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Canva acquires the Affinity creative suite, popular with Mac users; COO Cliff Obrecht says the cash-and-stock deal is valued at “several hundred million pounds” (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)

    Olivia Poh / Bloomberg: Canva acquires the Affinity creative suite, popular with Mac users; COO Cliff Obrecht says the cash-and-stock deal is valued at “several hundred million pounds”  —  – Australian unicorn buys British team behind Affinity art suite  —… Read More »Canva acquires the Affinity creative suite, popular with Mac users; COO Cliff Obrecht says the cash-and-stock deal is valued at “several hundred million pounds” (Olivia Poh/Bloomberg)

    Fieldguide, which plans to use AI to alleviate an accountant shortage, raised a $30M Series B led by Bessemer, and counts 40 of the top 100 CPA firms as clients (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

      Saritha Rai / Bloomberg: Fieldguide, which plans to use AI to alleviate an accountant shortage, raised a $30M Series B led by Bessemer, and counts 40 of the top 100 CPA firms as clients  —  – SF-based Fieldguide closes $30… Read More »Fieldguide, which plans to use AI to alleviate an accountant shortage, raised a $30M Series B led by Bessemer, and counts 40 of the top 100 CPA firms as clients (Saritha Rai/Bloomberg)

      Sources: SK Hynix plans to spend ~$4B to build an advanced chip packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana; a source says operations could begin in 2028 (Wall Street Journal)

        Wall Street Journal: Sources: SK Hynix plans to spend ~$4B to build an advanced chip packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana; a source says operations could begin in 2028  —  The South Korean memory chip maker is expected to build… Read More »Sources: SK Hynix plans to spend ~$4B to build an advanced chip packaging facility in West Lafayette, Indiana; a source says operations could begin in 2028 (Wall Street Journal)

        The US OFAC sanctions 13 entities, including Netex24, and two individuals for aiding Russian nationals’ potential sanctions evasion by building crypto services (Timmy Shen/The Block)

          Timmy Shen / The Block: The US OFAC sanctions 13 entities, including Netex24, and two individuals for aiding Russian nationals’ potential sanctions evasion by building crypto services  —  – The Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned 13 entities and… Read More »The US OFAC sanctions 13 entities, including Netex24, and two individuals for aiding Russian nationals’ potential sanctions evasion by building crypto services (Timmy Shen/The Block)

          Meta started rolling out its new opt-out political content settings on Instagram and Threads last week to “limit political content from people you don’t follow” (Alex Heath/The Verge)

            Alex Heath / The Verge: Meta started rolling out its new opt-out political content settings on Instagram and Threads last week to “limit political content from people you don’t follow”  —  Meta’s executives have been saying for a while that… Read More »Meta started rolling out its new opt-out political content settings on Instagram and Threads last week to “limit political content from people you don’t follow” (Alex Heath/The Verge)

            An interview with Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox to handhelds via hardware or software, how Valve, Lenovo, and Asus “innovated in a new form factor”, and more (Chris Plante/Polygon)

              Chris Plante / Polygon: An interview with Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox to handhelds via hardware or software, how Valve, Lenovo, and Asus “innovated in a new form factor”, and more  —  A handheld Xbox could be hardware, an app,… Read More »An interview with Phil Spencer on bringing Xbox to handhelds via hardware or software, how Valve, Lenovo, and Asus “innovated in a new form factor”, and more (Chris Plante/Polygon)

              OpenAI releases seven Sora videos from select filmmakers, artists, ad agencies, and musicians; Fairly Trained CEO Ed Newton-Rex calls the move “artistwashing” (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

                Carl Franzen / VentureBeat: OpenAI releases seven Sora videos from select filmmakers, artists, ad agencies, and musicians; Fairly Trained CEO Ed Newton-Rex calls the move “artistwashing”  —  OpenAI has been releasing a steady drip of videos generated by its new… Read More »OpenAI releases seven Sora videos from select filmmakers, artists, ad agencies, and musicians; Fairly Trained CEO Ed Newton-Rex calls the move “artistwashing” (Carl Franzen/VentureBeat)

                Memo: Microsoft’s Bing chief Mikhail Parakhin plans to exit his roles and look for a new position, after Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman to run Microsoft AI (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

                  Dina Bass / Bloomberg: Memo: Microsoft’s Bing chief Mikhail Parakhin plans to exit his roles and look for a new position, after Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman to run Microsoft AI  —  Parakhin, who had been chief executive officer for advertising… Read More »Memo: Microsoft’s Bing chief Mikhail Parakhin plans to exit his roles and look for a new position, after Microsoft hired Mustafa Suleyman to run Microsoft AI (Dina Bass/Bloomberg)

                  A look at the underground bitcoin community in Austin, which attracts bitcoiners because of Texas’ pro-crypto policies and ecosystem of developers and miners (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

                    MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: A look at the underground bitcoin community in Austin, which attracts bitcoiners because of Texas’ pro-crypto policies and ecosystem of developers and miners  —  WATCH NOW  —  AUSTIN — There is a sort of clubhouse for… Read More »A look at the underground bitcoin community in Austin, which attracts bitcoiners because of Texas’ pro-crypto policies and ecosystem of developers and miners (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)

                    Uzbekistan-based e-commerce, fintech, and food delivery platform Uzum raised a $114M Series A at a $1.16B valuation, becoming country’s first unicorn (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

                      Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Uzbekistan-based e-commerce, fintech, and food delivery platform Uzum raised a $114M Series A at a $1.16B valuation, becoming country’s first unicorn  —  Uzum, an e-commerce startup offering online shopping, fintech and food deliveries to millions of… Read More »Uzbekistan-based e-commerce, fintech, and food delivery platform Uzum raised a $114M Series A at a $1.16B valuation, becoming country’s first unicorn (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

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