Friday, June 24, 2022

Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis says it will reimburse a total of $216.5M in USDC and ethereum on June 28 to the victims of the $625M Ronin bridge hack (Oliver Knight/CoinDesk)

Oliver Knight / CoinDesk:
Axie Infinity developer Sky Mavis says it will reimburse a total of $216.5M in USDC and ethereum on June 28 to the victims of the $625M Ronin bridge hack  —  A total of $216.5 million in USDC and ethereum at today's prices will be returned to users.  —  Sky Mavis, the developer behind popular play …



Zomato acquires instant delivery service Blinkit, formerly Grofers, for $568.1M; Blinkit raised about $700M in total and was valued at $1B+ in 2021 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Zomato acquires instant delivery service Blinkit, formerly Grofers, for $568.1M; Blinkit raised about $700M in total and was valued at $1B+ in 2021  —  Zomato is acquiring Blinkit, a struggling 10-minute grocery delivery startup, in a $568.1 million deal as the loss-making food delivery firm looks …



Zendesk to be acquired by an investor group in an all-cash deal valuing the company at ~$10.2B and will go private once the deal closes; stock is up 30%+ (Lauren Feiner/CNBC)

Lauren Feiner / CNBC:
Zendesk to be acquired by an investor group in an all-cash deal valuing the company at ~$10.2B and will go private once the deal closes; stock is up 30%+  —  - Customer experience software company Zendesk agreed to be acquired by an investor group in an all-cash transaction valuing it around $10.2 billion.



Lenovo announces exciting monsoon offers on desktops and Notebooks

Lenovo has kicked off its special monsoon offers on select computing products ranging from desktops to laptops and other accessories. The special monsoon offer started from June 3, 2022 and will run through June 30, 2022. The discount can be availed on Lenovo.com and across offline Lenovo stores. https://ift.tt/1rGtqbj

Walmart says its own hybrid cloud system now has 10K "edge nodes" across the US, helping to reduce costs by 10%-18% annually and lessen reliance on cloud giants (Aaron Tilley/Wall Street Journal)

Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal:
Walmart says its own hybrid cloud system now has 10K “edge nodes” across the US, helping to reduce costs by 10%-18% annually and lessen reliance on cloud giants  —  Retailer says new hybrid system allows the company to switch between cloud providers and its servers, saving time and money



How to turn on and off Gmail offline

Gmail offers a feature in which you can read, respond, and search your Gmail messages without having access to an internet connection. This feature is called Gmail offline. It enables you to access your mail regardless of where you are or the quality of your internet connection. https://ift.tt/hIC4Dsd

Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide (New York Times)

New York Times : Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry ...