Tech
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Silicon Valley Bank just made an even bigger push into wealth management
SVB Financial Group agreed today to buy Boston Private Financial Holdings in Boston for $900 million in cash and stock. It’s a...
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Looking to decarbonize the metal industry, Bill Gates-backed Boston Metal raises $50 million
Steel production accounts for roughly 8% of the emissions that contribute to global climate change. It is one of the industries that...
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371Daily Crunch: Hundreds of Google and Alphabet employees unionize
Google employees take another step in their activism, Venmo adds a check-cashing feature and Slack has some issues. This is your Daily...
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Twitter acquires social podcasting app Breaker, team to help build Twitter Spaces
Twitter has acquired social broadcasting app Breaker, the companies announced today via a combination of blog posts and tweets. The deal will...
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3362020 was a record year for Israel’s security startup ecosystem
Naama Ben DovContributor Naama Ben Dov is an associate at YL Ventures who researches new investment opportunities, analyzes investments through thorough due...
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The cauldrons of gold theory of media and startups
Another week, another email newsletter. This time, the story is Punchbowl, a politics-centric newsletter founded by a crop of recent Politico alums...
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Teledyne to acquire FLIR in $8 billion cash and stock deal
Industrial sensor giant Teledyne is set to acquire sensing company FLIR in a deal valued at around $8 billion in a mix...
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Venmo adds a check cashing feature, waives fees for stimulus checks
Venmo this morning announced it will begin to offer a new check cashing service, “Cash a Check,” in the Venmo mobile app....
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UK judge denies US request to extradite WikiLeaks’ founder, Julian Assange
A UK district court judge has refused to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange to the US. In a hearing at Westminster Magistrates’...
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Google, Alphabet employees seek to form a union
A group of more than 200 Google and Alphabet workers have announced their efforts to form a union. With the help of...