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London-based correspondent covering tech for CNBC. Email: ryan.browne@nbcuni.com DMs open

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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
After years of focusing on North America, Lyft is finally entering Europe with a deal to buy German-headquartered ride-hailing platform Free Now for $200m. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/l... Worth noting that Uber already has a massive head start here (it first launched in London in.. 2012!!)
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Lyft to buy taxi app Free Now for $200 million to expand into Europe
The acquisition — Lyft's first in Europe — is expected to close in the second half of 2025.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Google has been hit with a major UK lawsuit accusing the tech giant of abusing its dominance in search to squeeze competition. The class action suit is seeking potential damages north of £5 billion on behalf of hundreds of thousands of businesses. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/g...
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Google faces £5 billion lawsuit in the UK for abusing 'near-total dominance' in search
A class action lawsuit filed Tuesday in the U.K. Competition Appeal Tribunal claims Google abused its position to restrict competing search engines.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Known for its critical chipmaking tools, ASML is something of a bellwether for the global semiconductor industry. Today, the company said tariffs are “creating a new uncertainty” for market demand, suggesting some disruption may be afoot for chipmakers. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/16/c...
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ASML shares drop 6% as orders disappoint amid tariff uncertainty
ASML reported net bookings of 3.94 billion euros ($4.47 billion) for the first quarter, versus a Reuters reported forecast of 4.89 billion euros.
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TechCrunch @techcrunch.com · 15/04/2025
Marshmallow, the UK insurance startup for migrants, raises $90M at a $2B+ valuation
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Marshmallow, the UK insurance startup for migrants, raises $90M at a $2B+ valuation
U.K. startup Marshmallow has blown up over the years by using innovations in data science to build car insurance policies for immigrants and other consumers who have been overlooked or priced out of traditional insurance. Now, with a million drivers insured and a profitable annual revenue run rate of $500 million, Marshmallow has raised a […]
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Exclusive: Adobe has invested an undisclosed sum into Synthesia, in a bet that AI will transform video production. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/15/a...
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Adobe takes stake in Synthesia, startup behind AI clones for corporate videos
Synthesia told CNBC that Adobe's venture capital arm injected an undisclosed amount of funds into the firm in a "strategic" partnership.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
As Meta faces off with the FTC in court today, the regulator's former chair Lina Khan says Facebook “panicked” and resorted to a "buy-or-bury scheme" when it saw Instagram and WhatsApp experience huge growth as smartphones took off: www.cnbc.com/2025/04/14/f...
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Meta resorted to 'buy-or-bury scheme' with Instagram and WhatsApp deals, former FTC Chair Lina Khan says
Former FTC Chair Lina Khan said Monday that Facebook's acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp drastically changed the social networking ecosystem.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
The venture capital industry was already under pressure from a lack of big IPOs or M&A deals. Now VCs face an even tougher outlook, with tariff uncertainty and market volatility putting public listings from the likes of Klarna and StubHub on hold: www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/t... #vc #tech #tariffs
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With IPOs on hold even longer, tariffs spell trouble for private tech investors
The venture capital industry was already under a lot of pressure prior to the multitrillion-dollar stock market rout last week.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Nice piece from @haydenfield.bsky.social on Isomorphic Labs, the secretive Google DeepMind spinoff that's trying to achieve groundbreaking drug discoveries using AI. cnbc.com/2025/04/09/i...
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Inside Isomorphic Labs, the secretive AI life sciences startup spun off from Google DeepMind
Isomorphic Labs is the secretive AI life sciences startup spun out of Google DeepMind with the goal of solving all disease with AI-powered drug discovery.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
The UK tried to keep details of a hearing on Apple's appeal against demands for a "backdoor" to users' encrypted info a secret. A tribunal has dismissed that request for secrecy, saying it “would be the most fundamental interference with the principle of open justice.” www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/u...
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UK loses bid to keep Apple appeal against demand for iPhone 'backdoor' a secret
Apple has triumphed over an effort from the U.K. government to keep secret details of its appeal against an order to create a "backdoor" to iPhone users' data.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
In his annual shareholder letter, JPMorgan boss Jamie Dimon warns tariffs announced by President Donald Trump last week will likely boost prices on both domestic and imported goods, weighing down a slowing US economy. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/07/j...
