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Graphiant, which provides a networking service to let companies link together their cloud environments, data centers, and other assets, raised a $62M Series B (Maria Deutscher/SiliconANGLE)

Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE: Graphiant, which provides a networking service to let companies link together their cloud environments, data centers, and other assets, raised a $62M Series B  —  Networking startup Graphiant Inc. today announced that it has closed a $62 million funding round led by Two Bear Capital.

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Hams Watch For Meteors

After passing an exam and obtaining a license, an amateur radio operator will typically pick up a VHF ratio and start talking to other hams in their local community. From there a whole array of paths open up, and some will focus on interesting ways of bouncing signals around the atmosphere. There are all kinds

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CWA files NLRB charges alleging that Apple fired five union organizers in Kansas City in retaliation, the first such charges the union has filed against Apple (Lauren Kaori Gurley/Washington Post)

Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post: CWA files NLRB charges alleging that Apple fired five union organizers in Kansas City in retaliation, the first such charges the union has filed against Apple  —  The workers, who were disciplined and fired for attendance-related issues, believe they were let go because of their union organizing

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Japan’s FTC says it does not expect the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal to stifle competition and closes its review without issuing a cease and desist order (Kiyoshi Takenaka/Reuters)

Kiyoshi Takenaka / Reuters: Japan’s FTC says it does not expect the Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal to stifle competition and closes its review without issuing a cease and desist order  —  Japan’s antitrust watchdog said on Tuesday it did not expect a merger between Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Activision Blizzard …

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Sources: Sam Bankman-Fried gave some Genesis executives the chance to invest in presale of FTT and Serum at a discount, before the tokens were issued publicly (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: Sam Bankman-Fried gave some Genesis executives the chance to invest in presale of FTT and Serum at a discount, before the tokens were issued publicly  —  Major lender was able to invest at a discounted rate before tokens were issued to public  —  Executives at a major lender …

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Alibaba plans to reorganize its businesses into six independent entities and devolve operational decisions to each unit’s CEO, in its biggest restructuring ever (Zhou Xin/South China Morning Post)

Zhou Xin / South China Morning Post: Alibaba plans to reorganize its businesses into six independent entities and devolve operational decisions to each unit’s CEO, in its biggest restructuring ever  —  Alibaba Group Holding will overhaul its sprawling operations, as China’s largest technology conglomerate undertakes …

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From the 10x developer to the 10x team

Bigfoot and the mythical 10x developer have a lot in common: Sightings are rare and not definitive. However, although many people have a fuzzy idea about what a Bigfoot looks like, the profile of the 10x developer—the developer who is 10 times more productive than their peers—is more elusive. This is because notions of the

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From ‘cloud washing’ to ‘AI washing’

Remember cloud washing from a few years ago? This term refers to the practice of companies representing their products and services as cloud-based when they are not truly cloud-based. In other words, cloud washing was, and still is, a marketing tactic that capitalizes on the hype surrounding cloud computing without delivering the benefits that true cloud

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Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers and prosecutors agree on new bail terms, including giving SBF a phone without internet and a monitored laptop with limited functions (Reuters)

Reuters: Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers and prosecutors agree on new bail terms, including giving SBF a phone without internet and a monitored laptop with limited functions  —  Lawyers for Sam Bankman-Fried said they reached an agreement with U.S. prosecutors on Monday on revised bail conditions …

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The UK cancels plans to launch an NFT, proposed in 2022 by Rishi Sunak in a bid to make the UK a crypto hub, and says it will keep the proposal “under review” (BBC)

BBC: The UK cancels plans to launch an NFT, proposed in 2022 by Rishi Sunak in a bid to make the UK a crypto hub, and says it will keep the proposal “under review”  —  Plans for a government backed non-fungible token (NFT) produced by the Royal Mint have been dropped, the Treasury has announced.

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