Judge in Epic v. Apple trial says Apple must comply with an order letting developers link to external payment options, denying Apple's stay request
Apple said the change would be ‘exceedingly complicated’ — Epic v. Apple judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers says Apple must comply with an order …
Meta aims to remove ad targeting options based on user interactions with content about health, race, political affiliation, religion, and more, by January 19
Meta, the social media company formerly known as Facebook, said on Tuesday that it planned to eliminate advertisers' ability …
UK's Supreme Court dismisses a lawsuit against Google that sought $4B for allegedly tracking iOS Safari users without their consent between 2011 and 2012
- Supreme Court sides with Google in case seeking $4 billion — Tech giant was accused of breaching its data-collection duties
EU's General Court upholds a €2.42B fine against Google, levied in 2017, for abusing search engine dominance by promoting its own shopping service
- Wednesday's verdict can be appealed and taken to the EU's highest court. — This is not the first time that the EU's General Court …
Google launches Project Relate, a beta Android app that English speakers with speech impairments can use as a voice assistant, in the US, NZ, Canada, Australia
It builds on Google's Project Euphonia — Google launched a beta app today that people with speech impairments can use …
Apple unveils Business Essentials for SMBs, with device management, iCloud storage, and more, starting at $2.99 per month per user and launching in Spring 2022
Apple is introducing a new business offering called Apple Business Essentials that combines device management …
Unity to acquire Peter Jackson's visual effects company Weta Digital, including 275+ engineers, for $1.625B; Weta Digital's FTX artists will form a new entity
Unity has just announced its intent to acquire Weta Digital, the legendary visual effects company co-founded by Peter Jackson, for a massive $1.625 billion.
Alex Gorsky, chairman and departing CEO of Johnson & Johnson, joins Apple's board of directors; Tim Cook calls him a “visionary in healthcare”
Apple today announced that Alex Gorsky, the chairman and CEO of Johnson & Johnson, has joined its board of directors.
Microsoft partners with Meta to integrate Teams into Workplace, including enabling Teams users to livestream video to Workplace groups, starting in early 2022
Microsoft Teams is integrating into Workplace — Microsoft is partnering with Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook …
Apple backpedals on breaking Face ID after third-party iPhone 13 screen replacements, will release a software update to no longer require a microcontroller swap
A software update is on the way that won't require repair shops to transfer a microcontroller
Meta says it can't keep up with its Oversight Board, which has issued 78 recommendations since January, and that the 30-day response deadline is too tight
Depending on who you ask, Facebook's Oversight Board is either a massive PR stunt to deflect blame away from the company or an ambitious …
Trend Micro report details the activities of hacker-for-hire group dubbed Void Balaur, which has targeted US telecom companies and others since the mid-2010s
Cyber-security firm Trend Micro has published today a 46-page report detailing the history and activity of a hacker-for-hire group …
Cryptocurrency exchange Huobi says it will shut down operations in Singapore by March 2022, after exiting China in September
All Huobi Global clients in Singapore should close active positions and withdraw their digital assets before March 31, 2022. — 3223 Total views — 42 Total shares
Qualcomm unveils Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Platform, with hardware agnostic APIs and support for Unreal Engine 4 and Unity
AR as a ‘second screen’ feature or through dedicated headsets and glasses — While a lot of talk about the metaverse has focused on virtual reality experiences …
Coinbase reports Q3 revenue of $1.31B, up from $315M YoY, vs $1.57B est., monthly transacting users fell to 7.4M from 8.8M QoQ; stock down 10%+
- Coinbase reported weaker-than-expected revenue for the third quarter. — The number of monthly transacting users dropped from the prior period.
A look at NYC's growing VC scene as West Coast firms expand their presence, attracted by the congregation of fintech, crypto, and Web3 founders in the city
Covering venture capital, software and startups — In the 1980s, venture capital firm Sequoia set a tone for the tech investing industry … Tweets: @alexrkonrad , @caro , @iammegankelly , @shaig , @hi...
Anker CEO on EU's proposed USB-C legislation, Apple's MFI program, taking bets on new tech like gallium nitride, building a D2C business on Amazon, and more
Anker is one of those companies that's endlessly fascinating to me — CEO Steven Yang founded it in 2011, and since then …
Report: over 75% of people in six Southeast Asian countries now have access to the internet and a majority of them have shopped online at least once
- More than 75% of the population in six major Southeast Asian countries have access to the internet and a majority of them have shopped online … Source: Google .
Workato, which lets companies automate repetitive processes, raises a $200M Series E at a $5.7B valuation, bringing its total funding to $421M
The race to automate the world of business is on, and today one of the bigger players in the market has picked up another major round of funding …
Jumo, a fintech helping entrepreneurs of SMBs in emerging markets gain access to loans, raises $120M led by Fidelity, report says at a $400M valuation
JUMO, a South Africa- and London-based company that offers financial services to entrepreneurs and businesses in emerging markets …
Vimeo acquires Wibbitz, a short-form video creation service, and Wirewax, which builds tech to make objects in videos “shoppable”
Vimeo, the B2B video platform that spun out from IAC earlier this year, has made a pair of acquisitions aimed at building out the suite of features …
London-based buy now pay later startup Zilch raises $110M at a $2B valuation led by Ventura Capital; Zilch was last valued at $500M in April
- London-based start-up Zilch has raised $110 million in a round of funding that values it at $2 billion, four times the $500 million it was worth eight months ago.
