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Binance and CEO Changpeng Zhao sued by CFTC over trading and derivative violations

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume; its CEO Changpeng Zhao; and Chief Compliance Officer Samuel Lim, are being sued by the U.S. Commodity Futures and Trading Commission, accordin

Jury selection begins for Tesla racial discrimination lawsuit

Tesla is back in court this week to defend itself against allegations from a Black former worker who claimed the automaker’s Fremont factory is rife with racial discrimination and harassment. Te

Despite uncertain U.S. future, TikTok launches a Branded Effects platform for marketers

While the U.S. government debates TikTok’s future following last week’s Congressional hearing, the video entertainment platform today announced a new product called Branded Effects aimed a

Microsoft rebuilt Teams from the ground up, promises 2x faster performance

Teams, Microsoft’s Slack rival, has always had a bit of a reputation for being slow and resource-hungry. Given that it always felt like Microsoft hurried the service’s launch to respond to

Slack backs Videowise’s approach to creating interactive, shoppable videos

Videowise's video platform helps online stores manage and publish videos on an unlimited number of pages without sacrificing page speed. 

Not all unicorns are in trouble, just a lot of them

Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the week

Apple acquired a startup using AI to compress videos

Apple has quietly acquired a Mountain View-based startup, WaveOne, that was developing AI algorithms for compressing video. Apple wouldn’t confirm the sale when asked for comment. But WaveOne&#8

Just starting out angel investing? Avoid these 7 mistakes.

I have over 20 years experience and I’ve reviewed about 4,500 deals. These are the seven most valuable lessons I’ve learned.

OpenView goes bigger with seventh fund, closing on $570M to invest in business software startups

Partner Mackey Craven says the product markets for business software “are stronger than they’ve ever been.”

Ford lifts the hood on its EV business, Turo updates its IPO filing and Waymo releases a safety case for AVs

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How Mindbloom’s CEO sees the future of psychedelic mental health

“What was something amazing that happened to you this weekend,” Mindbloom’s CEO Dylan Benyon asked me, less than 30 seconds into our call. His bright eyes and relaxed demeanor radiated a deep pe

Sonos Era 100 and Era 300 review: The next generation of great, reliable multi-room sound

Sonos has two new speakers going on sale Tuesday, March 28, and they’re both significant new models that occupy a couple of key spots in the overall Sonos line-up: The Era 100 is essentially the

France bans recreational apps like TikTok on government devices

France is the latest country taking steps to ban TikTok from government-managed devices.

Upheaval in venture banking can help us get back to basics: efficient growth

The reality is that most founders and venture funds don’t know what the market price is on startup valuations at the moment.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma returns to China after a year of uncertainty

Jack Ma’s whereabouts are making headlines again, roughly a year after the billionaire founder of Alibaba disappeared from the public eye. Ma had chosen to stay abroad despite China’s effo

GitHub takes down repository containing Twitter’s source code

GitHub has taken down a repository that contained proprietary source code to Twitter after the social network filed a DCMA takedown request.

Activist investor Elliott ditches director nomination plans for Salesforce

Activist investor Elliott Investment Management won't be proceeding with plans to nominate directors to Salesforce's board.

First Citizens is acquiring $72B in deposits and loans from Silicon Valley Bridge Bank

First Citizens has agreed to buy Silicon Valley Bank, the California lender whose collapse sent shockwaves through the financial sector.

Pinterest is testing new ways to shop in Shuffles collages

Pinterest is testing ways to integrate Shuffles collage content into Pinterest, starting with shopping. Shuffles, which is Pinterest’s collage-making app, launched to the general public last Nov

Why this round of tech optimism feels different

One of my most joyous technology memories concerns Project Origami. The effort from Microsoft, Intel and others launched ultra-mobile PCs, or UMPCs. The devices, akin to squeezing a full Windows machi
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