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Memo: Meta plans to merge its business integrity unit, which moderates ads, and central integrity team, which moderates posts; the team will have ~3,000 people (Sara Fischer/Axios)

Sara Fischer / Axios:
Memo: Meta plans to merge its business integrity unit, which moderates ads, and central integrity team, which moderates posts; the team will have ~3,000 people  —  Meta is merging its business integrity unit, the team that moderates ad content, with its central integrity team …

Microsoft’s cloud revenue grew 24% YoY to $25.7B, including $20.3B from Intelligent Cloud, up 20% YoY, driven by Azure and other cloud services, up 35% YoY (Taylor Soper/GeekWire)

Taylor Soper / GeekWire:
Microsoft’s cloud revenue grew 24% YoY to $25.7B, including $20.3B from Intelligent Cloud, up 20% YoY, driven by Azure and other cloud services, up 35% YoY  —  A declining PC market and macroeconomic headwinds are slowing Microsoft’s revenue growth numbers, but the Redmond tech giant still beat expectations …

Iranian activists smuggle Starlink receivers into the country for a backup internet, citing “no Starlink donation” from SpaceX nor US government participation (Karl Vick/TIME)

Karl Vick / TIME:
Iranian activists smuggle Starlink receivers into the country for a backup internet, citing “no Starlink donation” from SpaceX nor US government participation  —  Starlink receivers have begun to arrive inside Iran, smuggled into the country in hopes of providing a backup internet …

Unity, which makes the eponymous game engine, merges with adtech company ironSource in a $4.4B all-stock deal; Unity stock is down ~75% YTD and ironSource ~50% (Paul Sawers/TechCrunch)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Unity, which makes the eponymous game engine, merges with adtech company ironSource in a $4.4B all-stock deal; Unity stock is down ~75% YTD and ironSource ~50%  —  Unity’s proposed merger with IronSource has formally concluded, with the two companies coming together to create an end …

Source: a holding company created by merging PrismHR and Vensure acquires HR startup Namely, which raised $200M+ from Sequoia and others (Dan Primack/Axios)

Dan Primack / Axios:
Source: a holding company created by merging PrismHR and Vensure acquires HR startup Namely, which raised $200M+ from Sequoia and others  —  Three providers of human resources software and services have become one, Axios has learned. … – Both PrismHR and VES are backed by private equity firm Stone Point Capital.

SpaceX unveils its Starlink Aviation service, promising speeds up to 350Mbps in airplanes, with a $150K one-time hardware cost and $12.5K to $25K monthly fees (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica:
SpaceX unveils its Starlink Aviation service, promising speeds up to 350Mbps in airplanes, with a $150K one-time hardware cost and $12.5K to $25K monthly fees  —  Airplane operators can reserve now for Starlink deliveries in mid-2023.  —  SpaceX is now advertising Starlink Aviation …