November 13, 2017
Qualcomm rejects Broadcom’s $70 per share takeover offer
Qualcomm’s board of directors has unanimously voted to reject an acquisition offer from rival chipmaker Broadcom. Read More Powered by WPeMatico
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November 13, 2017
Roomi raises $11 million to find you a roommate
Looking for a roommate on Craigslist can be cumbersome. And it can be difficult to determine what the person will be like in real life. A startup called…
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Fintech startup Flux partners with Barclays for itemised receipts
Flux, the London fintech startup founded by former early employees at Revolut, has announced a partnership with Barclays in the U.K. that will see it trial its itemised receipt technology…
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Gaming firm Razer up 18% following Hong Kong IPO
Razer has continued a winning streak of IPOs from Asian companies after its share price surged as much as 41 percent up on its first day of trading…
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Graphcore raises $50M amid a flurry of AI chip activity
While some of the largest chip manufacturers are looking to shift their focus onto the GPU for their biggest machine learnings, there’s a blooming ecosystem of new chip…
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Uber confirms SoftBank has agreed to invest billions
The paperwork’s done! The long-anticipated SoftBank Group investment into Uber has been agreed upon, a spokesperson confirms to TechCrunch. We’ve been provided the following statement. “We’ve entered into…
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These are the US startups that Russian investors are backing
A taxi-hailing app. A transplant device developer. An online mortgage provider. Those businesses may have little in common, but one shared thread is that U.S. startups in these…
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Nintendo may make as many as 30 million Switches next year
Rumors in early October had Nintendo more than doubling production for the highly successful Switch in order to meet what will almost certainly be crushing demand during the…
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Bike-share platform Spin poaches Seattle transit regulator and launches in a dozen new cities
Spin, one of several bike-sharing companies now vying for dominance in a number of U.S. cities, has a new weapon to wield against its competitors: Kyle Rowe, the…
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Uber ‘Express POOL’ offers the cheapest fare if you’ll walk a little
Uber’s found a way to shave another 25 percent or so off the price of a ride. Uber Express POOL asks you to walk up to a few blocks to…
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