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India’s Matrix Partners Sole Investors In Utopia

Matrix Partners India announced that it has invested as the sole investor in the first institutional round of funding of U2opia Mobile. U2opia creates social applications that help users access their social networks on mobile. Matrix Partners India is an investment firm with INR 3,000 crore under management. The firm invests in companies targeting the Indian domestic market with a sector independent investment strategy focused on generating exceptional returns, according to the company.

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Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone — The Verge

Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users, writes Tom Warren. 

Biden signs TikTok ‘ban’ bill into law, starting the clock for ByteDance to divest it — The Verge

President Joe Biden signed a foreign aid package that includes a bill that would ban TikTok if China-based parent company ByteDance fails to divest the app within a year, writes Lauren Feiner.

IBM to acquire HashiCorp for $6.4B

IBM and HashiCorp have entered into an agreement for IBM to acquire HashiCorp, a provider of infrastructure and security management products, for $6.4 billion.

Oracle is moving its world headquarters to Nashville to be closer to health-care industry — CNBC

Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison said Tuesday that the company is moving its world headquarters to Nashville, Tennessee, to be closer to a major health-care epicenter, writes Ashley Capoot.