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Lucia Maffei / Boston Business Journal : Botkeeper, which provides AI-powered bookkeeping automation software, raises a $42M Series C led by Grand Oaks Capital, bringing its total funding to $89.5M   —  Boston-based bookkeeping automation software provider Botkeeper plans to double its engineering team after raising $42 million in a Series C round led by Grand Oaks Capital.

Sarah Gooding / WP Tavern : A recently unredacted antitrust complaint alleges that Google gives AMP a “nice comparative boost” by throttling load times of non-AMP ads via one-second delays   —  The Chrome Dev Summit concluded earlier this week.  Announcements and discussions on hot topics impacting …

Madeleine Morley / New York Times : A look at digital pets site Neopets, which had 25M users in the mid-2000s, as owner JumpStart Games says 30%-40% of former users returned since March 2020   —  CHOOSE THEME:tilleri833jhdh  —  alli_draggy, by El MetlerBlack7Pearl, by El MetlerBunnyCutie2004, by Steph SkrotDisgrace …

Alex Kantrowitz / Big Technology : Internal docs: In 2019, Facebook researchers found US users are four times more likely to see misinformation when they encounter a post via a share of a share   —  New leaked document shows Facebook's Share button spreads misinformation pervasively after two hops down the chain.

Antoine Gara / Financial Times : Sources: McAfee is in advanced talks to go private in a deal worth over $14B, including $4B in debt, led by private equity firm Advent International   —  Buyout would be one of largest this year and mark end of company's brief stint on public markets  —  Antivirus software company McAfee …

Shailene Woodley posted and seemingly deleted a cryptic message to social media after fiancé Aaron Rodgers revealed he has not been vaccinated for coronavirus. The Green Bay Packers quarterback has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss this week's against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson continue to fuel rumors of a romance; meanwhile, the reality star's estranged husband Kanye "Ye" West has expressed a desire to reconcile their relationship.

There are now more registered Republican voters than Democrats in the state of Florida for the first time in the state’s history.

Ashley Gold / Axios : Senators Klobuchar and Cotton introduce a bill to regulate Big Tech acquisitions, which will force companies to prove proposed mergers aren't anticompetitive   —  Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Tom Cotton (R-AK) introduced a bill Friday that would make it more difficult for Big Tech …

Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google quietly removes Assistant's Your News Update feature, which launched in 2019 to give personalized audio digests based on user data   —  In November of 2019, Google upgraded Assistant's “play me the news” capability with personalized audio digests.  Google Assistant has now removed …

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton slammed the Biden administration decision to sue his state over its newly enacted election integrity law.

The White House shifted blame and refused to answer questions related to the Biden administration's reported plan to issue settlement payments to illegal immigrants separated at the border under the Trump administration.

Top House Republican on the Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections will take steps next week to block President Biden’s “unconstitutional” coronavirus vaccine mandate.

An arraignment for the sex-crime case against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been postponed after an Albany County district attorney wrote a letter saying the criminal complaint against Cuomo is “potentially defective.”

Bloomberg : Apple hires CJ Moore, Tesla's Autopilot Software Director who in January told the DMV that Musk's “Full-Self Driving” claims didn't “match engineering reality”   —  - CJ Moore drew controversy for remarks to DMV investigators  — Apple continues to develop car technology under new managers

The son of R&B legend Gladys Knight has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for failing to withhold payroll taxes for the restaurants that bore his mother's name

Pratt said he went to bed feeling "upset and depressed" and woke up Friday "feeling crappy" so he decided to run in the woods and listen to some Christian music.

The judge ruled that Carol Baskin and her husband Howard "are not entitled to the extraordinary remedy of a temporary restraining order, which would be entered before Defendants have had an adequate opportunity to respond.”

Gun handling on Alec Baldwin’s “Rust” set in Santa Fe, New Mexico, appeared alarmingly “green,” “immature” and “lackadaisical,” according to sources close to the set who told Fox News Digital they were horrified at times by some of what they saw.

Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., is questioning a nearly $1.5 billion decrease in reported foreign gifts to U.S. colleges and universities since President Biden took office.

Texas’ Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over its federal mandate for companies with over 100 employees to vaccinate their workers against the coronavirus.

Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware : Intel to acquire part of Taiwan-based VIA Technologies' Centaur x86 CPU subsidiary for $125M, including some engineers from VIA's Austin, Texas campus   —  As Intel speeds up development, Via scales it down.  —  Via Technologies announced plans to offload part of its Centaur Technology x86 CPU subsidiary to Intel for $125 million.

The LAPD confirmed to Fox News the burglary occurred at 10:50 pm on October 27 at her Encino Hills home.

Model Josie Canseco had all eyes on her while celebrating her 25th birthday at Delilah in West Hollywood.

Tom Warren / The Verge : Microsoft fixes Windows 11 features that stopped loading due to an expired certificate, including the Snipping Tool, touch keyboard, and emoji panel   —  Windows 11 features are no longer failing to load  —  Microsoft has fixed several Windows 11 features failing to load after an expired certificate was discovered earlier this week.

Anna Pruchnicka / Reuters : Polish e-commerce company Allegro to buy Czech online retailer Mall Group for about $1.02B   —  (Reuters) -Polish e-commerce group Allegro has agreed to buy Czech online retailer Mall Group for 881 million euros ($1.02 billion) to create a regional platform, sending its shares up as much as 11%.

Sen. Ted Cruz introduced legislation to prevent the federal government and public schools from forcing COVID-19 vaccine mandates on kids.

A look at "Rust" armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, one of the four people who handled the gun on the day of the on-set shooting that resulted in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins.

The Justice Department announced it has filed a lawsuit against Texas over legislation that was passed in the state which aims to make elections more secure.

Virginia Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares said that he and Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin will pursue legislation to enable the state's attorney general to circumvent "social justice" commonwealth's attorneys who refuse to vigorously prosecute crimes.

Texas and the Biden administration exchanged lawsuits on Thursday regarding the federal government’s coronavirus vaccine mandate and voting rights.

Tanya Klich / Forbes : Babylist, which operates an e-commerce and content hub for new parents, raises a $40M Series C led by Norwest, says revenue will reach $250M this year   —  Babylist, the decade-old registry platform that also operates as an e-commerce and content hub for new parents, just announced …

John Lennon was murdered on Dec. 8, 1980 at age 40.

The Duchess of Sussex recently wrote an open letter to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer published by Paid Leave for All.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., is pushing for a vote on President Biden's massive spending plan without waiting for a score from the Congressional Budget Office, a move she has previously pushed back against when Republicans were in power.

FIRST ON FOX: Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell and Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley on Thursday wrote to Attorney General Merrick Garland, calling on the Justice Department to clarify its stance on reported plans to pay millions to illegal immigrants separated during the Trump administration.

The White House on Thursday said President Biden is “perfectly comfortable” with the Department of Justice (DOJ) settling with illegal migrants separated from their families under the Trump administration.

Michelle Toh / CNN : Nintendo reports H1 profit of $1.9B, down 25% YoY, sales of $5.5B, down 19% YoY, with gaming platforms down 20% YoY, but raised guidance for profits to $4.6B   —  Hong Kong (CNN Business)Nintendo has become the latest victim of a global chip shortage that is battering supply chains.