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JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says Trump tariffs will boost inflation, slow an already weakening U.S. economy
Jamie Dimon is the first Wall Street CEO to publicly address President Trump's sweeping tariff policy as global markets crash.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Trump extended the deadline for ByteDance to sell TikTok's US operations until mid-June. TikTok faces an effective ban in the US if its Chinese parent company can't agree on a sale. Numerous suitors for the app have emerged, including Oracle, Amazon and AppLovin. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/t...
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Trump extends TikTok deadline for the second time
President Trump extended a deadline requiring China-based ByteDance to sell U.S. TikTok operations, marking the second time Trump has taken such an action.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
Klarna and StubHub have both slammed the brakes on their IPOs in response to market volatility following Trump's tariffs on several major US trading partners. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/k...
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Klarna, StubHub delay IPOs as Trump's tariffs roil markets
Klarna and StubHub are delaying plans to go public after President Donald Trump's sweeping tariff announcement sent shock waves through the U.S. markets.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
Plaid has more than halved in value in a new funding round netting the company $575 million. The US fintech is now valued at $6 billion, down from $13.4 billion it was worth in 2021. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/03/p...
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Plaid raises funding at $6 billion valuation, enabling some employees to cash out
Plaid announced a new funding round that values the fintech company at less than half of its peak price tag four years ago.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Nintendo's new Switch 2 will hit the shelves on June 5 for a price of $449.99 (£395.99 in the UK). All details - including a new camera accessory catering for streamers - here in our story, from @kif.bsky.social: www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/n...
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Nintendo Switch 2 details: Price, screen size, controllers, microphone chat and games
Nintendo will launch game titles including "Mario Kart World" and "Street Fighter 6" alongside the new hardware.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Raspberry Pi reported a 57% drop in profit for 2024, in the company’s first earnings report since its London listing. www.cnbc.com/2025/04/02/e...
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Healthcare stocks drop 2.2% on brink of Trump tariffs; Europe markets fall: Live updates
European markets were lower Wednesday as global traders brace themselves for a raft of fresh U.S. trade tariffs.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Investors now think OpenAI is worth $300 billion...! Gonna be interesting to see how it all shakes out when investors start getting itchy for a return on their mammoth investments into this company... www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/o...
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OpenAI closes $40 billion funding round, largest private tech deal on record
OpenAI on Monday announced the close of its $40 billion financing, the most money raised in a single round by a private tech company.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
After years of struggles in its consumer devices unit following Trump's crackdown, Huawei is nearly back to where it was in 2020, reporting its second-highest revenue figure ever for 2024. Story here from @arjunkharpal.bsky.social: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/h...
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Huawei 2024 revenue surges to near-record high as China smartphone comeback takes hold
Huawei has been trying to adapt its business to deal with U.S. sanctions that have restricted its access to key technologies like semiconductors.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
“I still am crazy enough" to think Klarna can become "the next Google" in size, the fintech firm's boss Sebastian Siemiatkowski told me. Klarna's journey has been like a rollercoaster. In 2021, it reached a $46 billion valuation (on paper), only to then lose 85% of its value in 2022.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
New: I had an hour-long interview with the CEO of Klarna last year. We spoke about everything from his views on AI and how he thinks it will replace jobs to the challenges of being a founder-CEO for two decades. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/31/k...
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After 20 years at the helm, Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski faces his biggest test yet: A U.S. IPO
Sebastian Siemiatkowski has been CEO of Klarna for 20 years. He now faces his biggest test yet with a U.S. IPO fast approaching.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/03/2025
I really did try and tell people
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
CRWV opens at $39 per share. Down sharply from an initial price target of $47 to $55. Story from @jordannovet.bsky.social here: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/c...
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CoreWeave opens at $39 per share after biggest U.S. tech IPO since 2021
CoreWeave received the most proceeds from a U.S. technology IPO since automation software maker UiPath went public in 2021.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
CoreWeave is going out on a volatile market day: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/27/s... US stocks are in the red. Nasdaq down 2.7%. This could be ugly.
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Sell-off on Wall Street gains steam, with Dow losing 700 points: Live updates
Stocks sold off Friday, pressured by growing uncertainty on U.S. trade policy as well as a more grim outlook on inflation.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
"CoreWeave reported a net loss of $863 million last year, with revenue soaring 737% from a year earlier. It’s a capital-intensive business due to the high costs of renting out and operating data centers." 😬
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
This should be good 🍿 www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/c...
