CNBC: The US FTC files for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard  —  – The FTC on Monday filed a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction seeking to block Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Boston-based CloudZero, a cloud cost management startup, raised a $32M Series B led by Innovius Capital and Threshold Ventures, taking its total raised to $52M+  —  CloudZero, a cloud cost management startup, today announced that it raised $32 million in a Series B funding round led by Innovius Capital and Threshold Ventures. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dell Cameron / Wired: A declassified ODNI report from 2022: the US has amassed troves of “sensitive and intimate information” about Americans purchased from commercial data brokers  —  A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Matt Levine / Bloomberg: By capitalizing on crypto lending services’ high interest rate promises, 3AC’s founders played the bubble perfectly, getting rich as 3AC’s lenders went bankrupt  —  Programming note: Money Stuff was supposed to be off today but I got bored so here you go.  —  What are the 3AC guys up to? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: The US FTC files for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard  —  – The FTC on Monday filed a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction seeking to block Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Lees verder op Tech Meme