Kim Bhasin / Bloomberg: StatusPro, which makes a first-person simulation NFL game for VR headsets, raised a $20M Series A led by GV  —  – The $20 million funding round is set to be announced Monday  — Google has poked its way into the extended reality industry … The $20 million round set to be announced Monday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Thoma Bravo takes critical event management software company Everbridge private in a $1.5B all-cash deal; Everbridge had a market cap of $6.4B in 2021  —  Everbridge, a critical event management (CEM) software company, is going private in a $1.5 billion all-cash deal that will see it taken over by private equity giant Thoma Bravo. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: Snap plans to lay off 10% of its global workforce, or around 529 employees  —  Social media company Snap said on Monday that it would lay off 10% of its global workforce, or around 529 employees.  —  Snap shares were up around 1% in pre-market trading.  —  This is breaking news. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Margi Murphy / Bloomberg: Graphika: the viral pornographic deepfakes of Taylor Swift originated from a 4chan challenge to bypass anti-porn filters on Microsoft Designer and DALL-E  —  – Users on 4chan forum competed to bypass anti-porn filters  — Deepfakes also created of Billie Eilish and Ariana Grande Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: French IT group Atos has entered talks with its banks to refinance its debt, and says conditions for a planned €720M rights issue are “no longer applicable”  —  – French IT company’s plunged as much as 30% to a record low  — Atos requested court-appointed mediator for refinancing talks Lees verder op Tech Meme