Thursday, June 10, 2021

Microsoft says it will soon launch a dedicated device for game streaming and is working with TV manufacturers to expand Xbox Game Pass subscription to smart TVs (Nick Statt/Protocol)

Nick Statt / Protocol:
Microsoft says it will soon launch a dedicated device for game streaming and is working with TV manufacturers to expand Xbox Game Pass subscription to smart TVs  —  Microsoft wants to bring its gaming subscription service to way more screens using the cloud.



Samsung unveils a 50-megapixel sensor with pixels just 0.64μm in size, the smallest in the industry, that it says can be used in ultrawide or telephoto modules (Sam Byford/The Verge)

Sam Byford / The Verge:
Samsung unveils a 50-megapixel sensor with pixels just 0.64μm in size, the smallest in the industry, that it says can be used in ultrawide or telephoto modules  —  The ISOCELL JN1 has 50 million 0.64μm pixels, the smallest size in the industry  —  Samsung has announced a new image sensor …



Klarna raises $639M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $45.6B post-money valuation, up 47.3% from its $31B valuation in early March when it raised $1B (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Klarna raises $639M led by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 at a $45.6B post-money valuation, up 47.3% from its $31B valuation in early March when it raised $1B  —  Just over three months after its last funding round, European fintech giant Klarna is announcing today that it has raised another $639 million …



Google plans to change its search algorithm to prevent sites that extort people to remove slanderous content from appearing in search results for people's names (New York Times)

New York Times:
Google plans to change its search algorithm to prevent sites that extort people to remove slanderous content from appearing in search results for people's names  —  In response to Times articles, the search giant is changing its algorithm, part of a major shift in how Google polices harmful content.



French startup Yousign, a DocuSign-rival that provides an e-signature service targeting European SMBs, raises €30M Series A led by Lead Edge Capital (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)

Romain Dillet / TechCrunch:
French startup Yousign, a DocuSign-rival that provides an e-signature service targeting European SMBs, raises €30M Series A led by Lead Edge Capital  —  French startup Yousign has raised a $36.6 million Series A funding round (€30 million).  Lead Edge Capital is leading the round …



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Sources: private capital giant Apollo Global has shorted loans and rapidly cut exposure to the enterprise software sector in 2025 amid concerns over AI threat (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Sources: private capital giant Apollo Global has shorted loans and rapidly cut exposure to the enterprise software sect...