Worth Noting: Round-up of highlights from the week’s news IoT gains help Intel cruise to strong financial finish for 2021 Intel has beaten its own guidance by $1.3bn to post fourth quarter GAAP revenue of $20.5bn, up 3% year-on-year. Full-year GAAP revenue was $79.0bn, up 1% year-on-year and the highest in the company’s history, buoyed by a strong performance from the company’s Internet of Things Group (IoTG), which reported $1.1bn in sales, up 36%. Non-GAAP revenues were very similar, but can differ markedly for some companies. All US companies are required to report using stringent GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) rules, but some asset managers believe that alternative non-GAAP figures represent a company’s financial performance more accurately, for various reasons.…