European on-demand scooter service Dott adds a $70M extension to its $85M Series B from April 2021 led by abrdn and Sofina (Romain Dillet/TechCrunch)
European on-demand scooter service Dott adds a $70M extension to its $85M Series B from April 2021 led by abrdn and Sofina — Urban mobility startup Dott has raised an…
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Boston-based HqO, which offers a SaaS platform to connect office buildings’ tenant-facing tech and amenities, raises $60M Series C (E.B. Solomont/The Real Deal New York)
Boston-based HqO, which offers a SaaS platform to connect office buildings’ tenant-facing tech and amenities, raises $60M Series C — Cushman & Wakefield, JLL among investors … Commercial real estate…
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A deep dive: how Apple uses iOS WebKit monopoly to strip-mine and sabotage the web, hurting all browser engine projects and draining the web of future potential (Alex Russell/Infrequently Noted)
A deep dive: how Apple uses iOS WebKit monopoly to strip-mine and sabotage the web, hurting all browser engine projects and draining the web of future potential — Gentle reader,…
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Match Group Q1: revenue of $799M, up 20% YoY, vs $794M est., operating income up 10% YoY to $208M, CEO Shar Dubey to step down but stay on board; stock down 5%+ (Reuters)
Match Group Q1: revenue of $799M, up 20% YoY, vs $794M est., operating income up 10% YoY to $208M, CEO Shar Dubey to step down but stay on board; stock…
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Report: TPG Capital to buy privileged access management vendor Thycotic for $1.4B; TPG will merge Thycotic with its recently acquired competitor Centrify (Michael Novinson/CRN)
Report: TPG Capital to buy privileged access management vendor Thycotic for $1.4B; TPG will merge Thycotic with its recently acquired competitor Centrify — The deal between TPG and privileged access…
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Imagene AI, whose AI tech can help detect cancerous biomarkers directly from a digitized biopsy image, raises a $18.5M Series A from Larry Ellison and others (Meir Orbach/CTech)
Imagene AI, whose AI tech can help detect cancerous biomarkers directly from a digitized biopsy image, raises a $18.5M Series A from Larry Ellison and others — Using only a…
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Candidates for L.A. County sheriff spar over budget, vaccine mandates
Candidates running for Los Angeles County sheriff took the stage together for the first time Wednesday evening, trading platform ideas — and some insults — during a forum hosted by…
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Indian messaging service Gupshup raises $100M from Tiger Global at a $1.4B valuation, bringing its total raised to $150M (Vikas SN/The Economic Times)
Indian messaging service Gupshup raises $100M from Tiger Global at a $1.4B valuation, bringing its total raised to $150M — Conversational messaging platform Gupshup has raised $100 million from Tiger…
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HaBO: Sexy Glove Removal Scene
This HaBO request is from author Delphine Dryden, who is scouring the earth for this historical romance: Big fan, long time reader, first time HABO applicant. This one has been…
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An in-depth look at the PDF file format, a staple since the 1990s, as Adobe says 303B PDFs were opened using its services in FY2020, a 17% rise YoY (Rob Walker/Marker)
An in-depth look at the PDF file format, a staple since the 1990s, as Adobe says 303B PDFs were opened using its services in FY2020, a 17% rise YoY — …
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