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Sources: Software private equity firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, BBC, WBD and others manage IP licensing, for $500 million (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 27, 2026

Financial Times: Sources: Software private equity firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, BBC, WBD and others…

Technology

Quartermaster, which builds an analytics platform and SmartMast, with sensors on a ship’s mast to relay maritime data in real time, has raised a $43 million Series A round (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 25, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The AI paradox: more automation, more humans, more work | Dan Sender Interviews with world-class product…

Asia

Vietnamese auction fetched Tycoon’s luxury car and Hermès handbags for over $1 million – The Diplomat

By Frank M. EverettMay 25, 2026

A Maybach luxury car and two white Hermes handbags that belonged to imprisoned Vietnamese real estate developer Truong My Lan…

Technology

Tether buys SoftBank’s approximately 26% stake in Bitcoin treasury company Twenty One Capital, bringing its stake to approximately 71%; SoftBank’s stake was worth about $679 million (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 24, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Is OpenAI Ready to IPO?, The Datacenters in Space Myth, The Kids Boo AI The…

Technology

Moment, which develops AI tools to automate fixed income and equity trading technologies, raised a $78 million Series C round led by Index Ventures, with participation from a16z (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 24, 2026

Featured Podcasts Lenny’s podcast: The AI paradox: more automation, more humans, more work | Dan Sender Interviews with world-class product…

Technology

Fresha, a London-based beauty and wellness booking marketplace, raised $80 million from KKR’s growth equity arm at a valuation of more than $1 billion, bringing the total raised to $285 million (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 23, 2026

Dominic-Madori Davis / TechCrunch: Fresha, a London-based beauty and wellness booking marketplace, has raised $80 million from KKR’s growth equity…

Technology

Filing: Zoom’s stake in Anthropic is worth about $1.27 billion based on a February round that valued Anthropic at $380 billion; Zoom has invested an additional $46 million in recent months (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 23, 2026

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Filing: Zoom’s stake in Anthropic is worth about $1.27 billion based on a February round that…

Technology

Activision shareholders reach a $250 million settlement following allegations that Microsoft and Activision underpaid them during Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision in 2023 (Tom Hals/Reuters)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 22, 2026

Featured Podcasts Access: Substack CEO talks AI slop, free speech and taking over YouTube A show about the inside conversations…

Business & Money

LIV Golf seeks to raise up to $350 million from investors

By Stacey D. WallsMay 21, 2026

LIV Golf is preparing to launch its updated business plan and investor pitch as early as Thursday, aiming to raise…

Technology

Commure, which offers AI, revenue cycle management and workflow automation tools for healthcare providers, raised $70 million led by GC at a post-funding valuation of $7 billion (Paige Minemyer/Fierce Healthcare)

By Stacey D. WallsMay 21, 2026

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China’s new Type 054B frigate joins Liaoning Carrier Group for the first time in the Western Pacific – The Diplomat

Modi’s visit to Sweden and Norway – The Diplomat

Amid rumors of Chinese leader’s visit, North Korea fires short-range ballistic missiles – The Diplomat

Why Taiwan wants American weapons and why Washington provides them – Radio Free Asia

Cambodia to mark start of border war with Thailand on May 28 – The Diplomat

AutoZone stock on track for worst trading day since May 2022

American Airlines chooses SpaceX’s Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi

Spirit Airlines’ collapse, high gas prices and airfares test the limits of summer vacation spending

Concert ticket prices are reshaping summer demand for live music

Box office overview of The Mandalorian and Grogu

Trump let the truth slip while claiming he is in perfect health

Trump experiences Memorial Day meltdown as his Iran deal appears bogus

Trump called a fool as his new Iran deal is torn apart by Republicans and Democrats

Half of Republican senators were ready to vote with Democrats to kill Trump’s slush fund

Trump shows how quickly he is cognitively declining in his speech in New York

Sources: Software private equity firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, BBC, WBD and others manage IP licensing, for $500 million (Financial Times)

Samsung’s largest union approves a wage deal that would give chip workers an average bonus of about $340,000, with about 74% of members voting in favor, avoiding a strike (Yoolim Lee/Bloomberg)

OpenAI hires ServiceNow CMO Colin Fleming as CMO for its business segment; he succeeds Kate Rouch, who resigned earlier this year to focus on her health (Trishla Ostwal/Adweek)

Micron hit a market value of $1 trillion for the first time on Tuesday as shares jumped 19%, driven by demand for its memory chips in the AI race (Samantha Subin/CNBC)

Nvidia officially retires its GeForce Control Panel application after 20 years, following the porting of all its major features to the Nvidia application (Tom Warren/The Verge)

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Sources: Software private equity firm Hg agrees to acquire Rightsline, whose software helps Disney, BBC, WBD and others manage IP licensing, for $500 million (Financial Times)

Quartermaster, which builds an analytics platform and SmartMast, with sensors on a ship’s mast to relay maritime data in real time, has raised a $43 million Series A round (Sean O’Kane/TechCrunch)

Vietnamese auction fetched Tycoon’s luxury car and Hermès handbags for over $1 million – The Diplomat

Tether buys SoftBank’s approximately 26% stake in Bitcoin treasury company Twenty One Capital, bringing its stake to approximately 71%; SoftBank’s stake was worth about $679 million (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

Moment, which develops AI tools to automate fixed income and equity trading technologies, raised a $78 million Series C round led by Index Ventures, with participation from a16z (Paige Smith/Bloomberg)

Fresha, a London-based beauty and wellness booking marketplace, raised $80 million from KKR’s growth equity arm at a valuation of more than $1 billion, bringing the total raised to $285 million (Dominic-Madori Davis/TechCrunch)

Filing: Zoom’s stake in Anthropic is worth about $1.27 billion based on a February round that valued Anthropic at $380 billion; Zoom has invested an additional $46 million in recent months (Brody Ford/Bloomberg)

Activision shareholders reach a $250 million settlement following allegations that Microsoft and Activision underpaid them during Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision in 2023 (Tom Hals/Reuters)

LIV Golf seeks to raise up to $350 million from investors

Commure, which offers AI, revenue cycle management and workflow automation tools for healthcare providers, raised $70 million led by GC at a post-funding valuation of $7 billion (Paige Minemyer/Fierce Healthcare)