I’m Glad Discord Isn’t Being Acquired
Dear Discord: Please go public and stay independent instead of being acquired. Love, Brad. I’ve become a huge Discord fan and user of the past year. I’ve got many daily reference points from products that I use for real-time communication.....»»
Ziply™ Fiber Launches Agent Channel Program
Ziply™ Fiber Launches Agent Channel Program Kirkland, Wash. (April 15, 2021) – Ziply™ Fiber – which acquired the Northwest operations of Frontier Communications in May 2020 and immediately began investing an additional $500 million to improv.....»»
Atlassian acquires ThinkTilt
Atlassian today announced that it has acquired Brisbane, Australia-based ThinkTilt, the company behind the popular Jira-centric no-code/low-code form builder ProForma. The two companies did not disclose the price of the acquisition. The acquisition i.....»»
SARS-CoV-2 variants from mink evade inhibition by antibodies
It has been known for about a year that minks can become infected with SARS-CoV-2. The virus had been transmitted from humans to farmed mink and mutated in infected animals. Mutations were acquired in the spike protein, which is crucial for the entry.....»»
BrandProject expands beyond the studio model with a new $43M fund
BrandProject —a firm that’s backed successful direct-to-consumer commerce startups like Freshly (acquired by Nestlé), Persona (also acquired by Nestlé) and Chef’s Plate (acquired by Hello Fresh) — is announcing that it has raised $.....»»
Leonardo da Vinci definitely did not sculpt the Flora bust
"It is machination, it is deception," said the director general of the Berlin Royal Museums in his defense when criticized for buying a fake. Wilhelm Bode did not budge an inch: The sculpture he acquired in 1909 was an as-yet unknown production of th.....»»
Google veteran pans Tesla Autopilot: “We were doing better in 2010”
Aurora more than doubled in size when it acquired Uber's self-driving project. Enlarge / Chris Urmson speaks onstage during the 2019 SXSW Conference on March 9, 2019 in Austin. (credit: Samantha Burkardt/Getty Images for SXSW) Few people have.....»»
Dell is spinning out VMware in a deal expected to generate over $9B for the company
Dell announced this afternoon that it’s spinning out VMware, a move that has been suspected for some time. Dell, acquired VMware as part of the massive $58 billion EMC acquisition (announced as $67 billion) in 2015. The way that the deal works.....»»
Teco invests in ZEPT
Teco Electric & Machinery has acquired a 25% stake in ZEPT, a Taiwan-based startup that develops powertrain modules used in electric vehicles (EVs), for cooperation in developing EV-use power systems and tapping corresponding markets......»»
iOS users—and only iOS users—face NSFW content ban on Discord app
App Store rules seemingly lead to tighter restrictions for Apple users. Enlarge / This cute little pig has obviously seen some things that iOS users will no longer be allowed to see on Discord. Discord users who access the Discord app through.....»»
Lithia completes deal for Michigan"s Suburban Collection
The acquisition gives the Oregon company a national store count of 246. Lithia acquired 34 dealerships and annualized revenue of about $2.4 billion......»»
Hatch, a neobank for SMBs, launches with $20M in funding from investors like Kleiner Perkins, Foundation and Plaid’s founders
After his last startup, Framed Data, was acquired by Square, Thomson Nguyen began exploring new ideas. While an entrepreneur-in-residence at Kleiner Perkins, Nguyen interviewed hundreds of small business owners and realized that many pay hundreds of.....»»
Lithia completes acquisition of Michigan"s Suburban Collection
The Suburban deal gives the Medford, Ore., company a national store count of 246. Lithia acquired 34 dealerships and annualized revenue of about $2.4 billion......»»
Pine Labs acquires Southeast Asian startup Fave for $45 million
Pine Labs said on Tuesday it has acquired Southeast Asian startup Fave in a deal valued at $45 million as the Indian firm looks to strengthen its consumer-focused offerings in the domestic and international markets. Fave helps an offline merchant co.....»»
Tested: Brydge MacBook Vertical Dock, completing my MacBook Pro desktop
The Brydge MacBook Vertical Dock is the latest incarnation of what used to be Henge Docks. Brydge acquired the company back in 2019 and has continued to develop new models since then. The concept of a laptop dock has been around for decades now. The.....»»
How one founder identified a huge healthcare gap and acquired the skills necessary to address it
Our new podcast Found is now available, and the first episode features guest Iman Abuzeid, co-founder and CEO of Incredible Health. Abuzeid’s story of founding and building Incredible Health, a career platform for healthcare professionals focus.....»»
New dealer buys 2 stores in southern Illinois and Indiana
Dealer Steve Faulkner acquired J Wilderman Autoplex in Mount Carmel, Ill., a single rooftop selling Ford, Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep and Ram vehicles, and Patriot Chevrolet-Buick-GMC in nearby Princeton, Ind......»»
Satellites monitor Mount Etna"s unpredictable behavior
Italy's Mount Etna, Europe's most active volcano, has recently been on explosive form, with 17 eruptions in less than three months. Instruments onboard three different satellites orbiting Earth have acquired imagery of the eruptions—revealing the i.....»»
Elior acquires food delivery startup Nestor
Corporate catering company Elior has acquired French startup Nestor for an undisclosed amount. Nestor originally started with a simple idea to differentiate itself from food delivery giants, such as Deliveroo, Uber Eats and others. Every day, the sta.....»»
AppHarvest buys ag-robotics firm, Root AI
Indoor farming company AppHarvest this week announced that it has acquired Root AI. The deal is valued at around $60 million, with $10 million in cash and the reminder coming from AppHarvest stock. Root AI is a Boston-based robotics startup, with a m.....»»
Indian edtech giant Byju’s to expand to international markets
Byju’s said on Thursday it will expand to international markets in the second half of next month as the Indian edtech giant, valued at over $13 billion, looks to accelerate its growth. The Indian edtech giant, which acquired 33-year-old tutor Aakas.....»»