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CoreWeave set to begin trading after biggest U.S. tech IPO since 2021
CoreWeave received the most proceeds from a U.S. technology IPO since automation software maker UiPath went public in 2021.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Ubisoft shares are surging this morning after the video game maker said it was spinning off some of its top franchises - including Assassin's Creed, Far Cry and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six - into a new subsidiary backed by China's Tencent. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/u...
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Assassin's Creed-maker Ubisoft's shares surge 11% on deal to spin off top game franchises
Ubisoft shares surged on Friday after the French video game publisher announced a deal to spin out some of its best-selling franchises.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
So this was all just a big "nothing burger," then? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK considers big tech tax changes to appease Donald Trump
Rachel Reeves says talks are
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Fintech funding coming back? Mercury, a San Francisco-based startup that offers bank accounts for businesses, announces it's raised $300 million. The round was led by Sequoia Capital and doubles Mercury's valuation to $3.5 billion from $1.6 billion previously. www.businesswire.com/news/home/20...
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Mercury Announces $300 Million Series C Round at $3.5 Billion Valuation
Mercury, the fintech ambitious companies use for banking*, credit cards, and software to power all their financial workflows, today announced a $300 million ...
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Obviously, Steve is only one man. And many others will have their own takes. I just found it funny (especially coming from the guy who designed some of Apple's first products...) Here's the full interview, for anyone who's interested! www.cnbc.com/video/2025/0...
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak talks DOGE, Musk and Tesla
Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple, spoke with CNBC about what tech billionaire Elon Musk is doing with the U.S.'s new Department of Government Efficiency and weighed in on Tesla's product evolution.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Woz: “Coming from Apple, user interface, the way you deal with technology, is the most important thing in the world to me. And Tesla is the worst in the world at that.”
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
“Every step up where they changed things in the car, it got worse and worse and worse, and now it is just miserable for user interface,” he told me at MWC in Barcelona...
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Funny anecdote, from a recent interview I did with @stevewoz.bsky.social: I asked Steve about what he thought about Elon Musk's handling of DOGE and influence over the Trump administration. It didn't take long for the Woz - a self-described Tesla owner of many years - to start bashing Tesla...
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Data from Edmunds shows that Tesla owners have been trading in their vehicles at record levels since CEO Elon Musk joined Trump’s White House, @lorak.bsky.social reports. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/20/t...
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Tesla owners are trading in their EVs at record levels, Edmunds says
Data from Edmunds shows that Tesla owners have been trading in their vehicles at record levels since CEO Elon Musk joined Trump's White House.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Heathrow closure is also affecting markets: "The travel and leisure sector shed 2% after London’s Heathrow Airport closed on Friday following a fire at a nearby electrical substation. British Airways-owner International Airlines Group was trading around 1.9% lower" www.cnbc.com/2025/03/21/e...
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European travel stocks fall after Heathrow Airport closure; British Airways-owner IAG down 1.9%
European markets moved lower in early trade on Friday, with travel stocks leading the losses.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
"Some 145,000 passengers could be affected by the closure, according to aviation-data firm Cirium." 😲 www.cnbc.com/2025/03/21/h...
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London's Heathrow Airport closes after 'catastrophic' fire nearby causes power outage, prompting major travel disruption
London's Heathrow Airport closed on Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation caused a power outage, airport officials said.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Yesterday, Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang said that AI is at an "inflection point" - which isn't a huge surprise, to be honest. There is a lot riding on these new chips, and Nvidia will be hoping it can continue to ride the AI hype cycle to new highs in 2025.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Nvidia announced two new chips for building and deploying AI models at its annual GTC conference. Blackwell Ultra is an upgrade to its Blackwell chip, while Vera Rubin is Nvidia's next-generation GPU. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/18/n...
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Nvidia announces Blackwell Ultra and Rubin AI chips
Nvidia’s sales are up more than sixfold since its business was transformed by the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Missed this last week while I was off... 'OpenAI called for “a copyright strategy that promotes the freedom to learn” and for “preserving American AI models’ ability to learn from copyrighted material.”' Hmmmmmmmmmmm... www.cnbc.com/2025/03/13/o...
