11x, which makes AI bots that help salespeople with common tasks, raised $50M led by a16z at a $320M valuation, after raising a $24M Series A in September 2024 (Bloomberg)
Bloomberg: 11x, which makes AI bots that help salespeople with common tasks, raised $50M led by a16z at a $320M valuation, after raising a $24M
With Elon Musk's ascension in Trump's orbit, tech leaders on the right hope to steer the second Trump administration, bringing a startup ethos to the government (Elizabeth Dwoskin/Washington Post)
Elizabeth Dwoskin / Washington Post: With Elon Musk’s ascension in Trump’s orbit, tech leaders on the right hope to steer the second Trump administration, bringing
India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called its open editing "dangerous" (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: India issues a notice to Wikipedia over bias concerns, questioning if it should be classified as a publisher, after judges called
US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP "probably will" try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it back, saying the GOP may "further streamline" the bill (Stephen Groves/Associated Press)
Stephen Groves / Associated Press: US House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP “probably will” try to repeal the CHIPS Act, but then walks it
Chaos Labs and Inca Digital analysts say Polymarket activity exhibits signs of wash trading, a form of market manipulation to create a false volume and activity (Leo Schwartz/Fortune)
Leo Schwartz / Fortune: Chaos Labs and Inca Digital analysts say Polymarket activity exhibits signs of wash trading, a form of market manipulation to create
A closer look at M4 Macs coming this week; sources: Apple's home smart display will have an iMac G3-like base and a square screen the size of about two iPhones (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: A closer look at M4 Macs coming this week; sources: Apple’s home smart display will have an iMac G3-like base and
Apple adds an iMessage child safety feature in iOS 18.2 developer beta in Australia that will let children report nudity sent to them to Apple (Josh Taylor/The Guardian)
Josh Taylor / The Guardian: Apple adds an iMessage child safety feature in iOS 18.2 developer beta in Australia that will let children report nudity
UK-based Sophos plans to acquire Atlanta-based cybersecurity company Secureworks for ~$859M, expected to close in early 2025; Dell owns ~79% of Secureworks (Joe Warminsky/The Record)
Joe Warminsky / The Record: UK-based Sophos plans to acquire Atlanta-based cybersecurity company Secureworks for ~$859M, expected to close in early 2025; Dell owns ~79%
LinkedIn woos publishers, testing a "News Banner" on its mobile app feed and a video ad program that sources say will earn Bloomberg and WSJ $2M+ each in 2024 (Sahil Patel/The Information)
Sahil Patel / The Information: LinkedIn woos publishers, testing a “News Banner” on its mobile app feed and a video ad program that sources say
Azra Games, a video game developer working on an RPG that uses web3 tech, raised a $42M Series A led by Pantera Capital, bringing its total raised to $68.3M (Catherine McGrath/Fortune)
Catherine McGrath / Fortune: Azra Games, a video game developer working on an RPG that uses web3 tech, raised a $42M Series A led by
