Monthly Archives: September 2023

New York is a tech startup hotbed after almost a decade-long run of IPOs

New York’s successful tech entrepreneurs are helping the next generation raise capital for emerging startups

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Power amplifier startup Falcomm to close $4M, taking on Qualcomm and Broadcom

Smartphones are equipped with a range of chips that perform various functions. Among them, there’s a semiconductor chip called the power amplifier that is responsible for conditioning and amplifying the signal through the antenna. Energy efficiency in power amplifiers is … Continue reading

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Microsoft’s mobile keyboard app SwiftKey gains new AI-powered features

Along with AI advances in Windows 11 and Bing, Microsoft also this week announced it’s bringing new AI-powered features to its SwiftKey mobile keyboard app for iOS and Android. This third-party app lets users replace the default keyboard on their … Continue reading

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Apple CEO Tim Cook appears in New York to celebrate iPhone 15 release

Customers flocked to Apple’s stores Friday to get their hands on the new devices.

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Microsoft-Activision Blizzard Deal: U.K. Agency Signals Approval

Britain’s antitrust regulator said the companies had addressed its main concerns about the $69 billion deal, though final approval is yet to come.

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CEO of DuckDuckGo Testifies in Google Case

Gabriel Weinberg of the search engine DuckDuckGo was the first competitor to testify in the Justice Department’s antitrust trial against Google.

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The Lawyers Sam Bankman-Fried Once Trusted Are Drawing Criticism

Mr. Bankman-Fried and his allies have blasted Sullivan & Cromwell, the New York law firm managing FTX’s bankruptcy, for its tangled relationship with the crypto exchange.

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The Man Who Trapped Us in Databases

Hank Asher was a drug smuggler with a head for numbers — until he figured out how to turn Americans’ private information into a big business.

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Rupert Murdoch to Retire From Fox and News Corporation Boards

The move leaves his son Lachlan as the sole executive in charge of the global media empire.

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Microsoft PowerToys 0.73.0: A Breakdown of the New Crop And Lock App

The Crop And Lock app in the latest release of Microsoft PowerToys, version 0.73.0, can help enhance your productivity.

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