Tencent reports Q3 revenue of $22B, up 13% YoY, net profit of $6.18B, up 3% YoY; sales from mobile games rose 9% to ~$6.65B
Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings (0700.HK) posted a 3% rise in third-quarter profit on Wednesday, beating analyst expectations as it flagged …
Bipartisan House bill would force tech platforms to offer an “input-transparent algorithm” that doesn't require user data to generate recommendations
letting all kinds of awful content flow, and saying “the law won't let us hide hate anymore!” (You know they'd do this.) Anil Dash / @anildash : More broadly, this class of solutions to tech tend to i...
Microsoft unveils Windows 11 SE, a Chrome OS rival aimed at schools, shipping exclusively on low-cost laptops built for K-8 classrooms later this year
London-based MFS Africa, which claims to be Africa's largest digital payments network, raises a $100M Series C, with $70M equity and $30M debt
Investor interest in African fintech continues to grab headlines with large fundraises. Today, Africa's largest digital payments network MFS Africa joins the fray.
Meta shares bullying and harassment numbers for the first time, claims the category represents ~0.14% of Facebook content and ~0.05% of Instagram content
Twitter Blue rolls out to the US for $2.99/month with Scroll's ad-free articles across 300+ pubs, an undo button, Nuzzel-like “top articles” roundup, and more
Nykaa, an Indian e-commerce company for beauty products, rose 89% in its Indian market debut after raising $721M in its IPO, gaining a valuation of $13B
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Smart home company Level Home raises a $100M+ Series C led by Cox Communications, and acquires fellow smart home company Dwelo
Seems there's a fair bit of M&A news on the smart home front these days. Following Ecobee's acquisition by generator company Generac, Level Home today announced …
fuboTV to acquire French multiplatform streaming company Molotov for $190M; Molotov co-founder and CEO Jean-David Blanc will become chief strategy officer
API Holdings, the parent company of Indian online pharmacy PharmEasy, files for a Mumbai IPO, seeking to raise as much as $843M
- API Holdings seeks 62.5 billion rupees in Mumbai IPO — Indian firm joins flurry of listings amid strong stock rally
Daily, which offers APIs for developers to add video and audio features to apps and websites, raises a $40M Series B, bringing its total funding to $60M
We've all embraced video calls, whether it is with our work colleague or our physician, but for developers, it remains a challenge …
Journalists and analysts talk of muted reactions to the Facebook Papers over Meta's failure to stop hate speech and misinformation in the Global South
Rest of World : Tweets: @scottnover , @alexgonzor , @restofworld , and @restofworld See also Mediagazer Tweets: Scott Nover / @scottnover : “Campaigns like #DeleteFacebook are highly unlikely to pick...
An internal September 2018 Facebook memo found ~40% of traffic to Pages went to those with plagiarized or recycled content
Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @learmonth , @danieldrepper , @ericgarland , @epro , @arpcomics , @mattrosoff , @jeffhorwitz , @jason_kint , @jason_kint , and @jason_kint Tweets: Michael Learmonth / @l...
Self-driving truck company Kodiak Robotics raises a $125M Series B, bringing total funding to $165M
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Moov, an online marketplace for used manufacturing equipment, raises a $41M Series A led by Tiger Global
Moov, a data-fueled marketplace for used manufacturing equipment, has closed a $41 million Series A funding round led by Tiger Global. Investors joining the round include public … Tweets: @henrylmcna...
Datafold, a data reliability startup that automates the most tedious parts of data engineering workflows, raises a $20M Series A led by NEA and Amplify Partners
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DoorDash reports Q3 revenue of $1.28B, up 45% YoY, and says it will acquire European food delivery company Wolt in an all-stock $8B+ deal
Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal :
FiscalNote, which makes software to help companies navigate government regulations and laws, is going public via a SPAC merger, valuing the company at $1.3B
Lusha, a sales intelligence platform for B2B sales, raises a $205M Series B led by equity firm PSG at a $1.5B valuation, bringing its total funding to $245M
Catherine Shu / TechCrunch :
TriEye, which makes sensing tech for autonomous systems to see better in adverse conditions, raises $74M from investors including Intel and Samsung
Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch :
ControlUp, which helps IT teams monitor and improve desktop computing performance across disparate networks, raises $100M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
Vietnam-based online marketplace Tiki raises a $258M Series E led by AIA, and says it has 20M registered users and its grocery business grew 2,000% YoY in Q3
Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc / DealStreetAsia :
Consumer advocates say buy now, pay later services like Afterpay and Affirm can be especially confusing for younger users and make it easy to get overextended
Sidney Fussell / Wired : Tweets: @counternotions Tweets: Kontra / @counternotions : So mission accomplished? ↓ https://twitter.com/...
Breach and attack simulation startup SafeBreach raises a $53.5M Series D led by Sonae IM and Israel Growth Partners, bringing its total raised to over $106M
Duncan Riley / SiliconANGLE :
Threekit, which helps companies create 3D and AR product experiences to let customers visualize items while shopping online, raises a $35M Series B
Jim Dallke / Chicago Business Journal :
Wrapbook, which offers payroll software for the entertainment industry, raises $100M led by Tiger Global at a $1B valuation after being valued at $147M in March
Gillian Tan / Bloomberg : Tweets: @mattvaru and @rkhazzam . Thanks: @meetalijavid Tweets: Matt Varughese / @mattvaru : I truly couldn't be happier for my friend @CameronWoodward and the entire @wrapb...
VergeSense, which uses computer vision to help companies understand how their office spaces are being used, raises a $60M Series C led by Scale Venture Partners
Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Source: PR Newswire Source: VergeSense / PR Newswire : VergeSense Raises $60 Million in Series C to Accelerate Development and Innovation in Workplace Analytics
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