Author: Sophia

Sophia

Sophia is an entrepreneur and blogger. She is passionate about software, disruptive technology, personal development, and inspiring others.

Chris Strohm / Bloomberg: DOJ establishes the National Cryptocurrency Enforcement Team to investigate illegal schemes run by criminals and countries like North Korea and Iran  —  The Justice Department named a veteran cybersecurity prosecutor to lead a new team dedicated to investigating and prosecuting illicit …

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Wall Street Journal: Antenna: Apple TV+, Disney+, HBO Max, and others struggle to retain US subscribers who joined to watch a hit show; some subscribers only stay for a few months  —  Roughly half of U.S. viewers who joined right after ‘Hamilton’ and ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ were gone in six months, data show

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Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Blockchain network Polygon, which serves as a support layer for Ethereum, raises $450M led by Sequoia Capital India; Polygon has a ~$13B market cap  —  Ethereum scaling firm Polygon has raised $450 million in a new venture financing round as the firm, with a market cap of about $13 billion …

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Mitchell Clark / The Verge: CEO Pavel Durov apologizes and says Telegram was unresponsive to Brazil’s Supreme Court because the court’s emails were going to the wrong email address  —  Telegram’s founder and CEO Pavel Durov has just put out a statement about why Brazil’s Supreme Court is now suspending the app, and the reason is incredible.

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Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based Frontegg, which helps SaaS companies track user data, raises a $25M Series A led by Insight Partners  —  Frontegg, a Tel Aviv-based startup that provides SaaS companies with the core user management tools they need to build their own services, today announced that it has raised …

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Jim Dallke / Chicago Business Journal: BigTime Software, which helps companies monitor and manage their finances through budgeting, tracking, and invoicing, raises $100M from Vista Equity Partners  —  Chicago tech firm BigTime Software has landed a large investment from Vista Equity Partners as it looks to grow its software for professional services firms.

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Taylor Hatmaker / TechCrunch: Clubhouse rolls out Replay on iOS and Android, letting users record live rooms and share them as a podcast or a clip on YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok  —  Clubhouse hosts and moderators will have a fresh tool in their kit today.  The company is pushing a new feature live on both its iOS …

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Dade Hayes / Deadline: DGene, which uses AI to create holograms of humans and objects for use in AR/VR glasses and holographic displays, raises a $20M Series A led by Alibaba  —  EXCLUSIVE: DGene, an emerging content creation company involved in virtual production and immersive entertainment, has raised a $20 million Series A funding round led by Alibaba.

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Chaim Gartenberg / The Verge: Intel launches its 12th-gen Alder Lake chips, led by the flagship Core i9-12900K CPU with 16 cores for $589, shipping November 4  —  A new era for Intel begins  —  Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake chips have finally arrived, ushering in a new era of the company’s chips, lead by the flagship Core i9-12900K CPU …

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Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE: Scope Security, which offers a managed threat detection and response service to health care organizations, raises a $20M Series A led by Thrive Capital  —  Health systems managed detection and response startup Scope Security today announced it has raised $20 million in new funding to develop …

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