Jana Partners urges Zendesk to abandon its plans to acquire Momentive, which owns SurveyMonkey, rather than wait for a shareholder vote; Zendesk closed up 7.36% (Cara Lombardo/Wall Street Journal)
Cara Lombardo / Wall Street Journal: Jana Partners urges Zendesk to abandon its plans to acquire Momentive, which owns SurveyMonkey, rather than wait for a shareholder…
A look at the rise of VPNs in Russia following its war in Ukraine; Apptopia: daily downloads of the top ten VPNs jumped from 15K before the war to 475K in March (Anthony Faiola/Washington Post)
Anthony Faiola / Washington Post: A look at the rise of VPNs in Russia following its war in Ukraine; Apptopia: daily downloads of the top ten…
Banking Committee chair Sen. Sherrod Brown probes Coinbase, Binance.US, Tether, and others over stablecoin consumer risks, and seeks a response by December 3 (Sam Reynolds/Blockworks)
Sam Reynolds / Blockworks: Banking Committee chair Sen. Sherrod Brown probes Coinbase, Binance.US, Tether, and others over stablecoin consumer risks, and seeks a response by December…
Sony reports Q2 revenue rose 13% YoY to $21B and operating income rose 1% YoY to $2.8B; PS5 sales were 3.3M as its Games unit operating income dropped 22% YoY (Nancy Tartaglione/Deadline)
Nancy Tartaglione / Deadline: Sony reports Q2 revenue rose 13% YoY to $21B and operating income rose 1% YoY to $2.8B; PS5 sales were 3.3M as…
Review of Raspberry Pi’s new $15 Zero 2 W, featuring a 64-bit CPU, 512MB RAM, and WiFi 4: surprisingly powerful and ideal for emulation and automation projects (K.G Orphanides/Wired UK)
K.G Orphanides / Wired UK: Review of Raspberry Pi’s new $15 Zero 2 W, featuring a 64-bit CPU, 512MB RAM, and WiFi 4: surprisingly powerful and…
Apple wins its first Oscar as CODA gets the Best Picture award, making Apple TV+ the first streaming service to win the awards’ highest honor (Todd Spangler/Variety)
Todd Spangler / Variety: Apple wins its first Oscar as CODA gets the Best Picture award, making Apple TV+ the first streaming service to win the…
Gizmodo says it will begin responsibly publishing the Facebook Papers with help from partners including NYU, Marquette, and the ACLU in redacting sensitive info (Gizmodo)
Gizmodo: Gizmodo says it will begin responsibly publishing the Facebook Papers with help from partners including NYU, Marquette, and the ACLU in redacting sensitive info …
Warsaw- and London-based Ramp, a non-custodial crypto payments infrastructure startup, raises a $52.7M Series A led by Balderton Capital (Ryan Weeks/The Block)
Ryan Weeks / The Block: Warsaw- and London-based Ramp, a non-custodial crypto payments infrastructure startup, raises a $52.7M Series A led by Balderton Capital — Quick…
Autonomous delivery startup Nuro raises a $600M Series D led by Tiger Global, sources say at a valuation of $8.6B, up from $5B in November 2020 (Paul Sawers/VentureBeat)
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat: Autonomous delivery startup Nuro raises a $600M Series D led by Tiger Global, sources say at a valuation of $8.6B, up from…
Crypto analytics service Dune Analytics raises a $69.420M Series B at a $1B valuation led by Coatue, bringing its total funding to $80M (Yogita Khatri/The Block)
Yogita Khatri / The Block: Crypto analytics service Dune Analytics raises a $69.420M Series B at a $1B valuation led by Coatue, bringing its total funding…