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EU introduces new code of practice for combating disinformation
The European Commission today detailed a new set of rules designed to combat disinformation on online platforms. There are 34 signatories to the rules, which are known as the Code of Practice on Disinformation. The signatories include Meta Platforms Inc., Google LLC and Twitter Inc. The three tech giants are joined by a number of ...
Real-estate technology unicorn HomeLight raises $115M
Real-estate technology startup HomeLight Inc. today announced that it has raised $60 million in equity funding and $55 million in debt financing at a $1.7 billion valuation. The equity funding was provided by prominent technology investor Oren Zeev. Zeev’s venture capital fund also led HomeLight’s previous funding round, a $100 million raise announced last September. ...
Microsoft updates Azure with new AI features for hybrid cloud environments
Microsoft Corp. today rolled out a set of new capabilities to Azure that will make it easier for companies to run artificial intelligence software in hybrid cloud environments. The capabilities are based in part on three existing Azure services. The services are Azure Arc, Azure Machine Learning and the Azure Kubernetes Service. Azure Arc is ...
AlphaSense reels in $225M for its AI-powered enterprise search platform
AlphaSense Inc., the developer of a search platform used by Google LLC, Microsoft Corp. and other large enterprises, today announced that it has raised a late-stage $225 million funding round at a $1.7 billion valuation. Goldman Sachs and Viking Global Investors led the Series D round. According to AlphaSense, the round included a “substantial debt ...
EU’s second-highest court dismisses $1.05B antitrust fine against Qualcomm
The European Union’s second-highest court today dismissed a $1.05 billion fine issued to Qualcomm Inc. over the company’s business practices in the mobile modem market. The fine was issued in January 2018 by the European Commission, the EU’s executive arm and antitrust enforcer. The commission said in a statement to Reuters that it will study ...
Report: Food delivery startup Wonder valued at $3.5B after $350M funding round
Wonder Distribution LLC, a new food delivery startup led by prominent e-commerce entrepreneur Marc Lore, has reportedly raised $350 million in funding at a $3.5 billion valuation. The investment was reported by the Wall Street Journal today. Wonder is said to have raised the funding last month from a consortium led by Bain Capital Ventures. ...
Sustainability data startup EcoVadis raises $500M funding round
Sustainability data startup EcoVadis Inc. today announced that it has closed a $500 million funding round led by private equity firm Astorg and BeyondNetZero, the climate investing arm of General Atlantic. The Series C round is described as the largest ever raised by a software-as-a-service startup in the sustainability data segment. Since launching in 2007, ...
Invoca raises $83M for its AI-powered contact center analytics platform
Invoca Inc., a startup using artificial intelligence to help companies optimize their contact center operations, today announced that it has closed a $83 million late-stage funding round at a $1.1 billion valuation. Silver Lake Waterman led the Series F round. It was joined by Hollyport Capital, Kingfisher Investment Advisors, Fenwick & West and several returning ...
Intel details its next-generation Intel 4 chip manufacturing process
Intel Corp. has shared new details about its next-generation Intel 4 chip manufacturing process, which will enable the company to produce faster and more power-efficient processors. Intel detailed the technology on Sunday at the 2022 IEEE VLSI Symposium, a major chip industry event. The company also previewed the first processors that it will produce using ...
Qualcomm acquires network software startup Cellwize to grow its carrier business
Qualcomm Inc. has acquired Cellwize Wireless Technologies Pte. Ltd., a startup with a software platform that helps carriers operate their networks more efficiently. Qualcomm didn’t disclose the financial terms in its announcement of the acquisition today. Tel Aviv-based Cellwize previously raised $56.5 million in funding from investors, most of it through a $32 million round ...