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OpenAI urges Trump administration to remove guardrails for the industry
OpenAI on Thursday submitted its proposal for the U.S. government's coming "AI Action Plan," to be submitted to President Trump by July 2025.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
The company was still looking to go public as recently as October 2024 - co-founder Roy Reznik told me in an interview at the time that Wiz would IPO "when the stars align." www.cnbc.com/2024/10/18/a...
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After rejecting Google takeover, cyber firm Wiz says it will IPO 'when the stars align'
Wiz is hoping to achieve $1 billion in annual recurring revenue in 2025 — a key condition the company wants to meet before going public.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Wiz had previously discussed a $23 billion buyout offer from Google last year... however, talks collapsed after the company dramatically pulled out of deal talks, saying it would instead pursue an IPO.. www.cnbc.com/2024/07/23/g...
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Wiz walks away from $23 billion deal with Google, will pursue IPO
It would have been Google's largest-ever acquisition, but the company has chosen to pursue an IPO rather than an acquisition.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Google has agreed to acquire Israeli-founded cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32 billion in cash, in the tech giant's biggest-ever acquisition. www.cnbc.com/2025/03/18/g...
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Google to acquire cloud security startup Wiz for $32 billion
Google signed a "definitive agreement" to acquire Wiz for $32 billion in an all-cash deal
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Klarna just nabbed a lucrative deal from Affirm to become the exclusive BNPL provider to big-box retailer Walmart, @serhughoftheglen.bsky.social reports: www.cnbc.com/2025/03/17/w... This after the Swedish fintech giant officially disclosed its intention to go public in the US..
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Klarna, nearing IPO, plucks lucrative Walmart fintech partnership from rival Affirm
The deal with Walmart heightens the rivalry between Affirm and Klarna, two of the world's biggest BNPL players, just as Klarna is set to go public.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
It's interesting to observe Zepz's Glassdoor ratings after my story on the company's latest round of layoffs came out last week. Just 33% of people recommend working there. Only 29% respect the CEO, Mark Lenhard. Constant mentions of consecutive layoffs... www.glassdoor.co.uk/Reviews/Zepz...
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Zepz "layoff" Reviews
27 Zepz reviews. A free inside look at company reviews and salaries posted anonymously by employees.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
The highlight from Sony's December quarter was strong performance at its games division. The tech giant sold 9.5 million PlayStation 5 units - the most PS5s it's ever sold in a single quarter - in fiscal Q3. That takes PS5 lifetime sales to around 75 million. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/13/s...
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Sony raises full-year forecasts after solid PlayStation 5 sales in the holidays
The December quarter is a key period for Sony, covering the holiday shopping season which is often a lucrative time for consumer electronics firms.
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Sophie Kiderlin @skiderlin.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Germany’s far-right party is dominating polls in the country’s eastern region less than two weeks before the federal elections on Feb. 23. Economic concerns are a key contributing factor to the AfD's success specifically in East Germany. Read my latest below. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/e...
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East Germany is a far-right stronghold — and economic concerns helped make it happen
The far-right Alternative fuer Deutschland (AfD) is dominating polls in East Germany just weeks before the federal election on Feb. 23.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Scoop: Fintech unicorn Zepz is in the process of laying off 200 employees, or about 20% of its global workforce, sources tell me. Zepz confirmed it is in the process of making redundancies and has proposed closing hiring entities in Kenya and Poland. Details: www.cnbc.com/2025/02/12/f...
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Fintech unicorn Zepz to lay off 20% of its global workforce, sources say
London-based fintech Zepz is laying off around 200 IT workers as part of a major redundancy plan, two employees impacted by the move told CNBC.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The UK has reportedly issued an order to Apple to create a "backdoor" providing access to iPhone users' encrypted cloud backups. A Home Office spokesperson told me the government can't comment on "operational matters" like notices of this nature. www.cnbc.com/2025/02/07/u...
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Britain orders Apple to give it access to encrypted accounts: Washington Post
Apple has been ordered by the U.K. to provide officials access to users' encrypted accounts, the Washington Post reported Friday.
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Haha! Sadly not Theo... but please accept my thoughts and sympathies for your poor LinkedIn inbox!!
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Kudos to this chap on the UK's 'AI and copyright' parliamentary committee for showing off his rad cymbal collection in the background..
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Ryan Browne @ryanbrownecnbc.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
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