IT総合 Cultivated Biosciences wants to make plant-based dairy ‘feel’ more like the real McCoy
The vegan food market was pegged as a $27 billion industry last year, a figure that’s expected to more than double...
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IT総合 IT総合 UK clears $8.1B merger between NortonLifeLock and Avast
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has formally cleared the proposed $8.1 billion merger between cyberse...
IT総合 Zenly is still hugely popular, so why’s Snap shutting it down?
Snapchat’s parent Snap became the latest tech company to announce a huge round of layoffs, confirming ongoing rumo...
IT総合 China’s NetEase snaps up French video game studio Quantic Dream
NetEase, a Chinese technology company and billion-dollar video-game publisher, has acquired French video-game studio Qua...
IT総合 Topi raises $45M to power hardware subscriptions for B2B merchants
A new company is looking to do for B2B hardware sales what a growing number of companies have been doing in the consumer...
IT総合 Mavenoid, which automates technical support and onboarding for hardware companies, raises $30M
Mavenoid, a Swedish company that provides both human- and AI-enabled support and troubleshooting tools for hardware comp...
IT総合 Musk cites whistleblower allegations in fresh attempt to backtrack on $44B Twitter acquisition
Elon Musk is adding allegations from Twitter security whistleblower Peiter “Mudge” Zatko to his list of reas...
IT総合 The UK’s £5B Project Gigabit gives out first contract to connect rural areas to high-speed broadband
The first major subsidy contract under the U.K. Government’s £5 billion ($5.9 billion) Project Gigabit scheme has ...
IT総合 How W4 plans to monetize the Godot game engine using Red Hat’s open-source playbook
A new company from the creators of the Godot game engine is setting out to grab a piece of the $200 billion global video...
IT総合 Just Eat Takeaway sells stake in Brazil’s iFood for up to $1.8B
European food ordering and delivery giant Just Eat Takeaway has revealed that it’s selling its stake in BrazilR...
IT総合 WebMD acquires French medical news and information platform Jim.fr
Health information publishing giant WebMD has announced that it’s acquiring Jim.fr, a French-language medical news...
IT総合 Google brings its Workspace Individual plan to one-person businesses in Europe
Google is bringing its Workspace Individual subscription plan to Europe, a little more than a year after first introduci...
IT総合 HR startup HiBob’s valuation surges 50% to $2.45B on a $150M raise
Cloud-based human resource (HR) platform HiBob today announced that it had raised $150 million in a series D round of fu...
IT総合 Funding Circle cofounder unveils new Super Payments fintech venture with $27M investment
Funding Circle cofounder Samir Desai has unveiled a new U.K. fintech startup called Super Payments, a venture he founded...
IT総合 How Snipd is using AI to ‘unlock knowledge’ in podcasts
Podcasting has emerged as a major billion-dollar industry, with ad revenue in the U.S. alone expected to hit $2 billion ...
IT総合 U.K. government pushes ‘social tariffs’ to bring cheaper broadband to hard-up households
The U.K. government is rolling out a new scheme designed to create and promote cheaper broadband for lower-income househ...
IT総合 Meta invests in Take App, a Singaporean startup that helps merchants sell via WhatsApp
WhatsApp has long transcended its roots as a simple messaging app for friends, and is now a core communication tool for ...
IT総合 Amazon launches AWS Private 5G so companies can build their own 4G mobile networks
Amazon’s cash-cow cloud division AWS has launched a new service designed to help companies deploy their own privat...
IT総合 Satellite ‘frenemies’ OneWeb and Intelsat partner to bring multi-orbit internet to airlines
Satellite communication rivals Intelsat and OneWeb have announced an unlikely alliance to deliver multi-orbit, in-flight...
IT総合 Conversational intelligence company Jiminny nabs $16.5M to unlock sales team insights
Jiminny, a U.K.-based conversational intelligence platform that companies use to record, transcribe, and analyze communi...
IT総合 Medical simulation platform FundamentalVR raises $20M to help surgeons learn through VR
FundamentalVR, an immersive simulation platform for medical and health care professions, has raised $20 million in a rou...
IT総合 Truework, which helps lenders verify borrowers’ income and employment, raises $50M
Truework, a company that builds technology for mortgage and consumer-centric lenders to instantly verify the income and ...
IT総合 Vista Equity Partners to acquire automated tax compliance company Avalara for $8.4B
Global investment giant Vista Equity Partners has announced plans to acquire automated tax compliance software provider ...
IT総合 Bluu Seafood unveils its first lab-grown fish products and readies for regulators
Bluu Seafood, a German company developing “lab-grown” fish, is showcasing its first finished products as it ...
IT総合 Gilead Sciences to acquire Oxford University biotech spinout MiroBio for $405M
U.S. pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences has announced plans to acquire Oxford University biotech spinout company MiroB...
IT総合 Despite remote work and the economic downturn, some companies look to London for expansion
Barely a day goes by without news of layoffs emerging from the tech world — from cybersecurity to gaming, no indus...
IT総合 U.K provisionally approves $8.1B NortonLifeLock-Avast merger, citing competition from Microsoft
The U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has provisionally greenlighted the proposed $8.1 billion merger...
IT総合 Employee benefits platform Ben raises $16M to cut HR admin
Employee benefits platform Ben today announced it has raised $16 million in a series A round of funding led by European ...
IT総合 Sheryl Sandberg officially stepped down as Meta COO on August 1, filing shows
We knew it was happening, but Meta has confirmed that its long-standing chief operating officer (COO) Sheryl Sandberg ha...
IT総合 UiPath acquires London-based NLP startup Reinfer
Robotic process automation (RPA) company UiPath has acquired Reinfer, a London-based startup that’s developing nat...