UK-based Quantexa, which uses AI to help businesses prevent online fraud and manage customer data, raised a $129M Series E led by GIC at a $1.8B valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 17:41 Rating: 5

Sources: Apple to eliminate a small number of its corporate retail staff, marking its first known cuts since embarking on a belt-tightening effort last year (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 16:41 Rating: 5

Sources: the resignation of Chris Inglis, the first US cyber director, was largely over clashes with another senior cybersecurity official, Anne Neuberger (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 15:41 Rating: 5

Sources and leaked images: the next Microsoft Surface Dock will debut in coming weeks with Thunderbolt 4 support, a slimmer design, and no proprietary connector (Zac Bowden/Windows Central) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 14:41 Rating: 5

The Saudi Public Investment Fund lists ~35 of its partnerships with US VC firms, like a16z, Coatue, Craft Ventures, Iconiq, Insight Partners, and Human Capital (Becky Peterson/The Information) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 13:41 Rating: 5

After quietly acquiring Yik Yak, Sidechat revamps the anonymous social app to match its campus chat app; both apps now appear to run on the same servers (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 12:41 Rating: 5

New York-based grocery e-commerce company Boxed files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection; Boxed had said it held most of its cash and liquid assets at SVB (Bloomberg) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 23:41 Rating: 5

Source: soon after Pinduoduo's app updated to remove backdoor exploits, most of the team working on them was moved to work on Temu, which is a top app in the US (CNN) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

In a referendum 89% of Parisians voted against keeping shared e-scooters in the city; Lime, Dott, and Tier will have to pull their fleets out by September 1 (Rebecca Bellan/TechCrunch) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 20:41 Rating: 5

Twitter updates the description of all blue checkmarks to say "This account is verified because it's subscribed to Twitter Blue or is a legacy verified account" (Todd Spangler/Variety) - TechnW3 Reviewed by TechNW3 on 18:41 Rating: 5