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Tracx Raises $3.5M

Tracx has closed an additional $3.5 million round of financing. Previous tracx investor, Flybridge Capital Partners led the round, with other early investors Revel Partners and Rutledge Partners also participating.

Tracx is a unified social media intelligence platform and social media management system (SMMS).

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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.