Insurtech firm Counterpart raises $10M led by Valor Equity Partners with
Google hires veteran chip design expert Uri Frank; Frank will serve
UK-based online pensions provider PensionBee announces it will list on the
Fintech startup Afriex (YC S20) raises $1.2M seed led by Launch
ID authentication service Jumio raises $150M from Great Hill Partners; Jumio
Open source software advocate Richard Stallman rejoins the board of the
Facebook says it removed 1.3B fake accounts between October and December
Microsoft says it will begin inviting more of its staff back
Encrypted messaging platform Telegram raises $150M from Mubadala and Abu Dhabi
Investment firm ARK Invest predicts Tesla’s share price will more than
Baidu raises ~$3.1B as it debuts on the Hong Kong stock
Microsoft rebrands its Xbox Live offering as Xbox network; Microsoft says
Healthtech firm Ro (aka Roman Health Ventures) raises $500M led by
Peloton has acquired three tech firms over recent months, reports Bloomberg;
China-based carmaker Geely confirms it’s establishing an EV unit called Zeekr;
A study by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab finds TikTok
AR games company Niantic announces a partnership with Nintendo; financial terms
Apple VP of Worldwide Developer Relations Ron Okamoto reportedly has retired;
JD.com to take majority stake in on-demand delivery company Dada with
Online learning platform Coursera targets a $4B-plus valuation for IPO; the
Discord is in talks for a sale that could value the
The National Labor Review Board (NLRB) finds Amazon illegally interrogated and
Real estate company Side raises $150M Series D at a $1B
Twitter's first tweet, authored by Jack Dorsey, draws $2.9M in NFT
President Biden to nominate legal and tech antitrust scholar Lina Khan
YouTube is expanding its product detection test to all US viewers;
Box ($3.78B market cap) is exploring a sale under pressure from
CA judge certifies class-action suit over Apple's butterfly keyboards; applies to
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Tokyo-based semiconductor manufacturer Renesas, a leader in auto chip production, suffers
Epic Games is raising $1B at a $28B valuation, Sky News
South Korea's Yanolja, which provides property management software and a consumer
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