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Sources: data analytics service Databricks is in talks to raise a private funding round, potentially valuing it at ~$27B; Databricks was valued at $6.2B in 2019(Eric Newcomer/Newcomer)
Sources: data analytics service Databricks is in talks to raise a private funding round, potentially valuing it at ~$27B; Databricks was valued at $6.2B in 2019 — The Andreessen Horowitz and NEA-backed company is raising a private round. — Databricks — a data and AI platform … Source
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Dealogic: Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet announced more acquisitions in 2021 than in any other year in the past decade (CNBC)
Dealogic: Microsoft, Amazon, and Alphabet announced more acquisitions in 2021 than in any other year in the past decade _ In the seven months since Lina Khan took over as chair of the Federal Trade Commission… Source
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SEC filing: Inflection AI, a human-computer interface startup headed by LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman and DeepMind’s Mustafa Suleyman, raises $225M (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
SEC filing: Inflection AI, a human-computer interface startup headed by LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman and DeepMind’s Mustafa Suleyman, raises $225M — Inflection AI, the machine learning startup headed by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman and founding DeepMind member Mustafa Suleyman … Source
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In December, accounting firm Prager Metis International purchased a ~$35K property in Decentraland and PwC’s Hong Kong unit bought property in Sandbox(Mark Maurer/Wall Street Journal)
In December, accounting firm Prager Metis International purchased a ~$35K property in Decentraland and PwC’s Hong Kong unit bought property in Sandbox _ PricewaterhouseCoopers and Prager Metis made acquisitions last month to begin operating in the metaverse… Source
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Layoffs.fyi data: 60 tech companies cut 16,000+ jobs in May 2022; Microsoft, Nvidia, Lyft, Snap, Uber, Coinbase, Salesforce, Meta, and Twitter slowed hiring(Michelle Ma/Protocol)
Layoffs.fyi data: 60 tech companies cut 16,000+ jobs in May 2022; Microsoft, Nvidia, Lyft, Snap, Uber, Coinbase, Salesforce, Meta, and Twitter slowed hiring — What goes up must come down. — High-flying startups with record valuations, huge hiring goals and ambitious expansion plans … Source
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Opera launches its Crypto Browser for iOS, featuring a built-in crypto wallet supporting Ethereum, Polygon, and Celo, crypto exchange access, dApps, and more(Aliya Chaudhry/TechCrunch)
Opera launches its Crypto Browser for iOS, featuring a built-in crypto wallet supporting Ethereum, Polygon, and Celo, crypto exchange access, dApps, and more — Opera has launched the iOS version of their Crypto Browser, designed for accessing web3, with a non-custodial crypto wallet built-in… Source
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Q&A with Apple VP Tim Twerdahl, who says the new Siri Remote doesn’t need AirTag’s UWB tech because it is too thick to get lost in couch cushions(Patrick O’Rourke/MobileSyrup)
Q&A with Apple VP Tim Twerdahl, who says the new Siri Remote doesn’t need AirTag’s UWB tech because it is too thick to get lost in couch cushions — The new Apple TV features an entirely revamped Siri Remote, the A12 Bionic chip and 60Hz Dolby Vision — Ahead of the A pple TV 4K … Source
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Eighteen Democratic lawmakers ask the Treasury and State Departments for Magnitsky rights abuse sanctions on four spyware firms, including NSO and DarkMatter(Reuters)
Eighteen Democratic lawmakers ask the Treasury and State Departments for Magnitsky rights abuse sanctions on four spyware firms, including NSO and DarkMatter — A group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group and three … Source
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AAA tests find active driving assist in a Hyundai Santa Fe, a Subaru Forester, and a Tesla Model 3 often fails to prevent hitting cyclists and oncoming cars(Brandon Vigliarolo/The Register)
AAA tests find active driving assist in a Hyundai Santa Fe, a Subaru Forester, and a Tesla Model 3 often fails to prevent hitting cyclists and oncoming cars _ Autonomous cars may be further away than believed. Testing of three leading systems found they hit a third of cyclists, and failed to avoid any oncoming cars… Source
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Crypto exchange BitMart says it was hacked, resulting in the loss of ~$150M in crypto after its Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain hot wallets were breached(Tim Copeland/The Block)
Crypto exchange BitMart says it was hacked, resulting in the loss of ~$150M in crypto after its Ethereum and Binance Smart Chain hot wallets were breached — Crypto exchange BitMart said late Saturday that it has suffered a hack, resulting in the loss of $150 million worth of crypto… Source
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