The Pentagon says it worked with Ukraine and SpaceX to successfully block Russian military use of Starlink; some Russian users complain of connectivity issues (Anthony Capaccio/Bloomberg)

Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg:
The Pentagon says it worked with Ukraine and SpaceX to successfully block Russian military use of Starlink; some Russian users complain of connectivity issues  —  – Russian military has used Starlink internet in Ukraine war  — Departing space policy chief calls SpaceX ‘very reliable’

South Korea-based DEEPX, which is building on-device AI chips, raised an ~$80M Series C led by SkyLake at a ~$529M valuation, taking its total funding to ~$95M (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Kate Park / TechCrunch:
South Korea-based DEEPX, which is building on-device AI chips, raised an ~$80M Series C led by SkyLake at a ~$529M valuation, taking its total funding to ~$95M  —  DEEPX is a South Korean on-device AI chip (NPU, or neural processing unit) startup that makes hardware and software for various AI applications in electronic devices.

Instant payment company TabaPay pulls out of its $9.7M deal to buy the assets of banking-as-a-service startup Synapse amid infighting among fintech players (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Instant payment company TabaPay pulls out of its $9.7M deal to buy the assets of banking-as-a-service startup Synapse amid infighting among fintech players  —  TabaPay has abandoned its plans to purchase the assets of troubled banking-as-a-service startup Synapse, TabaPay confirmed to TechCrunch today.