Here s what s going on in tech.
Pfizer buying S.F.-based cancer drug maker Medivation for about $14 billion.
Japanese chip maker Renesas is in talks to buy Milpitas-based Intersil for about $3 billion. (WSJ)
Presidential campaign donations from tech industry through June: Hillary Clinton, $30.7 million. Donald Trump, $336,000. (WSJ) Clinton is set to do some fundraising in Silicon Valley this week, including at a Thursday reception hosted by Apple CEO Tim Cook.
Facebook stock could climb 20 percent in the next year because of ad growth, Barron s said Sunday.
Apple confirms it bought Gliimpse, a Redwood City startup that collects and organizes people s medical data, earlier this year.
Bay Area tech companies lower-cost outposts include Arizona. (NYT, which has a graphic showing where else tech jobs are going outside of Silicon Valley.)
ICYMI: Lyft reportedly tried to sell itself to Apple, Google, GM and others. (NYT)
Kobe Bryant to unveil $100 million VC fund to invest in tech, media and data companies.
Windows 10 update is reportedly stopping many popular webcams from working.
Rand Corporation study: Chicago s predictive-policing technology, which was supposed to identify those at risk of being a victim of gun crime, instead increased the risk of those people being arrested. The cops say the software has since been improved.
Photo: Lyft s signature mustache (Courtesy of Lyft)
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