Filing: Tesla has bought $1.5B worth of bitcoin and says it will start accepting bitcoin as a payment method for its products in the future
- Tesla announced in an SEC filing Monday that it has bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin. — The company also said it would start accepting bitcoin as a payment method for its products.
Hyundai and its affiliate Kia say they are not in talks with Apple to develop an autonomous vehicle; Hyundai shares fell ~8.4% in Seoul, while Kia dropped 14%
- Apple's plans for own-branded EV are being intensely watched — Hyundai's new EV platform can charge cars to 80% in 18 minutes
Clubhouse is now blocked in China after a brief uncensored period during which it was rapidly gathering steam
Thousands of Chinese users suddenly found themselves unable to access Clubhouse on early Monday evening as the country prepared to start the week-long Lunar New Year holiday.
Sources: Twitter is building subscription products to ease its dependence on ads, including “tipping” for exclusive content and charging for TweetDeck
- Internal groups are researching options users might pay for — Social network says ‘revenue durability’ is now top priority
After a flurry of tweets from Elon Musk in recent weeks, dogecoin, which launched in 2013 as a joke, has jumped in price from half a cent on Jan. 1 to ~8 cents
Cryptocurrency that started in 2013 as a joke is suddenly worth a total of more than $6 billion
Xiaomi unveils global version of its Mi 11 flagship with Snapdragon 888, 6.8-inch 1440p OLED 120Hz display, and up to 265GB storage, starting at €749
The latest Xiaomi flagship to leave China — Xiaomi is announcing the international version of its Mi 11 flagship phone today after an earlier release in China.
Sources: Apple's Dan Riccio is focusing on future VR and AR devices, and the group working on in-house screens and cameras is now under chip chief Johny Srouji
- Apple moves team working on own screens, cameras to Srouji — Riccio left top hardware job recently to work on ‘new project’
Automattic's enterprise-focused WordPress VIP says it is acquiring content analytics service Parse.ly
WordPress VIP (WPVIP), the enterprise arm of WordPress.com, is acquiring Parse.ly, a content analytics platform that's used by thousands of digital publishers.
Sources: TikTok has briefed advertisers on new e-commerce tools launching in 2021, including letting popular users add links and earn commission
Viral video app set to unveil a suite of new online shopping tools — TikTok is planning an aggressive expansion into ecommerce in the US …
Review: in 200+ charging docs filed in relation to the Capitol siege, 73 reference Facebook, 24 reference YouTube, 20 mention Instagram, and 8 mention Parler
but @RepRaskin and @TedLieu should use this visual. https://www.nytimes.com/... Cameron Joseph / @cam_joseph : “About 40 percent of the phones tracked near the rally stage on the National Mall during ...
Nexthink, which lets businesses monitor software performance on employee devices, raises $180M Series D led by Permira at a $1.1B valuation
Nexthink, a platform used by businesses to monitor software performance on their employees' devices, has raised $180 million in a series D round of funding led by Permira.
Japan's Renesas Electronics says it has agreed to acquire UK-based Dialog Semiconductor, whose clients include Apple and Samsung, for ~$5.9B
Bloomberg :
SoftBank's Vision Fund posts a record $8B profit in Q3, but SoftBank's derivatives trading unit posts a $2.7B loss leading to an overall loss of $1.07B
Pavel Alpeyev / Bloomberg :
Sources: since his June 2020 return, Chris Cox has prioritized projects that consider Facebook's role in society, like focusing Groups on less political content
- If Mark Zuckerberg is the Facebook's brain, and Sheryl Sandberg keeps the business humming, Chris Cox embodies the company's heart and purpose Tweets: @sal19 . Thanks: @mattrosoff Tweets: Sal Rodrig...
Pony.ai raises $100M extension to its Series C round at a post-money valuation of $5.3B, up from $3B in Feb. 2020, bringing its total raised to $1B+
Self-driving car startup Pony.ai today announced that it raised $100 million in an extension of its series C round.
Sensor Tower data on top apps worldwide: Telegram led with 63M downloads in Jan. 2021, as Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger downloads fell from Dec. 2020
Julia Chan / Sensor Tower Blog :
Bumble says it is looking to raise as much as $1.8B in its US IPO on February 11, pricing shares at $37-$39, up from the previous range of $28-$30
Bloomberg :
HousingAnywhere, an accommodation marketplace for young professionals, raises €24M Series C
PYMNTS.com :
How Figma, which bet on collaborative product design, and Canva, which focuses on helping non-designers excel in marketing design, are succeeding against Adobe
Kevin / kwokchain : Tweets: @gavinsbaker , @jalajboy , and @sachinrekhi Tweets: Gavin Baker / @gavinsbaker : Exceptional essay from @kevinakwok Would add that technical debt compounds all of the “ent...
VerSe Innovation, parent of news aggregator Dailyhunt and short video app Josh, raises $100M+ Series H led by Qatar Investment Authority
Vikas SN / The Economic Times :
Analysis: in 2020, Amazon's capital expenditure grew 69% YoY to $54B, Microsoft's grew 14% YoY to $20.6B, and Google's declined over 5% YoY to $22.3B
Charles Fitzgerald / Platformonomics : Tweets: @fatrat , @jordannovet , @justincormack , and @kensan42 Tweets: Arthur Clune / @fatrat : This years “Follow the Capex” remains essential reading for und...
China issues new anti-monopoly rules putting more pressure on its local tech giants like Alibaba, Tencent, and JD.com
A look at Metalenz, which aims to replace multiple lens elements in smartphone cameras with a single lens system that utilizes optical metasurfaces technology
Some experts raise concerns about the US Election Assistance Commission's proposed security standards that would allow voting machines with wireless hardware
Vendia, which offers a serverless SaaS product to share data and associated code across multicloud environments, raises $15.5M Series A led by Canvas Ventures
Michael Vizard / VentureBeat :
Commsor, which gives companies insights about employees using data from tools like Slack and GitHub, raises $16M Series A at a valuation “well north of $100M”
Paul Sawers / VentureBeat : Tweets: @justiacom Tweets: @justiacom : Commsor is setting out to help community teams generate insights from what is a potential goldmine of data by connecting to all the...
Interview with Samsung VP Jaeyeon Jung on the new Galaxy SmartTag and how it fits into the SmartThings ecosystem, which as of December had 66M active users
Carolina Milanesi / Fast Company :
Analysis: Vision Fund, which posted a record annual loss last March, returned ~$18B to investors by the end of 2020, up from $13.4B it reported in Q3 2020
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