Frank Chaparro / The Block:
Crypto derivatives exchange FTX has acquired crypto price tracking app Blockfolio for $150M, in the form of equity, FTX’s native token, and cash  —  Crypto derivatives exchange FTX has acquired popular crypto price tracking app Blockfolio for $150 million in one of the largest acquisition deals in the digital asset space this year.

Larry Dignan / ZDNet:
Cisco says it will acquire BabbleLabs, which uses AI to remove unwanted noise and detect human speech, to integrate into Webex and other collaboration offerings  —  BabbleLabs takes out unwanted background noises in real-time.  The technology will be integrated in Cisco’s collaboration portfolio.

Patrick Howell O’Neill / MIT Technology Review:
Human rights advocates filed a court petition against Israeli phone hacking firm Cellebrite to stop exports to Hong Kong, says tools are used against dissidents  —  “The workers inside the company didn’t join to help the Chinese dictatorship,” says one human rights lawyer.

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat:
Microsoft makes Azure’s Immersive Reader generally available, letting developers embed a reading accessibility view with features like Read Aloud into apps  —  Microsoft today announced the general availability of Immersive Reader, an Azure Cognitive Services offering that allows developers …

Jordan Novet / CNBC:
Palantir files S-1 for its public market listing, confirming a net loss of $580M in 2019 on $742.6M in revenue; intends to debut with a direct listing  —  – The data analytics company co-founded by Peter Thiel is going public after 16 years.  —  Data analytics company Palantir Technologies …