Reuters: The European Commission plans to make a regulatory assessment of Qualcomm’s bid to acquire Israel-based fabless chipmaker Autotalks, first announced in May 2023 — Qualcomm announced the planned takeover in May as the US company looks to expand its automotive-related business. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Simon Sharwood / The Register: PE firm EQT plans to take the German software company SUSE private at €16/share, below the €30 price of its 2021 IPO but above Thursday’s closing price of €9.6 — Buyout offer is at €16 per share, compared to €30 at its 2021 IPO — Linux-loving software house SUSE … Lees verder op Tech Meme
CNN: Lyft and Uber threaten to leave Minneapolis if the mayor signs a minimum wage ordinance by August 23 mandating at least $1.40/mile and $0.51/minute for drivers — New York CNN — — Lyft and Uber threatened to stop doing business in Minneapolis after the city council adopted a new rule Thursday … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Email: Amazon is offering $12,500 to some creators for 500 videos, or $25 a video, for its TikTok-like shopping feed; creators typically charge $200+ per video — – Content creators typically charge more than $200 a pop — Amazon.com Inc., looking to amp up its TikTok-like shopping feed … Lees verder op Tech Meme
David Jeans / Forbes: London-based credit card processor Checkout.com abruptly terminates its contract with Binance citing reports of regulatory actions and money laundering concerns — Checkout.com, the London-based credit card processing company that ballooned its business model by servicing billions … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Netflix partners with Jio Platforms, India’s largest telecom operator, to bundle its Netflix Basic streaming tier with two of the carrier’s pay-as-you-go plans — Netflix has inked a “first-of-its-kind” deal with Jio Platforms, India’s largest telecom operator, to bundle the streaming service … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Simon Sharwood / The Register: PE firm EQT plans to take the German software company SUSE private at €16/share, below the €30 price of its 2021 IPO but above Thursday’s closing price of €9.6 — Buyout offer is at €16 per share, compared to €30 at its 2021 IPO — Linux-loving software house SUSE … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: ProjectDiscovery, a free vulnerability scanning service that monitors websites, apps, APIs, and cloud services for exploits, raised a $25M Series A led by CRV — ProjectDiscovery, a platform that detects new, exploitable vulnerabilities in codebases, today announced that it raised $25 million … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Viome, which uses AI to assess customers’ microbiomes and provide them with supplements, raised a $86.5M Series C, bringing its total funding to $175M — Research on the human microbiome — microorganism communities that live in a part of your body such as your mouth or gut … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Twitch plans to roll out a long-requested anti-harassment feature in the next few weeks, letting streamers block banned users from watching streams — Twitch’s chat ban tools have been around for ages, but the platform is about to hand streamers a way to control who can watch a stream to begin with. Lees verder op Tech Meme