Journals

Josh Koehn / The San Francisco Standard: How Ripple’s Chris Larsen became a gravitational force in SF politics, donating millions to local causes, as he helps Mayor London Breed’s reelection campaign  —  On a recent Friday afternoon, Chris Larsen sat… Read More »How Ripple’s Chris Larsen became a gravitational force in SF politics, donating millions to local causes, as he helps Mayor London Breed’s reelection campaign (Josh Koehn/The San Francisco Standard)

Allison Johnson / The Verge: Telegram rolls out its Peer-to-Peer Login Program, giving some Android users a Premium sub for volunteering their phone numbers to relay SMS OTPs to other users  —  Telegram is offering a new way to earn… Read More »Telegram rolls out its Peer-to-Peer Login Program, giving some Android users a Premium sub for volunteering their phone numbers to relay SMS OTPs to other users (Allison Johnson/The Verge)

Tom Warren / The Verge: Memo: Microsoft names Pavan Davuluri as its Windows and Surface chief; Microsoft had split the Windows and Surface groups after Panos Panay left in Sept. 2023  —  Microsoft is naming Pavan Davuluri as its new… Read More »Memo: Microsoft names Pavan Davuluri as its Windows and Surface chief; Microsoft had split the Windows and Surface groups after Panos Panay left in Sept. 2023 (Tom Warren/The Verge)

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on why federation is the future of social media, Threads’ fediverse integration, monetization, composable moderation, and more  —  The head of Threads and Mastodon competitor Bluesky on why she… Read More »Q&A with Bluesky CEO Jay Graber on why federation is the future of social media, Threads’ fediverse integration, monetization, composable moderation, and more (Nilay Patel/The Verge)

Saqib Iqbal Ahmed / Reuters: Reddit stock closes up 30% at $59.80, after the company went public at $34 last week, as the debut of options trading tied to Reddit appears to fuel the rise  —  The launch of options… Read More »Reddit stock closes up 30% at $59.80, after the company went public at $34 last week, as the debut of options trading tied to Reddit appears to fuel the rise (Saqib Iqbal Ahmed/Reuters)

Chris Dolmetsch / Bloomberg: Ripple says the SEC plans to release a public brief on Tuesday seeking $2B in fines and penalties in its case against Ripple over sales of the XRP crypto token  —  The regulator is slated to… Read More »Ripple says the SEC plans to release a public brief on Tuesday seeking $2B in fines and penalties in its case against Ripple over sales of the XRP crypto token (Chris Dolmetsch/Bloomberg)

Mike Scarcella / Reuters: Consumers in the US filed at least three proposed class actions since March 22 accusing Apple of monopolizing the smartphone market, mirroring the DOJ’s claims  —  Apple (AAPL.O) has been hit with a flurry of new… Read More »Consumers in the US filed at least three proposed class actions since March 22 accusing Apple of monopolizing the smartphone market, mirroring the DOJ’s claims (Mike Scarcella/Reuters)

The Information: Bolt’s board removes CEO Maju Kuruvilla, who took over after co-founder Ryan Breslow stepped down in 2022; head of sales Justin Grooms will be interim CEO  —  Maju Kuruvilla, the former Amazon executive who took over as Bolt… Read More »Bolt’s board removes CEO Maju Kuruvilla, who took over after co-founder Ryan Breslow stepped down in 2022; head of sales Justin Grooms will be interim CEO (The Information)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: Global Screening Services, which is developing a sanctions-screening service to help financial institutions comply with regulations, raised a $47M Series A2  —  Global Screening Services (GSS), a London-based regulatory compliance platform that helps financial institutions meet… Read More »Global Screening Services, which is developing a sanctions-screening service to help financial institutions comply with regulations, raised a $47M Series A2 (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Eliyan, which is developing chiplet interconnects to increase AI chips’ performance, raised a $60M Series B co-led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and Tiger Global  —  Eliyan has raised $60 million in funding for its chiplet interconnect… Read More »Eliyan, which is developing chiplet interconnects to increase AI chips’ performance, raised a $60M Series B co-led by Samsung Catalyst Fund and Tiger Global (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)