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ConsenSys Software Inc., a fast-growing blockchain startup focused primarily on the Ethereum ecosystem, today announced that it has raised $450 million in funding at a valuation exceeding $7 billion. The investment was led by ParaFi Capital with participation from Microsoft Corp., SoftBank …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …