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1. Apple reportedly in talks to amass Intel’s modem enterprise for $1B+
Apple is in “advanced talks” to purchase Intel’s smartphone modem enterprise for “$1 billion or more,” based on a brand new report in The Wall Street Journal.
This deal might doubtlessly carry Apple a whole lot of engineers and key patents, and that might permit the corporate to construct out among the applied sciences it’s at the moment licensing from Qualcomm.
2. Bird is elevating a Series D spherical led by Sequoia at $2.5 billion valuation
Sequoia Capital beforehand led Bird’s $300 million Series C spherical again in June, with Roelof Botha becoming a member of Bird’s board on the time. Sequoia declined to touch upon the spherical, however Botha did say the Bird crew “exemplifies grit.” (So, not precisely a denial.)
3. Pinterest launches wellness actions to assist customers deal with stress, anxiousness
The possibility to interact with the brand new actions — like deep respiratory and self-compassion workouts — pops up when a Pinterest person searches for “stress quotes,” “work anxiety” or different phrases that point out they is likely to be feeling down.
4. Facebook fails to maintain Messenger Kids’ security promise
The Verge obtained messages despatched by Facebook informing mother and father that the corporate has discovered “a technical error.” This error permits a toddler’s good friend to create a bunch chat with them that additionally included contacts who hadn’t been accredited by their father or mother — which is precisely what Messenger Kids was supposed to forestall.
5. It seems like TikTok has acquired Jukedeck, a pioneering music AI UK startup
The startup — which gained our Startup Battlefield in London — was constructing expertise to do issues like interpret a video and robotically set music to it.
6. Mixhalo raises $10.7M to carry higher sound high quality to reside occasions
The firm’s preliminary aim was to carry higher sound high quality to concert events. Instead of listening to music blasted out of audio system, customers can join their smartphone to a Mixhalo community — then, by their earbuds, they’ll hear the identical sound combine that the musicians obtain by their in-ear screens.
7. Announcing the agenda for TC Sessions: Enterprise
The agenda for TC Sessions: Enterprise has simply been introduced, that includes enterprise powerhouses like Bill McDermott (SAP), Scott Farquhar (Atlassian), Andrew Ng (Landing AI), Julie Larson-Green (Qualtrics), Wendy Nather (Duo Security), Aaron Levie (Box) and Jason Green (Emergence). The occasion will happen on September 5 in San Francisco.
