a share, valuing the Gothenburg-based company at SEK6.4 billion ($626.0 million).Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8…

Updated Jan. 11, 2024 6:14 am ETAmazon.com missed a Wednesday deadline to offer remedies to the European Union over its $1.7 billion acquisition of Roomba maker iRobot, after the bloc had raised concerns that the deal could stifle competition in the robot vacuum cleaner market.The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, made its concerns known in November after conducting an in-depth investigation into the deal that was outlined in August 2022. The bloc sent Amazon a so-called statement of objections—a formal step to…

Chesapeake Energy and Southwestern Energy have agreed to merge in an all stock-transaction valued at $7.4 billion that is aimed at creating a premier natural gas company.The companies on Thursday said the value is based on Chesapeake’s closing price as of Wednesday.Copyright ©2024 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8 Chesapeake Energy and Southwestern Energyhave agreed to merge in an all stock-transaction valued at $7.4 billion that is aimed at creating a premier natural…

Days after “Cyberpunk 2077” made its debut in December 2020, the much-hyped videogame was so buggy that Sony Group pulled it from its PlayStation store and players plastered social media with complaints of glitches. The misfire surprised gamers partly because “Cyberpunk 2077,” featuring actor Keanu Reeves, was one of the most expensive games ever released. Last month, it capped an improbable comeback by winning best ongoing game at one of the industry’s biggest awards shows.Copyright ©2024Dow Jones & Company, Inc.…