MicroStrategy’s Saylor Will Sell Over $200 Million of Stock
MicroStrategy's stock price has soared more than 300% in the past 12 months as bitcoin has rallied.
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Disney Strikes Deal With ValueAct While Another Ally Seeks Board Seats
ValueAct expressed support for Disney CEO Bob Iger while Blackwells, which has also expressed support, nominated three people for election to the board.
China Removes Gaming Official After New Regulation Spooked Industry
A proposed new regulation has caused gaming stock turmoil and brought flashbacks to Beijing’s tech crackdown in 2021
Early-Stage VC Firm Countdown Capital Is Shutting Down
Three-year-old firm cites competition from larger firms looking for alternatives to SAAS deals.
News Startup The Messenger to Lay Off Dozens
The Messenger, which raised $50 million last year, is reportedly seeking to raise more money as it struggles to reach its lofty revenue goals.
Tesla’s Q4 Production Rises 12.6%
BYD, the Chinese EV maker, overtook Tesla to become the world’s largest producer of electric vehicles.
Jack Ma Cedes Control of Fintech Giant Ant Group
The Chinese company completed the change in controlling shareholder announced a year ago
Fidelity Cuts Valuation on X/Twitter Again
The Axios report said that Fidelity has now cut the carrying value of its stake in X by 71.5% since Musk's October, 2022 $44 billion acquisition of the company.
OpenAI Surpassed $1.6 Billion in Annualized Revenue Despite CEO Drama
OpenAI's annualized revenue is up 20% from its pace two months ago.
BuzzFeed’s President Quits
Marcela Martin was the second senior BuzzFeed executive to depart in the past few months, following the CFO.
JD.com Wins Anti-Monopoly Suit Against Alibaba
Alibaba was fined billions by Chinese regulators in 2021.
X Fails to Block California Content Moderation Law
The law requires social media companies to disclose how they moderate certain content on their platforms.
Top American at Tencent to Leave
Wallerstein has long been viewed as the most powerful American at Tencent, whose job was to bridge the cultural gap between the tech giant and Silicon Valley startups.
Google Settles Claims That It Misled Chrome ‘Incognito’ Users
Users alleged that Google broke privacy laws by secretly collecting their data through “incognito” browsing on Google Chrome.
Cable Operator Altice USA Sells Cheddar News to Media Firm
Cheddar News, which was started by former BuzzFeed executive Jon Steinberg in 2016, later sold to Altice USA for $200 million in 2019.
Online Retailer Zulily Shuts Down
The flash-sale retailer alleged Amazon undercut its prices in a lawsuit earlier this month.
Appeals Court Temporarily Suspends Apple Import Ban
The appeals court still has to consider an appeal of the ITC decision blocking Apple from importing certain kinds of its Apple watch.
Anthropic Projected At Least $850 Million in Annualized Revenue in 2024
Earlier this fall, Anthropic told some investors it was generating revenue at a $100 million annualized rate.
Amazon Sets Prime Video Ads Launch Dates
U.S. viewers will see ads starting Jan. 29, while the U.K., Germany and Canada will start on Feb. 5.
NY Times Co Sues Microsoft and OpenAI for Copyright Infringement
The lawsuit signals that months of negotiations between the publisher and the tech companies have failed to reach a deal.
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