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Category: Business News
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Tech Infrastructure & Development, Internet Age Gates Are Growing Global Threat, and more.
Tech Infrastructure & Development Regulations this week: Governments worldwide are accelerating the implementation of mandatory age verification and social media bans for; and California’s AB 412, reintroduced for consideration, would…
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Digital Privacy & Surveillance, Pulte Appointment Underscores Need, and more.
Digital Privacy & Surveillance Legislation this week: President Trump has appointed Bill Pulte, the director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting Director of; and Congress remains deadlocked on reauthorizing Section 702 of…
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Major Corporate Investments &, SoftBank says it will invest up 75B build, and more.
Major Corporate Investments & Financial Moves this week: SoftBank Group has committed up to €75 billion to develop up to 5 gigawatts of data center capacity in France, with; and Direct tech integration into PE fundraising suggests a…
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Intellectual Property & Patent Law, Biopharmaceutical Innovation Patent Imperative, and more.
Intellectual Property & Patent Law Debates this week: A policy brief from the Center for American Principles argues that U.S.
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Venture Capital & Startup Funding, groupthink boom what 3 top VCs really think, and more.
Venture Capital & Startup Funding Trends this week: At TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event, VCs Niko Bonatsos (Verdict Capital), Andreas Stavropoulos (Threshold Ventures); and Anthropic’s $65 billion Series H round, led by Altimeter Capital…
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Music & Entertainment Industry Deals, Versant Invests Microdrama Streaming, and more.
Music & Entertainment Industry Deals this week: Versant Media Group, owner of USA Network and Syfy, has taken a minority stake in GammaTime, a microdrama streaming; and Warner Music Italy has acquired the recorded music catalog of…
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Tech Regulation & Infrastructure, Internet Age Gates Are Growing Global Threat, and more.
Tech Regulation & Infrastructure Policy this week: A global wave of age-restrictive legislation is reshaping digital access, with Australia, the UK, Indonesia; and California’s A.B.
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AI & Tech Sector Investments and Deals, Ross Fubini wrote Anduril s first check Here, and more.
AI & Tech Sector Investments and Deals this week: Ross Fubini, the venture investor who wrote Anduril’s first check and leads XYZ Venture Capital, argues that most; and Scotch, an AI-native operating system for liquor retailers, raised a…
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Digital Privacy & Surveillance, Pulte Appointment Underscores Need, and more.
Digital Privacy & Surveillance Legislation this week: President Trump appointed Bill Pulte, director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as acting Director of National; and Congress remains deadlocked over Section 702 reauthorization…
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Venture Capital, Funds & Major, They Saw Women Shut Out VC So PayPal, and more.
Venture Capital, Funds & Major Startup Rounds this week: Molly Huyck, a former PayPal executive, and Amie Konwinski, a Navy veteran, have launched Aequitas Invest (AQi), an; and The week’s largest venture rounds saw a concentration of…