Thursday, July 18, 2024

CCData: crypto coin listings on higher-volume exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are cumulatively up 11.6% to 2,066 in H1 2024, surpassing all of 2023 (Olga Kharif/Bloomberg)

Olga Kharif / Bloomberg:
CCData: crypto coin listings on higher-volume exchanges like Binance and Coinbase are cumulatively up 11.6% to 2,066 in H1 2024, surpassing all of 2023  —  - Bybit has been the biggest lister among high-volume bourses  — Some exchanges, such as Coinbase, have been more conservative



German AI startup DeepL releases its new translation model with support for German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese to and from English, available in DeepL Pro (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE:
German AI startup DeepL releases its new translation model with support for German, Japanese, and Simplified Chinese to and from English, available in DeepL Pro  —  DeepL SE, a well-funded translation software startup that leverages customized artificial intelligence models for improved accuracy …



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" (Cagan Koc/Bloomberg)

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg:
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 …



Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Israel-based CytoReason, which uses AI to develop disease models, raised $80M from Nvidia, Pfizer, Thermo Fisher, and OurCrowd, and plans a Massachusetts office (Steven Scheer/Reuters)

Steven Scheer / Reuters:
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 (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

Katie Roof / Bloomberg:
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 (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Allison Johnson / The Verge:
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+ (Ron Miller/TechCrunch)

Ron Miller / TechCrunch:
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.



Sunday, July 14, 2024

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 (Kim Zetter/Wired)

Kim Zetter / Wired:
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 (Lauren Thomas/Wall Street Journal)

Lauren Thomas / Wall Street Journal:
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 (Lloyd Lee/Business Insider)

Lloyd Lee / Business Insider:
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 …



Intel received €515.55M in default interest from the EU after it was reimbursed a €1.06B fine levied in 2009; EU's top court sided with Intel in October 2024 (Foo Yun Chee/Reuters)

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters : Intel received €515.55M in default interest from the EU after it was reimbursed a €1.06B fine levied in 2009; EU...