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The Embargoed
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Journo to know
Why you keep getting emails promising a free Yeti cooler … https://t.co/qWwu9RvSZo
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Technology & the Economy
Housing Market Decline: Home Prices Continued Three-Month Decrease In September
EU Asks Members to Set Russia Oil-Price Cap at $60
The Duck Says
Interesting development.
Venture Capital
Sound & Vision
John Goscha Of Native Voice: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A Founder
Skullcandy is partnering with Amazon to offer dual smart assistants
PolyAI secures $40M for its AI-powered voice assistant platform
The Forgotten Creators in Music: Tastemakers
Founders Fund backs $16 million raise as Giraffe360 launches new HDR camera for real estate
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Surveillance from on high.
Latin America
Colombia police used torture and sexual harassment to quell protests – Amnesty
Peru bird flu: Thousands of pelicans found dead
Eased US sanctions on Venezuelan oil provide weak supply boost
Longtime Caracas bakeries enjoy sweet benefits of dollarization
Analysis: Mexican president’s electoral gambit breathes life into opposition
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Here’s a story.
Enterprise Software
Brazilian Multinational Sensedia Expands Global Footprint to US Market
What the massive Optus breach tells us about API security risks
Developer Burnout Fueling Great Resignation Staff Migration
Zylo Secures $31.5M Series C to Help Companies Reduce SaaS Costs and Operationalize Renewals
Sofant Technologies Raises £4.2M in Funding
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Some SaaS fundings for you.
Digital Health
General Catalyst Backs Clinical Trials Startup Vial
Horizon Therapeutics in takeover talks with Amgen, J&J, Sanofi as potential buyers
Poor countries are developing a new paradigm of mental health care. America is taking note.
All the Actually Important Stuff Neuralink Just Announced
The Duck Says
Not sure I am hooking my brain up to anything controlled by Elon, but you go ahead.
Artificial Intelligence
Smart data management startup Heex Technologies closes €3.2 million round
How the Collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Crypto Empire Has Disrupted A.I.
Disney built an AI that can easily make actors look younger or older
Volkswagen’s Cariad to buy paragon’s AI subsidiary
Meta’s new AI is skilled at a ruthless, power-seeking game
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That can only be good news 🤷🏻♀️
Initial Public Offerings
NYSE president says IPO proceeds fall more than 90%
Arm Adds Ex-Qualcomm, Intel Executives to Board in Run-Up to IPO
If You Invested $1,000 In The Coinbase IPO, Here’s How Much You’d Have Now
Smarttech247 Group raises GBP3.7m ahead of London IPO
Chinese Nickel Producer Lygend Resources Debuts in Hong Kong
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Lots of activity late in the week.
Tobacco & Vaping
Digital solution for smoking cessation shows positive results in randomized trial
Views A good kind of quitting: Addressing nicotine use in the workplace
The ‘Existential Threat’ Facing Big Tobacco
The chase is on: Regulators are slowly cracking down on vapes aimed at teens
‘I’ve lost my children to vaping’: the tragic stories behind the soaring rates of youth addiction
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Hmmm.
MSP Cybersecurity
Fintech
Crypto exchange Kraken to lay off 30% of staff as it looks to weather crypto winter
Deposit Strategies Must Be Revised Before Funds Exit for Higher Rates
‘The more you submit, the more we get paid’: How fintech fueled covid aid fraud
Transcript of Sam Bankman-Fried’s Interview at the DealBook Summit
Access Paysuite Strengthens Payments Offering With the Acquisition of Pay360
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An exciting acquisition