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Exclusive: Ziff Davis, one of the largest publicly-traded digital media companies, has acquired TheSkimm, executives told Axios. The women-focused newsletter company will sit within Everyday Health Group, Ziff Davis' health content arm. It will operate as a standalone brand within the portfolio and will retain its branding and staff.

Without Wiz, the cybersecurity market has lost its best bet at a flashy IPO anytime soon. No other startups even come to matching Wiz's brand reputation, sales growth and tech capabilities, analysts told me. Part of that is because of how difficult it is to breakthrough in the security market: Buyers aren't interested in buying just one new tool when they're already juggling hundreds of them. VC-backed startups typically lack the resources to build out their own security platforms with multiple new features. But some could still brave the public markets in the next year (macro conditions, pending), analysts say. Netskope, Cato Networks and Snyk have all made their desires to IPO pretty well-known. My latest for Axios: https://lnkd.in/eMZtJuC2 ***Axios Future of Cyber readers got this story first. Sign up here: https://lnkd.in/e-fxCTzH #cybersecurity #technews #cloudsecurity #ipo

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Exclusive: The Abu Dhabi-based wealth fund ADQ and U.S. heavyweight Energy Capital Partners aim to invest over $25 billion in projects to power data centers and other industrial consumers.

Social media competitors are worried that a successful TikTok ban in the U.S., particularly one rooted in questionable national security arguments, could give cover to other governments that would like to ban social media apps in their countries.

ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Manus are all not ready to pick your March Madness bracket. Chatbots confidently offered picks that made no sense, reinforcing Axios' Ina Fried's belief that generative AI isn't ready to handle critical tasks on its own.

Trump administration spending cuts and freezes to federal grants are roiling major academic medical research programs, prompting layoffs, and leading administrators to abandon studies and rescind admissions offers to graduate students.

Yum! Brands — the parent company of Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut — is teaming up with technology giant Nvidia in a move that could accelerate the adoption of AI ordering in drive-thrus. https://trib.al/MVSkdM3

The SEC is starting over Friday, hosting its first of a series of roundtables exploring the future regulation of crypto assets. https://trib.al/1DUNsOY

EXCLUSIVE: Jeremy Boreing, co-founder of the Daily Wire, is stepping down from his role as co-CEO to focus on creative projects for the company, he told staff in a memo obtained by Axios on Tuesday.