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Pigment, a business planning and forecasting service that integrates data from many platforms including Snowflake and Salesforce, raises a $73M Series B (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Pigment, a business planning and forecasting service that...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:Pigment, a business planning and forecasting service...

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Ukraine's efforts to tackle corruption may be at odds with its aim to become a global crypto hub, as weak governance is part of Ukraine's allure (New York Times)

Ukraine's efforts to tackle corruption may be at odds with...

New York Times:Ukraine's efforts to tackle corruption may be at odds with its aim...

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Some subscription app developers suspect Apple is buying Google ads that send users to their apps in the App Store, to protect its cut by decreasing web signups (John Koetsier/Forbes)

Some subscription app developers suspect Apple is buying...

John Koetsier / Forbes:Some subscription app developers suspect Apple is buying...

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A look at the brewing rivalry between Meta and Apple over VR and AR headsets, smartwatches, smart home devices, and digital services (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

A look at the brewing rivalry between Meta and Apple over...

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:A look at the brewing rivalry between Meta and Apple over...

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IBM debuts 127-qubit Eagle quantum processor coming to select members of the IBM Quantum Network in December, and previews next-gen IBM Quantum System Two (Larry Dignan/ZDNet)

IBM debuts 127-qubit Eagle quantum processor coming to...

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:IBM debuts 127-qubit Eagle quantum processor coming to select...

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Sources: Huawei is planning to license its smartphone designs to third parties to bypass US sanctions and gain access to critical components (Bloomberg)

Sources: Huawei is planning to license its smartphone designs...

Bloomberg:Sources: Huawei is planning to license its smartphone designs to third...

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South Korean startup Rsquare, which uses commercial building data to find businesses office space, raises a $72M Series C, bringing its total funding to ~$95M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

South Korean startup Rsquare, which uses commercial building...

Kate Park / TechCrunch:South Korean startup Rsquare, which uses commercial building...

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Interview with Expensify CEO David Barrett on wooing investors for the blockbuster IPO, why the company is focused on SMBs, adapting to the pandemic, and more (Benjamin Pimentel/Protocol)

Interview with Expensify CEO David Barrett on wooing investors...

Benjamin Pimentel / Protocol:Interview with Expensify CEO David Barrett on wooing...

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US joins a global cybersecurity partnership launched in 2018 with 80 countries and companies like Google and Microsoft, after declining to sign up under Trump (Rebecca Falconer/Axios)

US joins a global cybersecurity partnership launched in...

Rebecca Falconer / Axios:US joins a global cybersecurity partnership launched in...

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Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says the city will give residents a bitcoin yield from staking MiamiCoin (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says the city will give residents...

Helene Braun / CoinDesk:Miami Mayor Francis Suarez says the city will give residents...

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Meta made over 21 acquisitions in the past three years, per PitchBook, including at least four VR startups in 2021; sources say it paid $500M+ for Within (Peter Kafka/Vox)

Meta made over 21 acquisitions in the past three years,...

Peter Kafka / Vox:Meta made over 21 acquisitions in the past three years, per PitchBook,...

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Google creates a new Labs team under Clay Bavor, comprising its Area 120 incubator, AR and VR efforts, and Project Starline holographic video booth (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Google creates a new Labs team under Clay Bavor, comprising...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:Google creates a new Labs team under Clay Bavor, comprising...

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A look at Binance, which sources say could be worth $300B if it goes public, as its unfettered, unregulated growth comes to an end amid global scrutiny (Wall Street Journal)

A look at Binance, which sources say could be worth $300B...

Wall Street Journal:A look at Binance, which sources say could be worth $300B if...

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Ethereum Name Service's ENS token hits $1B market cap, just two days after its airdrop in which users received the token for free in their crypto wallets (Owen Fernau/The Defiant)

Ethereum Name Service's ENS token hits $1B market cap,...

Owen Fernau / The Defiant:Ethereum Name Service's ENS token hits $1B market cap,...

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Spotify acquires audiobook distributor Findaway and says it expects the deal to close in Q4 2021 (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Spotify acquires audiobook distributor Findaway and says...

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:Spotify acquires audiobook distributor Findaway and says...

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Autonomous driving startup Embark Trucks closes at $8.80 per share in its Nasdaq debut, down 11.4%, after going public via a SPAC merger that valued it at $5.2B (Priya Anand/Bloomberg)

Autonomous driving startup Embark Trucks closes at $8.80...

Priya Anand / Bloomberg:Autonomous driving startup Embark Trucks closes at $8.80...