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Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s $44B acquisition offer

By Maria Deutscher Apr 25, 2022

After weeks of drama, Twitter Inc.’s board of directors today accepted Elon Musk’s offer to buy the company. Musk earlier this month made an offer to acquire Twitter for $43 billion. In response, the…

Blockchain

OpenSea acquires NFT aggregator Gem to expand ‘pro’ user experience

By Kyt Dotson Apr 25, 2022

Nonfungible token marketplace OpenSea said today it has acquired Gem, an NFT aggregator service as part of a bid to provide more features for “pro” users. NFTs are digital assets that use blockchain technology to…

Cloud

Google unveils a modern delivery platform for streaming media at scale with Media CDN

By Kyt Dotson Apr 25, 2022

In response to the increasing growth of the cloud streaming industry, Google LLC today announced the general availability of Media CDN, a content distribution platform that can handle the delivery of immersive media at…

Emerging Tech

Information services startup Capella Space raises $97M for radar imagery service

By Duncan Riley Apr 25, 2022

Information services startup Capella Space Corp. revealed today that it has raised $97 million in new funding to meet the growing demand for its high-resolution synthetic-aperture radar imagery, expand its analytics and imaging offerings and launch…

Cloud

Akamai launches managed database offering for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis and MongoDB

By Mike Wheatley Apr 25, 2022

Akamai Technologies Inc. is accelerating its evolution to support developers with the launch today of a new managed database service powered by Linode. The new offering supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis, and MongoDB databases and…

Emerging Tech

Self-driving car startup Pony.ai obtains taxi license in Guangzhou, China

By Duncan Riley Apr 24, 2022

Self-driving car technology startup Pony.ai Inc. has obtained a new taxi license in Guangzhou, China, the first robotaxi company to do so. Announced Saturday, the permit allows the company to operate 100 autonomous vehicles…

Apps

Apple’s next iPhone model could include satellite connectivity

By Duncan Riley Apr 24, 2022

Apple Inc. analyst Mark Gurman at Bloomberg today made several new predictions for the iPhone 14 ahead of its launch later this year, including the possible long-awaited launch of satellite connectivity. Reflecting similar predictions from Ming-Chi…

Policy

EU’s Digital Services Act will force big tech firms to police the internet

By Mike Wheatley Apr 24, 2022

Big tech firms such as Google LLC, Twitter Inc. and Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. will be required to do more to tackle illegal content or face being slapped with multibillion-euro fines under…

Big Data

Observe poised for growth based on data observability from enterprise apps

By Mark Albertson Apr 22, 2022

While much of the focus in the enterprise world has been on software applications, understanding the data generated from apps has become just as important. This is the premise for Observe Inc., a five-year-old…

Emerging Tech

Agility Robotics raises $150M for its bipedal warehouse robots

By Maria Deutscher Apr 22, 2022

Oregon-based robotics startup Agility Robotics Inc. today announced that it has closed a $150 million funding round led by DCVC and Playground Global. The Series B round also included the participation of a half-dozen…

explore news

Twitter accepts Elon Musk’s $44B acquisition offer

OpenSea acquires NFT aggregator Gem to expand ‘pro’ user experience

Information services startup Capella Space raises $97M for radar imagery service

Akamai launches managed database offering for MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis and MongoDB

Self-driving car startup Pony.ai obtains taxi license in Guangzhou, China

Apple’s next iPhone model could include satellite connectivity

EU’s Digital Services Act will force big tech firms to police the internet

Observe poised for growth based on data observability from enterprise apps

Agility Robotics raises $150M for its bipedal warehouse robots

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