Barcelona: A New Hub for Cybersecurity and Spyware Companies

Break out your 2025 headline bingo cards. Did you have Elon Musk maybe buying TikTok on there? You’re a better bingo player than I am. Is the EU going to back off Tech in the Trump era? More layoffs come to Meta. The big streaming sports play that isn’t gonna happen now. And why is Barcelona a hub for spyware companies?

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Links:

• China Weighs Sale of TikTok US to Musk as a Possible Option (Bloomberg)
• EU reassesses tech probes into Apple, Google and Meta (Financial Times)
• Meta to Cut Roughly 5% of Staff, Targeting Lowest Performers (Bloomberg)
• Databricks Inks $5 Billion of Private Credit, Bank Funding (Bloomberg)
• Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery and Fox Pull the Plug on Venu Sports Streaming Venture (THR)
• Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery call off plans to launch Venu sports streaming service (CNBC)
• How Barcelona became an unlikely hub for spyware startups (TechCrunch)

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