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Google LLC is reportedly looking to overturn a 4.34 billion-euro antitrust fine it received from European Union regulators in 2018 over certain contracts it had signed with Android handset manufacturers. Sources familiar with the matter disclosed the development to Reuters, which reported …
Fintech startup Tide reels in $100M for its business banking platform
U.K.-based financial technology startup Tide Platform Ltd. today announced that it has raised $100 million to broaden the adoption of its namesake business banking service, which helps small and midsized companies manage their finances. The round gives the startup a $468 million …
Blues Wireless, led by Microsoft’s former top software architect Ray Ozzie, raises $22M
Blues Wireless Inc., an “internet of things” chip startup founded by Microsoft’s former top software engineer Ray Ozzie, today announced that it has closed a $22 million funding round. Sequoia Capital and angel investor Lachy Groom jointly led the round. The investment …
Cloud security startup Netskope raises $300M at $7.5B valuation
Netskope Inc., a startup that helps about a third of the companies on the Fortune 100 list secure their network traffic, has received a $300 million late-stage funding round valuing it at $7.5 billion. Iconiq Growth was the lead investor in the …
Biden to sign executive order that will increase scrutiny of tech giants
President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order today that will call for the implementation of 72 initiatives across more than a dozen government agencies to increase competition in the U.S. economy. Several of the initiatives focus on limiting the …
Coda raises $100M at $1.4B valuation to unify documents and spreadsheets
Coda Project Inc. has closed a late-stage $100 million funding round at a $1.4 billion valuation to grow the number of companies using its cloud-based document editor, which combines the features of a word processor and a spreadsheet editor in a single …
Report: Google set to acquire Japan’s Pring for $180M+ to boost fintech business
Google LLC is in talks to acquire Tokyo-based payment app provider Pring for $180 million to $270 million, Nikkei Asia reported today. The news comes as the search giant prepares to expand its presence in the U.S. financial technology market by launching …
IBM buys container consultancy BoxBoat to advance OpenShift hybrid cloud strategy
IBM Corp. today announced that it has inked a deal to acquire BoxBoat Technologies Inc., a Maryland-based consultancy focused on helping Fortune 100 companies and government agencies adopt software containers. IBM expects the deal to accelerate adoption of its OpenShift platform. OpenShift, …
Nvidia launches $100M Cambridge-1 supercomputer to support healthcare research
Nvidia Corp. on Tuesday announced the launch of Cambridge-1, a supercomputer it has built in the U.K. at an estimated cost of $100 million to support life sciences research. Nvidia says that the supercomputer is the fastest deployed in the U.K. to …
Intel leads $9.5M round for secure analytics startup Opaque Systems
Intel Corp. has led a $9.5 million seed round for Opaque Systems Inc., a startup founded by researchers from the University of California at Berkeley that’s using so-called hardware enclaves to help companies process their data more securely. Opaque Systems disclosed the …