Rotterdam-based chip gear maker Nearfield raised a €135M Series C led by Walden Catalyst Management and Temasek, and “is on track to become a unicorn by 2026” — Dutch chip-machine maker Nearfield Instruments BV raised €135 million ($148 million) from investors including …
Israel-based CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease models, raised $80M from Nvidia, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, and OurCrowd, and plans a Massachusetts office — Israel's CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease models, said on Wednesday it had raised $80 million in a private funding round.
Human Interest, a 401(k) provider for SMBs that aims to cut down on administration and compliance work, raised $267M in equity and debt at a $1.33B valuation — Human Interest helps small companies set up 401(k) services. — LEARN MORE — Financial technology startup Human Interest Inc …
Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold6's AI-generated “sketch to image” tool: turns rough sketches into images, ridiculous, fun, and slightly worrying — The pirate ship in Elliott Bay was one thing, but it was a little blurry bee that sent me over the edge.
Apple device management platform Kandji raised $50M equity and $50M debt from General Catalyst, after raising $100M in 2021, taking its total funding to $288M+ — At a time when many startups have struggled to raise money and keep their heads above water, Kandji, an Apple device management platform, has been an exception.
London-based Huma Therapeutics, which uses AI to help developers make health apps, raised an $80M Series D at a near-$1B valuation, for $300M in total funding — The Series D financing for the London-headquartered firm includes investments by drug makers AstraZeneca Plc and Bayer AG …
Source: Apple's India revenue rose 33% YoY to almost $8B between March 2023 and March 2024, and up from $4.1B in March 2022; pricey iPhones were 50%+ of sales — - Sales jump shows Apple is succeeding in winning users in India — Apple wants to challenge Android's dominance in the country
IDC and Counterpoint say the global smartphone market grew 6.5% and 6%, respectively, in Q2 2024, helped by China's 618 event discounts; iPhone sales stabilized — - Apple's iPhone sales stabilized after a tough first quarter — Key China market accelerated its growth in the summer
AT&T appears to have paid a member of ShinyHunters $370K+ to delete call records stolen from AT&T's Snowflake account that exposed “nearly all” of its customers — A security researcher who assisted with the deal says he believes the only copy of the complete dataset …
Sources: Alphabet is in advanced talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz for roughly $23B, which would be its largest acquisition ever — Deal would be tech giant's largest acquisition ever.
Tech leaders, including Jeff Bezos, Tim Cook, Elon Musk, Satya Nadella, and Mark Zuckerberg condemn the shooting at a Trump rally on July 13 — - Shots were fired at a Trump rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, killing at least two people. — Tech CEOs and billionaires are condemning the shooting …
In their first-ever interview, Shiba Inu leaders Shytoshi Kusama and Kaal Dhairya discuss remaining anonymous, Elon Musk, SHIB's origins, future plans, and more — The meme coin leaders have created the world's largest decentralised community but, somehow, they have remained completely anonymous.
Threads needs to foster community builders rather than get celebrity creators from platforms like Instagram, who tend not to do well on a microblogging platform — It's been just over a year since Meta launched Threads, a microblogging platform built upon Instagram's foundation.
A look at MetaFilter, which turns 25 on July 14; owner Jessamyn West, who helped stabilize it after near death, doesn't plan to license its archives to AI — After a quarter century the community-driven site hasn't changed much. And don't ask it to license its archive to AI.
Ahead of a key UK Amazon workers' union vote, a look at Amazon's efforts to prevent employees from organizing, after fending off most of the similar US attempts — Campaign is part of tech giant's long-running global battle to prevent employees from organising
Keach Hagey / Wall Street Journal : A look at the decadelong feud between Sam Altman and Dario Amodei; sources say Amodei likened Altman...
