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The Italian Competition Authority today issued a fine of €1.128 billion, or about $1.27 billion, to Amazon.com Inc. after finding that some of the company’s business practices harmed rivals. The Italian Competition Authority, or AGCM, has also ordered Amazon to implement a …
Meta’s AI unit details new machine learning system for detecting harmful content
The artificial intelligence unit of Meta Platforms Inc., previously Facebook Inc., today detailed a new machine learning system that will help the company combat harmful content across its social media platforms. The system is known as Few-Shot Learner, or FSL for short. …
New $270M funding round values enterprise fintech startup Tipalti at $8.3B
Startup Tipalti Inc., which helps companies complete common accounting tasks faster, is now one of the world’s most valuable financial technology startups thanks to a newly closed $270 million funding round that values it at $8.3 billion. The funding round, announced today, …
Report: Some iOS apps continue collecting user-level signals for ad targeting
A number of iOS app developers, including Meta Platforms Inc. and Snap Inc., reportedly continue to collect user-level signals from iPhones despite Apple Inc.’s recent introduction of features designed to boost privacy. The Financial Times reported the practice today. According to the …
AWS outage causes disruptions across popular online services
Updated: An outage in one of Amazon Web Services Inc.’s data center clusters is causing disruptions across a large number of popular online services, including financial apps, food delivery platforms and others. The outage is the result of a malfunction in some …
Market research startup YipitData raises late-stage funding round worth up to $475M
Market research startup YipitData Inc. on Monday announced that it has secured a late-stage funding round set to be worth as much as $475 million. The impressive funding round has led to considerable speculation about YipitData’s valuation, with industry insiders suggesting that …
Permira to take email security provider Mimecast private in $5.8B deal
Private equity firm Permira is buying Nasdaq-traded cybersecurity company Mimecast Ltd. in an acquisition worth approximately $5.8 billion. The transaction was announced this morning but was reported some time ago: Word first emerged that Mimecast was exploring a sale in late October. …
Delivery robot startup Serve Robotics raises $13M after spinning off from Uber
Serve Robotics Inc. has raised $13 million in seed funding from Uber Technologies Inc., 7-Eleven Inc. and other investors to grow its fleet of sidewalk delivery robots. The company announced the funding round this morning. In addition to growing its robot fleet, the …
Customer experience specialist Genesys valued at $21B after $580M funding round
Genesys Cloud Services Inc., a major provider of customer experience management software, today announced that it has closed a $580 million funding round at a $21 billion valuation. The venture capital arm of Salesforce.com Inc. led the funding round. The software-as-a-service giant …
Observability startup LogDNA raises $50M in funding
Observability startup LogDNA Inc. today announced that it has secured a $50 million funding round to hire more people and accelerate its plans to launch a new data processing solution next year. The funding round was led by cybersecurity-focused investment firm NightDragon. …