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Duolingo valued at $6.5 billion as shares pop nearly 40% in debut
(Reuters) -Language learning app Duolingo Inc notched a valuation of $6.5 billion after its shares surged nearly 40% in the company's Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, becoming the latest education technolog...
Jul 28, 2021
U.S. senators urge barring Huawei, ZTE from $1.9 trln govt funding measure
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two U.S. senators on Wednesday said they are introducing a measure to prohibit funds in a $1.9 trillion government funding measure from being used to purchase Chinese telecommun...
Jul 28, 2021
PowerSchool valued at over $3 billion in NYSE debut as shares rise
(Reuters) -Shares of PowerSchool Holdings Inc rose 2.8% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Wednesday, giving the cloud-based education software provider a valuation of about $3.57 billion. Powe...
Jul 28, 2021
Twitter begins testing shopping feature on brand profile pages
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Twitter Inc will begin allowing businesses to showcase products for sale at the top of their profile page, the social networking company said on Wednesday, as it seeks to gr...
Jul 28, 2021
EU watchdog Irish agency must decide on WhatsApp case in a month
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU privacy watchdog EDPB on Wednesday gave the Irish data protection agency a month to issue a long-delayed decision on Facebook's WhatsApp, saying that national enforcers' object...
Jul 28, 2021
Cyber insurance rates fail to match catastrophe risk-Chubb CEO
(Reuters) - Rising prices of insurance against cyber attacks fail to take account of the potential catastrophic effects of a widespread attack, Chubb Ltd. Chief Executive Evan Greenberg said on Wednes...
Jul 28, 2021
United Internet explores deal with Tillman for German tower build-up -sources
By Nadine Schimroszik and Arno Schuetze BERLIN (Reuters) - Independent German telecoms firm United Internet is exploring a deal with U.S. towers firm Tillman Infrastructure to build its own towers net...
Jul 28, 2021
New York, other states to fight dismissal of antitrust lawsuit against Facebook
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -New York and other U.S. states filed a notice on Wednesday saying they will fight the dismissal of their antitrust lawsuit against social media giant Facebook Inc in an appeals c...
Jul 28, 2021
Germany’s Contentful valued at $3 billion after Tiger Global-led funding
(Reuters) - Content platform provider Contentful said on Wednesday it raised $175 million in a funding round led by investment giant Tiger Global, bringing the German company's valuation to $3 billion...
Jul 28, 2021
White House calls on America’s most critical companies to improve cyber defenses
By Christopher Bing and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House is signaling to U.S. critical infrastructure companies, such as energy providers that they must improve their cyber defenses...
Jul 28, 2021
