Category Archives: Tech News

Taichi Graphics, an open source cloud platform for 3D graphics creation, raises a $50M Series A co-led by Source Code Capital, GGV Capital, and BAI Capital (Pandaily)

Pandaily: Taichi Graphics, an open source cloud platform for 3D graphics creation, raises a $50M [...]

08
Feb
Spotify CEO says "silencing" Rogan is "not the answer" in email to staff, commits $100M to licensing, development, marketing of content from marginalized groups (J. Clara Chan/The Hollywood Reporter)

J. Clara Chan / The Hollywood Reporter: Spotify CEO says “silencing” Rogan is “not the [...]

07
Feb
GoFundMe will automatically refund all donations to a campaign protesting vaccine mandates in Canada that it says sparked violence; the campaign had raised $7M+ (BuzzFeed News)

BuzzFeed News: GoFundMe will automatically refund all donations to a campaign protesting vaccine mandates in [...]

06
Feb
Investigation reveals the identities of two main founders of the Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT collection: Greg Solano, aka "Gargamel", and Wylie Aronow (Katie Notopoulos/BuzzFeed News)

Katie Notopoulos / BuzzFeed News: Investigation reveals the identities of two main founders of the [...]

05
Feb
TTTech Auto, a Vienna-based automotive safety software provider, raises $228M from Aptiv and $57M from Audi at a $1B valuation (Joseph White/Reuters)

Joseph White / Reuters: TTTech Auto, a Vienna-based automotive safety software provider, raises $228M from [...]

04
Feb
Report: Microsoft scrapped plans for a HoloLens 3 in 2021, shifting instead to a mixed reality device with Samsung and leaving the HoloLens team "inflamed" (Arif Bacchus/OnMSFT.com)

Arif Bacchus / OnMSFT.com: Report: Microsoft scrapped plans for a HoloLens 3 in 2021, shifting [...]

03
Feb
Superpedestrian, which makes e-scooters that detect and correct unsafe riding behavior in real-time, raises a $125M Series C after a $60M round in December 2020 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch)

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch: Superpedestrian, which makes e-scooters that detect and correct unsafe riding behavior [...]

02
Feb
Taiwan-based GlobalWafers' proposed €4.35B takeover of German chip supplier Siltronic falls apart as Germany's government misses the approval deadline (Reuters)

Reuters: Taiwan-based GlobalWafers’ proposed €4.35B takeover of German chip supplier Siltronic falls apart as Germany’s [...]

01
Feb
Gartner: global chip sales rose 25% YoY in 2021 to a record $583.5B and are projected to grow by 9% this year; capital expenditures grew to at least $146B (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Gartner: global chip sales rose 25% YoY in 2021 to a record [...]

31
Jan
Blockdaemon, which provides blockchain infrastructure for node management and staking, raises a $207M Series C at a $3.25B post-money valuation (Zack Seward/CoinDesk)

Zack Seward / CoinDesk: Blockdaemon, which provides blockchain infrastructure for node management and staking, raises [...]

30
Jan