Fortnite’s ‘safety and fairness’ ban actually hurts users and developers
ProBeat: Microsoft’s Surface Duo is dead on arrival, regardless of price
U.S. Justice Department going ‘full tilt’ on tech antitrust probe
Amazon launches Braket quantum computing service in general availability
Keeper Security raises $60 million to protect companies from data breaches
AI startup steps in to unlock the puzzle of infertility with machine learning
Gong raises $200 million to surface sales insights with AI
WordPress 5.5 arrives with lazy loading, sitemap, automatic updates for plugins and themes
How Women Invest will target female founders with $10 million fund
AI cybersecurity startup Elisity raises $7.5 million to protect networks from attack with AI
Google and Qualcomm join $230 million investment in Nokia phone maker HMD Global
Atomwise raises $123 million to accelerate drug discovery with AI
K2View raises $28 million to automate enterprise data unification
Simpplr raises $10 million for its AI-powered intranet platform
Mux raises $37 million to streamline video delivery and analytics
Google gives Android TV developers instant apps, speech-to-text, and predictive typing
Ironscales raises $8 million more for AI that thwarts email phishing attacks
Black entrepreneurs can tap new markets — but only with VC backing
ProBeat: Microsoft wants TikTok for the same reason the U.S. fears China
Rally launches Creator Coin cryptocurrency for influencers
CryptoKitties creator Dapper Labs raises $12 million for consumer-focused Flow blockchain
COVID benchmarks on ARR, churn, and more from 2020 Key Banc SaaS survey (VB Live)
Thriver raises $33 million for virtual workplace wellness
Blackout Blitz creator Big Run Studios raises $5.25 million for casual mobile games
Automated document processor PandaDoc raises $15 million more as remote work grows
Expert System raises $29.4 million for AI text extraction and analysis
Sight Diagnostics raises $71 million for blood-testing computer vision
Open banking: the lucrative benefits for smaller FIs and fintechs (VB Live)
Springboard raises $31 million to retool the technology workforce
Former Google engineer Levandowski gets 18-month sentence for stealing trade secrets
Microsoft has paid security researchers $13.7 million for bug bounties in 12 months
Kite brings its AI-powered code completions to Jupyter notebooks
Isima emerges from stealth with $10 million to apply intelligence to real-time data
Syntiant raises $35 million for AI speech-processing edge chips
Surviving the new normal: What to do when a customer asks to see your startup’s financials
ByteDance and Microsoft offer White House a deal to keep TikTok in the U.S.
AI Weekly: Big Tech’s antitrust reckoning is a cautionary tale for the AI industry
ProBeat: Slowing AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud revenue growth is a good thing
