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College administrators are falling into a tried and true trap laid by the right https://theconversation.com/college-administrators-are-falling-into-a-tried-and-true-trap-laid-by-the-right-228732

College administrators are falling into a tried and true trap laid by the right
Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, conservative activists led a counterattack against campus antiwar and civil rights demonstrators by demanding action from college presidents, the courts and the police.

In amended filings, Alibaba discloses previously unknown stakes by the Chinese government in more than 12 business units, following an inquiry by the US SEC (Sarah Zheng/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Alibaba Discloses State Ownership in More Than 12 Business Units
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. disclosed a wider web of Chinese government stakes in its business units than previously known, following an inquiry from the US Securities and Exchange Commission.

Security measures to be increased in Kyiv following missile strikes, threats of Russian saboteurs: https://benborges.xyz/2024/03/28/security-measures-to.html

Filing: Disney will take non-cash pre-tax impairment charges of $1.8B to $2.4B related to Reliance JV; Disney will be a minority shareholder with a 36.8% stake (Alex Weprin/The Hollywood Reporter)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/bu…

Disney Inks $8.5B Deal to Merge India Business With Reliance Industries
Reliance will invest $1.4 billion into the joint venture, which is valued at $8.5 billion, while Disney will provide a content license.

Jaguars' Arik Armstead felt 'extremely disrespected' by 49ers' pay cut request before his release https://www.nfl.com/news/jaguars-arik-armstead-felt-extremely-disrespected-by-49ers-pay-cut-request-be…

Jaguars' Arik Armstead felt 'extremely disrespected' by 49ers' pay cut request before his release
New Jaguars defensive lineman Arik Armstead understands the business of football, but that doesn't stop him from feeling disrespected by the San Francisco 49ers' pay cut request that eventually led him to Jacksonville.

Klarna reports 2023 revenue up 22% YoY to ~$2.28B, a $241M net loss, down from $1.01B in 2022, with credit losses falling by 32% in 2023 to $369M (Financial Times)
https://t.co/NTUKa51q8c

2024 NFL undrafted free agent tracker: Full team-by-team list of player signings following NFL Draft

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2024-nf…

2024 NFL undrafted free agent tracker: Full team-by-team list of player signings following NFL Draft
The complete list of undrafted free agents signed

NY-based Hume, which is building a conversational AI that it claims can interpret emotions based on people's voices, raised a $50M Series B at a $219M valuation (Rashi Shrivastava/Forbes)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rashishri…

Feeling Sad, Excited Or Bored? This Startup Claims Its AI Can (Mostly) Tell
The company, which is building “empathic” conversational AI, is now valued at $219 million.

Cybersecurity startup Zafran, which develops risk mitigation services, emerges from stealth with a $25M Series A co-led by Sequoia Capital and Cyberstarts (Meir Orbach/CTech)
https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/hjhhpaz10

After fleeing Iran and an illustrious career in Israeli intelligence, Sanaz Yashar raises $30M for cyber start
Zafran, founded in 2022 by Yashar (CEO), Ben Seri (CTO) and Snir Havdala (CPO), develops a risk and mitigation platform to pinpoint the ‘exploitable’ threats in the organization and to mitigate their risk by mobilizing existing security controls

Filing: Sun Microsystems co-founder Andreas Bechtolsheim settles with the US SEC for alleged insider trading on Cisco's $2.6B offer to buy Acacia in 2019 (Austin Weinstein/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20

Billionaire Bechtolsheim Accused of Insider Trading by SEC
Andreas Bechtolsheim, a billionaire founder of Sun Microsystems Inc. and Arista Networks Inc., will be barred from serving as an executive or board member of a public company for five years after the Securities and Exchange Commission accused him of insider trading.