Austin-based anti-ransomware startup Halcyon raised $100M at a $1B valuation led by Evolution Equity Partners, bringing its total funding to date to $190M (Katie Roof/Bloomberg)

Sources: Qualcomm's interest in an Intel acquisition has cooled; CEO Cristiano Amon says "right now, at this time, we have not identified any large acquisition" (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Sources: Qualcomm's interest in an Intel acquisition has cooled; CEO Cristiano Amon says “right now, at this time, we have not identified any large acquisition”  —  - A deal would likely have been one of the largest ever in tech  — Qualcomm “hasn't identified large acquisition,” CEO said

Published: 2024-11-26 03:20:02

A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts amid a growth spurt; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100 (Casey Newton/Platformer)

Casey Newton / Platformer: A look at Bluesky's moderation efforts amid a growth spurt; Bluesky plans to quadruple the size of its contract workforce of content moderators from 25 to 100  —  This article includes references to child sexual abuse material (CSAM).  —  Aaron Rodericks didn't know what he was looking at.

Published: 2024-11-26 02:15:06

Telegram's H1 2024 unaudited financial docs: $525M in revenue, up 190% YoY, a $335M post-tax profit, and digital assets worth $1.3B, up from $400M at 2023's end (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Telegram's H1 2024 unaudited financial docs: $525M in revenue, up 190% YoY, a $335M post-tax profit, and digital assets worth $1.3B, up from $400M at 2023's end  —  Revenues leapt to $525mn in first half of 2024 before chief Pavel Durov was detained over alleged criminality on platform

Published: 2024-11-26 01:40:00

Brazil's antitrust regulator says Apple must allow app developers to link to external payment methods and to offer other in-app payment processing options (Reuters)

Reuters: Brazil's antitrust regulator says Apple must allow app developers to link to external payment methods and to offer other in-app payment processing options  —  Brazilian antitrust regulator Cade said on Monday that Apple must lift restrictions on payment methods for in-app purchases …

Published: 2024-11-26 01:15:11

A ransomware attack on Blue Yonder, a major supply chain software provider, is disrupting operations at Starbucks, the UK's Sainsbury's, and other retailers (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: A ransomware attack on Blue Yonder, a major supply chain software provider, is disrupting operations at Starbucks, the UK's Sainsbury's, and other retailers  —  Attack strikes operations managed through Blue Yonder, one of the largest supply chain technology providers

Published: 2024-11-26 00:00:48

N-able, which sells software for managed service providers and spun off from SolarWinds in 2021, acquires DC-based cybersecurity company Adlumin in a $266M deal (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: N-able, which sells software for managed service providers and spun off from SolarWinds in 2021, acquires DC-based cybersecurity company Adlumin in a $266M deal  —  N-able Inc., a supplier of software for managed service providers, is acquiring partner Adlumin Inc. to expand its cybersecurity portfolio.

Published: 2024-11-25 22:35:00

Zoom reports Q3 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.18B, vs. $1.16B est., net income of $207.1M, up from $141.2M, and changes its corporate name to Zoom Communications Inc. (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Zoom reports Q3 revenue up 4% YoY to $1.18B, vs. $1.16B est., net income of $207.1M, up from $141.2M, and changes its corporate name to Zoom Communications Inc.  —  Zoom shares were down 4% in extended trading on Monday after the video calling software maker announced strong fiscal third-quarter results …

Published: 2024-11-25 21:55:08

Tron founder Justin Sun invests $30M in Trump's World Liberty Financial, making him the largest investor in the DeFi project (Teresa Xie/Bloomberg)

Teresa Xie / Bloomberg: Tron founder Justin Sun invests $30M in Trump's World Liberty Financial, making him the largest investor in the DeFi project  —  - China-born crypto entrepreneur is project's largest investor  — SEC sued Sun last year for violating securities regulations

Published: 2024-11-25 21:05:01

A US judge sets an April 14 trial date for an FTC lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleging that Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws (Jody Godoy/Reuters)

Jody Godoy / Reuters: A US judge sets an April 14 trial date for an FTC lawsuit, filed in 2020, alleging that Meta's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp violated antitrust laws  —  Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) will face trial in April over the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's allegations …

Published: 2024-11-25 20:40:01

The US DOJ and Google made their closing arguments in the ad-market antitrust case before Judge Leonie Brinkema, who expressed some skepticism toward both sides (Washington Post)

Washington Post: The US DOJ and Google made their closing arguments in the ad-market antitrust case before Judge Leonie Brinkema, who expressed some skepticism toward both sides  —  Federal prosecutors say Google's dominance of online advertising illegally hurts consumers and small businesses, while the company says it earned its place by being better.

Published: 2024-11-25 20:10:03

Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop "lazy linking" (David Gilmour/Mediaite)

David Gilmour / Mediaite: Elon Musk appears to confirm that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X, saying it is to stop “lazy linking”  —  Elon Musk confirmed that posts containing links in their main text are deprioritized on X in a revelation that renews criticism that the platform …

Published: 2024-11-25 19:55:15

Threads begins testing an option to set For You, Following, or a custom feed as the default feed, another improvement seemingly sparked by Bluesky competition (Chris Welch/The Verge)

Chris Welch / The Verge: Threads begins testing an option to set For You, Following, or a custom feed as the default feed, another improvement seemingly sparked by Bluesky competition  —  Threads will now let users decide what feed they want as their default when opening the app.  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced …

Published: 2024-11-25 18:50:16

Anthropic announces the Model Context Protocol, an open source standard for connecting AI assistants to data sources (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Anthropic announces the Model Context Protocol, an open source standard for connecting AI assistants to data sources  —  Anthropic is proposing a new standard for connecting AI assistants to the systems where data lives.  —  Called the Model Context Protocol, or MCP for short …

Published: 2024-11-25 18:20:16