Dublin-based Wayflyer, which offers e-commerce funding in exchange for future revenue, raised $1B from Neuberger Berman via an “off-balance sheet program” — Wayflyer, which provides financing to e-commerce startups in exchange for a portion of their future revenue …
The EU lists the 22 services falling under the Digital Markets Act, including TikTok and Facebook, and will assess if Microsoft's services and iMessage qualify — - Tech firms set to challenge EU in digital antitrust clampdown — Apple's App Store, Google Search, Amazon marketplace on list
The UK says a bug caused its air traffic system to confuse two checkpoints 4,000 nautical miles apart, leading to a huge outage, and plans to review the issue — - Checkpoints 4,000 miles apart had duplicate identifiers — System update in the works, NATS says after day of disruption
Filing: SoftBank prices Arm's shares at $47 and $51, aiming to raise up to $4.87B by selling 95.5M shares, for a $52B+ valuation and the biggest US IPO of 2023 — SoftBank Group's (9984.T) Arm is aiming to raise up to $4.87 billion in the chip designer's U.S. initial public offering, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday.
Israeli payments company ThetaRay, which uses AI to monitor financial transactions, raised $57M led by Portage, taking its total funding to $148M — The investment will allow ThetaRay to capitalize on significant market demand as banks and fintech companies look to replace legacy tools …
Indian telecoms giants Jio, Airtel, and Vodafone-Idea ask regulators to consider forcing internet companies to pay for network usage, echoing efforts globally — Telecom operators in India, the second largest wireless market, would like internet companies to compensate for using their networks …
Sources: China plans to launch a new state-backed fund that aims to raise ~$41B for its chip sector, larger than the ~$19B and ~$27B funds from 2014 and 2019 — China is set to launch a new state-backed investment fund that aims to raise about $40 billion for its semiconductor sector …
How startups offering AI-powered cameras, tree-mounted sensors, water-dumping drones, satellite data, and more are helping prevent, detect, and fight wildfires — We can already detect fires from space, soon after they start. Here's why we don't yet have a nationwide system for alerting us when they do—but could someday.
After ADL's CEO noted talking to X CEO Yaccarino last week, anti-Semitic X posts surged and #BanTheADL trended as Elon Musk replied to and liked far-right posts — Anti-Semitic rhetoric has been especially rampant on the platform over the past 24 hours. — Over the past 24 hours …
A look at the endless battle being waged by a group of internet sleuths, trans engineers, and activists to banish stalking forum Kiwi Farms from the internet — The anonymous forum, known as Kiwi Farms, keeps popping back online despite a relentless campaign by transgender activists and a former insider
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