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John Herrman / New York Times : After a decade of online identities coming under increasingly centralized control, online anonymity is starting to look like a threatened privilege than a right   —  Reconsidering pseudonymity and what it means to “be yourself” online.  —  In early July, when England's soccer team lost … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2Ve2IZg

Stephen Nellis / Reuters : Qualtrics to acquire Virginia-based Clarabridge, which offers AI-powered customer experience management tools, for $1.125B in stock   —  Qualtrics International Inc on Thursday said it would acquire privately held Clarabridge for $1.1 billion in stock.  —  Qualtrics, which was spun … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3fhsLpr

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : SolCyber, which offers endpoint detection and response services, comes out of stealth with $20M Series A led by ForgePoint Capital   —  All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now.  Watch now.  —  SolCyber, a managed security service provider, today emerged from stealth … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3fklvJv

Vishal Singh / Silicon Canals : FRISS, which provides automated fraud and risk detection technology for property and casualty insurance companies, raises $65M Series B led by Accel-KKR   —  Dutch and US-based FRISS is a cybersecurity company that focuses completely on automated fraud and risk detection for P&C insurance companies across the world. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3rL7p8Q

Mike Wheatley / SiliconANGLE : Replicated, which sells tools that help software makers create and deploy on-premises versions of their applications, raises $50M Series C led by Owl Rock   —  On-premises software delivery company Replicated Inc. is much richer today after grabbing $50 million in a new round of funding. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/2VhxTCN

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Cyolo, which is developing zero trust security tech to enable users to securely access their organization's apps, servers, and files, raises $21M Series A   —  All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now.  Watch now.  —  Cyolo, a startup developing a platform … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3id9CXs

Christine Hall / TechCrunch : Medical imaging startup Exo, which aims to commercialize its AI-powered point-of-care workflow software and handheld ultrasound device, raises $220M Series C   —  Exo, pronounced “echo,” raised a fresh cash infusion of $220 million in Series C financing aimed at commercializing … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3legPbP

Night view of the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) medical center in Mission Bay, San Francisco, California, December 2, 2019. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images More than 200 hospital staff members tested positive for COVID-19 in July. Most of those staff members were vaccinated and presented mild to moderate symptoms. The Delta variant has also been known to spread among vaccinated people in breakthrough cases. See more stories on Insider's business page . Hundreds of staffers at two major hospitals in San Francisco have tested positive for coronavirus in July, with most of them being breakthrough cases of the highly infectious Delta variant, The New York Times reported Saturday evening. The University of California, San Francisco Medical Center told media outlets that 183 of its 35,000 staffers tested positive. Of those infected, 84% were fully vaccinated, and just two vaccinated staff members required hospitalization for their symptoms. At Zuckerberg S...

Joe Burns / FinLedger : Mercury, which offers banking services to startups, raises $120M Series B, including a $5M allotment for crowdfunding, led by Coatue at a $1.62B valuation   —  Mercury, a company which offers software and banking services for scaling startups, announced raising a $120 million Series B led by Coatue, according to a company blog post. from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3lhOHoj

A medical assistant administers a COVID-19 vaccine dose to a woman at a clinic in Los Angeles on March 25, 2021. Mario Tama/Getty Images The University of Southern Mississippi is giving students incentives to get vaccinated. Vaccinated students will be randomly selected to win things like fall tuition and housing credits. Mississippi has one of the country's lowest vaccination rates and is seeing a surge in COVID-19. See more stories on Insider's business page . The University of Southern Mississippi will pay some students in tuition and housing costs if they get vaccinated, the school said in a statement Thursday. The incentive program is intended to encourage students to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Over the next 12 weeks, five vaccinated students will be randomly selected each week to receive rewards. The items students can win include Fall semester tuition, which costs $4,602; $2,000 in housing credits; and $1,000 in dining credits, among other things. "The b...

Rashi Shrivastava / Forbes : Rey, which uses VR-based tools powered by OxfordVR to provide on-demand mental health care services, raises $26M Series A, three months after launching   —  Technology can, and should, play a pivotal role in bridging the gap between the burgeoning demand for mental health services and limited supply … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3yl4l5R

Former US President Donald Trump leaves Trump Tower in Manhattan on July 19, 2021. James Devaney/GC Images An Illinois tax agency ruled last month Trump's Chicago skyscraper was over-assessed in 2011. The ruling means Trump is owed a $1 million refund, but local officials filed a lawsuit to stop it. The refund would come out of property taxes owed to the city and other agencies, including Chicago Public Schools. See more stories on Insider's business page . Former President Donald Trump is owed a tax refund of $1 million for his Chicago skyscraper, but local officials are trying to stop it from being issued. An Illinois tax agency ruled last month that Trump paid too much on his 2011 tax bill after the value of Trump International Hotel and Tower's rooms and retail space was over-assessed by the Cook County Board of Review, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The ruling by the Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board means Trump is owed $1.03 million, which would come fr...

Molly Wood / The Atlantic : Microsoft is avoiding antitrust scrutiny by rebranding itself as nice and boring, even as it reverts to some of the behaviors that led to prosecution the '90s   —  How has Microsoft escaped the scrutiny of reinvigorated antitrust regulators?  —  About the author: Molly Wood is the host … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3xjm7oN

Tatum Hunter / Washington Post : Many viewers are experiencing the Olympics primarily through TikTok, with some of the most-watched videos coming not from NBC but from athletes themselves   —  The Olympics through the lens of TikTok look widely different than TV  —  When NBC's “Today Show” told viewers that gymnast Simone Biles … from Techmeme https://ift.tt/3zVmGGX