Microsoft portrays itself as the anti-Apple: 'The world needs a more open platform'
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the world needs a "more open platform," during the company's Windows 11 announcement on Thursday.
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Four Silicon Valley VC firms notched billion-dollar IPO wins on Thursday
Benchmark and Index Ventures are the biggest winners from Confluent's IPO, while Emergence Capital and InterWest Partners are the top investors in Doximity.
Confluent climbs 25% in Nasdaq debut after cloud software developer raises over $800 million in IPO
Seven years after spinning out of LinkedIn, Confluent held its stock market debut on Thursday.
Doximity more than doubles in NYSE debut, giving health-tech company $9.4 billion market cap
Doximity, an 11-year-old online network for medical professionals, went public after increasing revenue 77% in the latest fiscal year to over $200 million.
Ad tech stocks surge as Google delays killing third-party cookies until 2023
Google is giving the advertising industry more time to plan for more privacy-conscious targeted ads by extending a timeline to remove third-party cookies.
Microsoft closes above $2 trillion market cap for the first time
Satya Nadella's Microsoft has become easier for companies to work with, it hasn't made deals that went bad, and its Teams and Azure assets are now common.
BuzzFeed becomes digital media test case as industry waits to find out investor interest
BuzzFeed will be the first significant digital media company to go public in what may or may not become a wave of SPACs.
Amazon's Prime Day results were more muted than usual this year
Amazon's messaging around Prime Day results lacked the kind of sales superlatives it usually offers, indicating the event may have been lackluster.
Democrats and Republicans form odd alliances during tech antitrust debate
Cracking down on Big Tech is a rare bipartisan goal, but a lengthy debate in the House on Wednesday showed there's vast disagreement over how that should happen.
Amazon's Prime Day sales were 'soft' compared with last year, Bank of America says
BofA analysts pointed to softer sales growth as one driver behind the lackluster Prime Day.
BuzzFeed announces plans to go public via SPAC, targets $1.5 billion valuation
BuzzFeed, a 15-year-old digital media company, announced Thursday it plans to go public via a merger with a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company.
Mining bitcoin could be about to get a whole lot easier after China's crypto crackdown
Though it may not be good news for bitcoin miners in China, others could stand to benefit.
What to expect from Microsoft's next version of Windows
A build of an operating system named Windows 11 offers hints of what Microsoft could show Thursday when it talks about what's next for its PC operating system.
Visa to buy Swedish fintech Tink for $2.1 billion after abandoning Plaid takeover
Visa has agreed to acquire Swedish financial technology start-up Tink for 1.8 billion euros ($2.1 billion).
Why the crash of crypto token 'titan' that burned Mark Cuban may not foretell a bitcoin plunge
Tokens like titan have fundamentally different functionality and use case from a mainstream digital currencies like bitcoin or ether.
Andreessen Horowitz launches $2.2 billion crypto fund and is 'radically optimistic' despite price fluctuations
Andreessen Horowitz is launching a multibillion-dollar fund to invest in a volatile ecosystem it's betting will be as influential as the internet.
TV ad tech company Innovid plans going public via SPAC
Innovid runs a software platform that helps advertisers create, deliver and measure ads on streaming video services and internet-connected TV platforms.
Meet the man designing Google’s futuristic new headquarters
In 2012, British designer Thomas Heatherwick found himself having dinner with Google co-founder Larry Page at the billionaire's house in California.
Elon Musk says Starlink will go public when its cash flow is more predictable
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk said he will only publicly list satellite broadband service Starlink when its cash flow is more predictable.
SoftBank CEO says he wants to be a 21st century Rothschild
Masayoshi Son, the CEO of Japanese tech conglomerate SoftBank, said to shareholders on Wednesday that he wants to be viewed as a 21st century Rothschild.
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