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Twitter buys Scroll, the $5/month service that removes ads from partner news sites; Scroll's Nuzzel email service will shut down on May 6 — The Nuzzel email service is winding down and the future of Scroll is uncertain — Twitter's acquisition spree continues today with Scroll …
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Court docs: Epic's total gross revenue was $5.6B in 2018 and $4.2B in 2019, with the vast majority of revenue coming from Fortnite — New financial figures were revealed as part of Epic Games' antitrust case against Apple — After a meteoric rise to popularity in 2018 … | Chance Miller / 9to5Mac: |
Epic vs. Apple trial begins with Epic attacking the App Store's “walled garden”, arguing Apple's 30% cut is monopolistic; Apple argues 30% is standard practice — Today marked the beginning of the highly-anticipated Apple vs. Epic trial, and things kicked off with both companies presenting their opening statements.
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Basecamp employees detail an all-hands that led to resignations, including the head of strategy, who questioned the existence of white supremacy at the company — I. — At 8AM PT on Friday, a bleary-eyed Basecamp CEO Jason Fried gathered his remote workforce together on Zoom to apologize.
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| Sarah McBride / Bloomberg: |
Justin Zhu, former Iterable CEO ousted for taking LSD before a meeting, on his disputes with key investors and the challenges of being Chinese in Silicon Valley — Justin Zhu, chief executive officer of digital marketing startup Iterable Inc., was walking down Broadway in San Francisco …
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| Rupert Neate / The Guardian: |
Filing: Amazon had sales of €44B in Europe in 2020, but reported a €1.2B loss and therefore paid no corporate tax — Despite lockdown surge the firm's Luxembourg unit made a €1.2bn loss and therefore paid zero corporation tax — Fresh questions have been raised …
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| Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: |
Acronis, which provides data backup and protection services, raises $250M at a $2.5B+ valuation led by CVC — As cybersecurity continues to grow in profile amid an increasingly complex and dangerous landscape of malicious activity, a cyber security vendor that specializes in “all-in-one” …
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Sources: TSMC is planning to build up to five more chipmaking facilities in Arizona, beyond the one currently planned — TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd (TSMC) is planning to build several more chipmaking factories in the U.S. state of Arizona beyond the one currently planned …
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| Miles Kruppa / Financial Times: |
Sources: Tiger Global is seeking to raise a new $10B fund, weeks after announcing a $6.7B fund; PitchBook says Tiger made 100 investments so far in 2021 — NY-based firm has been on a relentless dealmaking spree — Tiger Global Management, which has started the year with a blizzard … | Reuters: |
Apple hires ex-Google AI scientist Samy Bengio, who left last month after colleagues' firings; sources say Bengio will lead a new AI unit under John Giannandrea — Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Monday it has hired former distinguished Google (GOOGL.O) scientist Samy Bengio …
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Sleep and health tracking ring startup Oura raises $100M Series C, valuing the company at $800M, and says its ~$30M in 2019 sales doubled in 2020 — Covering venture capital, software and startups — I am a staff writer covering healthcare. Email me at kjennings@forbes.com.
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| Eric Slivka / MacRumors: |
Apple releases iOS 14.5.1, watchOS 7.4.1, and macOS Big Sur 11.3.1 with security fixes for flaws in WebKit that Apple says were being actively exploited — Alongside iOS 14.5.1 and watchOS 7.4.1, Apple today also released macOS Big Sur 11.3.1, which the company says “provides important security updates”.
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| Madhukumar Warrier / Benzinga: |
Dogecoin co-creator says he sold all his coins in 2015 to buy a used Honda Civic; Dogecoin is now near its all time high and has a bigger market cap than Honda — Dogecoin (DOGE), which hit an all-time high near the 45-cent level on Monday night, has now surpassed automaker Honda Motor Co. Ltd. …
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| Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch: |
HoneyBook, which offers financial and business management tools to SMBs and freelancers, raises $155M Series D at $1B+ valuation, has doubled users in 12 months — HoneyBook, which has built out a client experience and financial management platform for service-based small businesses and freelancers …
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PitchBook: the number of “inside rounds”, where only previous investors participate, rose to over 1,000 in 2020 with $30B invested, up 15% from 2019 — Venture capitalists may be getting too comfortable with marking up their own portfolios. — The number of inside rounds … | Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: |
Cybersecurity compliance startup Vanta raises $50M Series A, says it has surpassed $10M in ARR and is doubling its customer base about every 6 months — Join Transform 2021 this July 12-16. Register fo r the AI event of the year. — Vanta, a San Francisco, California-based automated security … | Steve Kovach / CNBC: |
Verizon says it will sell Yahoo and AOL to PE firm Apollo Global Management for $5B, keeping a 10% stake in the company, which will be rebranded as just “Yahoo” — - Verizon will sell its media group, which includes brands from AOL and Yahoo, to private equity firm Apollo Global Management.Sponsor Posts
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