Sources: Mark Zuckerberg stoked concerns about Chinese internet companies and TikTok in meetings with officials and several senators in Washington, DC last fall
Social-media tycoon emphasized threat from Chinese internet companies as he worked to fend off U.S. regulation of Facebook
U.S. WeChat Users Alliance, a nonprofit, files a lawsuit in district court in SF against Trump's executive order banning transactions with WeChat and ByteDance
a president essentially shutting down a social network—as normal. https://twitter.com/... Arjun Kharpal / @arjunkharpal : TikTok will challenge Trump's executive order banning U.S. transactions. Any l...
TikTok sues the Trump administration in federal court, arguing Trump's EO deprived it of due process
The suit escalates a bitter back-and-forth between the popular video app and American officials. — SAN FRANCISCO — TikTok sued the U.S. government on Monday, accusing the Trump administration …
Zoom suffers major service outages across the UK and parts of the US, says it is rolling out a fix
Zoom users around the world are currently unable to join meetings and video webinars using the Zoom web client and the desktop app just as students going back to school today have had to rely …
In a new filing, Epic says revocation of its developer tools by Apple will harm the developer ecosystem and adds a declaration of support from Microsoft
the story so far Chris Wallace / MCV/DEVELOP : Microsoft submits statement of support for Epic Games in Apple fight Chris Smith / BGR : Why Epic isn't an innocent victim in the Fortnite battle with Ap...
Apple says it won't require IAP in WordPress app “since the developer removed the display of their service payment options”, apologizes for confusion caused
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Sources: Foxconn, Pegatron, and others are considering shifting production to Mexico, as US-China tensions rise, with potential plans to make iPhones
HONG KONG/TAIPEI/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Taiwan-based electronics manufacturers Foxconn and Pegatron are among companies eyeing new factories in Mexico …
South Korea's antitrust watchdog says Apple Korea has offered to spend $84M on supporting small businesses, consumers, and others, to address antitrust concerns
SEOUL (Reuters) - Apple Inc.'s (AAPL.O) South Korean unit has proposed measures to address antitrust concerns and offered …
Luminar, a lidar tech startup backed by Peter Thiel, Volvo, and GoPro's founder Nick Woodman, plans to go public via a $3.4B merger with a SPAC
- Gores Metropoulos said to agree on merger with Luminar — Luminar investors to retain 80% of company after Gores deal
US law enforcement agencies are getting more savvy about using information collected by smart speakers and other devices as part of criminal investigations
Requests are rising from law enforcement for information on the devices, which can include internet queries, food orders, and overheard conversations. Tweets: @wired , @hypervisible , @zenalbatross , ...
Researchers detail unfixed flaws with messaging service Bridgefy, a self-described “protest app”, that could let attackers deanonymize users and more
Researchers notified the company in April of serious flaws that have yet to be fixed. — The rise of mass protests over the past year …
Investigation: Chinese phone maker Transsion, which sells the ~$30 Tecno W2, preinstalled malware on some devices, leading to stolen data and money from users
When Mxolosi saw a Tecno W2 smartphone in a store in Johannesburg, South Africa, he was attracted to its looks and functionality.
UK grocery giant Tesco says it will create 16,000 permanent jobs in its e-commerce division, on top of the 4,000 already created during the pandemic
Tesco Plc plans to create permanent roles for 16,000 new workers in its online business, underlining a pandemic-fueled shift …
Black VCs discuss systemic issues within the industry, where only 4% of VCs are African-American and investment rates are low, and wonder about the future
At a time when the U.S. has been thrust anew into conversations about racial inequality, many Black venture capitalists say they are grappling …
Enterprise data science startup Dataiku raises $100M Series D led by Stripes and Tiger Global Management
At a time when tech giants such as Google and Amazon are weaving artificial intelligence throughout their company fabrics, data remains siloed at many companies outside of tech … Tweets: @tech_eu and ...
SEC filing: Sumo Logic, a cloud management software startup, has filed for a $100M IPO and had revenue of $155M for the year ending Jan. 31, 2020, up 50% YoY
Sumo Logic, a cloud management software startup, has filed for a $100 million initial public offering, according to new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission documents.
China's IT ministry picks Gitee, a company that claims to have hosted 10M+ open source repositories, to build an alternative to GitHub amid US-China tensions
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Media reports: Facebook has agreed to pay €104M in back taxes, including a €22M penalty, to French authorities
Sources: Vietnamese tech company VNG sues TikTok for copyright infringement, saying it used songs owned by Zing, a VNG subsidiary, without the company's consent
Phuong Nguyen / Reuters :
Jack Ma's Ant Group, which owns Alipay, had profits of around $3.5B in the six months to March, ahead of planned concurrent IPOs in HK and Shanghai
Stella Yifan Xie / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @wsjmarkets Tweets: @wsjmarkets : $3.5 billion profit in six months: Jack Ma's Ant shows why it's a juggernaut ahead of IPO https://www.wsj.com/...
Datasembly, which scrapes data to offer a real time pricing tool for consumer goods, raises $10.3M Series A led by Craft Ventures
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Shopify's new AI commerce stack
Their VP of Product digs into just-launched products to help entrepreneurs and developers build with the latest AI and tech.
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