[ad_1] AXA Venture Partners announced a new €1.5 billion ($1.6 billion) late-stage fund to invest in European and North American tech startups, targeting companies that expect to go public within three to four years. French insurance company AXA SA, AVP’s biggest source of capital, plans to make a €750 million anchor investment, the fund said […]
[ad_1] Project Q is real, and it’s coming soon, Sony confirmed during today’s PlayStation Showcase event. Jim Ryan, the president and CEO of Sony Interactive Entertainment, revealed the upcoming handheld’s existence. “Later this year, we will launch a dedicated device that enables you to stream any game from your PS5 console, using remote play over […]
[ad_1] New You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles! An Alabama couple has been arrested after authorities said they dumped oil over 33 miles of road around Decatur, in the northern part of the state. The news outlet AL.com reported that crews in Lawrence County had to spread 37 tons of sand and expend […]
[ad_1] Florida Governor Ron DeSantis filed the paperwork to officially launch his presidential campaign this afternoon, but opted to join Elon Musk on a Twitter Space to discuss his campaign on Wednesday evening. DeSantis’s decision to forgo traditional news venues in favor of making a big media moment with Musk marks a new phase for […]
[ad_1] New You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles! Meta Platforms Inc started carrying out the last batch of a three-part round of layoffs on Wednesday, according to a source familiar with the matter, as part of a plan announced in March to eliminate 10,000 roles. Meta in March became the first Big Tech […]
[ad_1] Florida governor Ron DeSantis was set to announce his 2024 presidential campaign on a Twitter Space with Elon Musk today, but Twitter itself had other ideas. The product, which allows livestreamed group voice chats, cut out quickly after going live at 3 p.m. PDT. The audio glitched in and out, at times only playing reverb […]
[ad_1] New You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles! An analysis from S&P Global Market Intelligence found that the finger can be pointed at personal lines carriers for most of the property/casualty industry underwriting red ink during the first quarter. The U.S. P/C industry posted its first and largest net underwriting loss – $7.34 […]
[ad_1] Sony held its PlayStation Showcase on Wednesday, revealing for the first time 10 minutes of gameplay for the highly anticipated Spider-Man 2 video game. Fans also saw a short clip dedicated to the game’s central villain, Kraven the Hunter. The gameplay trailer shows a much angrier Peter Parker in the black symbiote suit working […]
[ad_1] New You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles! The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association Board of Directors met in Austin Tuesday to finalize financial preparations for the 2023 storm season. The Board previously established $4.5 billion as the association’s 1:100 probable maximum loss for 2023. In April, the Board approved total funding of that […]
[ad_1] Snowflake is all about managing data in the cloud, whether as part of a structured data warehouse, or less structured data lake. Neeva, a search startup from two former Google employees, has been all about search, working on both a consumer and enterprise offering. Earlier this week, it announced that it was walking away […]