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Intel will invest $36B+ in new EU chip fabs and research centers
Intel Corp. today announced plans to spend more than 33 billion euros, or about $36.2 billion, to build new semiconductor manufacturing facilities and research centers in the European Union. The company reportedly intends to fund the initiative mostly on its own. But in the future, some of Intel’s EU semiconductor initiatives might receive external funding ...
Report: Nielsen could be acquired for $15B by private equity group
Shares of ad analytics giant Nielsen Holdings plc jumped more than 30% today after the Wall Street Journal reported that the company is holding acquisition talks with a group of private equity firms. A deal could reportedly value Nielsen at about $15 billion, including debt. New York-based Nielsen provides market data that helps brands measure ...
Microsoft makes physics breakthrough that could enable new type of quantum chip
Microsoft Corp. today provided an update about its efforts to develop a topological quantum computer, a new type of quantum computer that could theoretically be faster and more reliable than current technologies. Microsoft revealed that its researchers have recently cleared a “significant hurdle” toward building such a machine. Current quantum computers are highly prone to ...
Apple supplier Foxconn suspends operations in Shenzhen amid COVID-19 lockdown
Foxconn is suspending operations in Shenzhen, China, where it produces some iPhones for Apple Inc., following the implementation of a citywide COVID-19 lockdown. Foxconn, incorporated as Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd., is the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics. The company assembles most of the estimated 200 million-plus iPhones that Apple sells annually. Foxconn ...
Report: Apple plans to launch upgraded MacBooks with new M2 chip
Apple Inc. is reportedly developing two new MacBooks that feature a chip known as the M2 and could make their debut as soon as this year. The company’s product development effort was reported on Thursday by 9to5Mac, which attributed the information to sources familiar with the matter. Apple’s current MacBooks are based on an internally ...
EU, UK launch antitrust probes of Google and Meta’s ‘Jedi Blue’ agreement
The European Commission and the U.K.’s competition regulator will investigate an agreement dubbed Jedi Blue that Google LLC and Meta Platforms Inc. signed in 2018. The move was announced today. The European Commission and the U.K.’s competition regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority, are launching parallel antitrust probes of the Jedi Blue agreement. Regulators are ...
No-code form specialist Typeform raises $135M in new funding
Startup Typeform SL, which provides a widely used form development platform of the same name, today announced that it has raised $135 million in fresh funding. Investment firm Sofina led the funding round with participation from more than a half dozen others, including General Atlantic and Index Ventures. Typeform is now valued at $935 million. ...
DataRails nabs $50M for its financial planning and analysis platform
Financial software provider DataRails Inc. today announced that it has closed a $50 million investment led by Qumra Capital, in what marks the third funding round closed by the startup over the past year. New York-based DataRails says that the milestone comes after revenue grew fivefold in 2021. In parallel, the startup’s installed base grew ...
Google Cloud details new data-centric partnerships with BT and Bloomberg
Google LLC’s cloud unit today detailed new partnerships with two major enterprises: BT Group plc, the largest telecommunications provider in the U.K., and financial services giant Bloomberg LP. The partnerships focus on two different sets of use cases. As part of its collaboration with BT, Google Cloud will support the company’s effort to create an ...
Atlan raises $50M at $450M valuation for its data collaboration platform
Startup Atlan Pte. Ltd., which helps companies manage the datasets they use in their analytics projects, today announced that it has raised a $50 million funding round at a $450 million valuation. Salesforce Ventures, Insight Partners and Sequoia Capital India led the round. They were joined by several other investors, including ThoughtSpot Inc. co-founder Ajeet ...