EU lawmakers provisionally agree on the DMA, which mandates messaging service interoperability, limits bundling services, prohibits self-preferencing, and more
The European Union today adopted landmark rules clamping down on anti-competitive abuses by the world's largest technology platforms …
Sources: Apple plans to launch a monthly subscription service by 2023 for the iPhone and other hardware that could tie into Apple One bundles and AppleCare
Apple Inc. is working on a subscription service for the iPhone and other hardware products, a move that could make device ownership similar …
The EU and US reach a preliminary pact to store data about Europeans on US soil, but reveal few details, after the EU declared the previous pact illegal in 2020
Agreement could assuage concerns of companies with operations on both sides of the Atlantic — BRUSSELS—The U.S …
The DOJ charges four Russian officials for alleged hacking campaigns from 2012 to 2018 on critical US infrastructure, including a Kansas nuclear power plant
The announcement covered hackings from 2012 to 2018, but served as yet another warning from the Biden administration of Russia's ability to conduct such operations.
UK police arrest seven people aged 16 to 21 as part of an investigation “into a hacking group”, but did not say if the teenager behind Lapsus$ is among them
A 16-year-old from Oxford has been accused of being one of the leaders of cyber-crime gang Lapsus$.
The DOJ arrests and charges two men with wire fraud and money laundering over an alleged $1.1M NFT rug pull scheme for their collection of 8,888 “Frosties”
They'd already announced a follow-up series — US government prosecutors have charged two men with fraud and money laundering …
Filing: Apple argues that Epic lost the Epic Games v. Apple trial because it failed to prove wrongdoing and not because of any legal errors on the judge's part
In a new brief, Apple declares that Epic Games lost the Epic v. Apple trial because it failed to prove wrongdoing — and not because of any legal errors on the judge's part.
Instacart says it has voluntarily cut its valuation to ~$24B to boost recruiting and retention; Instacart was valued at $39B during its latest raise last March
Instacart Inc. is slashing its valuation by almost 40% to about $24 billion, a move it says will help the company attract talent and adapt to market conditions.
Netflix acquires Boss Fight Entertainment, a mobile game developer with 130 employees, its third studio purchase since sharing its gaming ambitions last summer
The acquisition is the company's third since it announced plans to move into video games last summer.
An ex-employee alleges Microsoft spends about $200M+/year on bribes and kickbacks via its foreign contracts business; Microsoft says the claims were addressed
In 2016, Yasser Elabd noticed a $40,000 payment to a client in Africa that didn't smell right.
A look at Lantern, a company backed by the US' Open Technology Fund that has spent the last two years building a peer-to-peer network to bypass Russian censors
Backed with funding from the U.S. government's Open Technology Fund, Lantern has spent two years building a peer-to-peer network inside Russia.
The International Organization of Securities Commissions compares DeFi to the dotcom bubble, saying most DeFi protocols are centralized in one or more areas
Miles Kruppa / Financial Times :
Twitter finally upgrades DMs to let users search through their conversations by keyword, not just names, on the web, iOS, and Android
Mitchell Clark / The Verge : Source: @twittersupport .
Reddit considers letting users react to videos posted by others using editing tools resembling TikTok's Stitches and Duets; the feature is not yet being tested
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Mozilla launches MDN Plus, a $5/month or $10/month subscription for its developer network, offering notifications, article collections, offline access, and more
Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch :
Meituan reports Q4 revenue of ~$7.78B, up 31% YoY, and a net loss of ~$830M, amid weakening Chinese consumer spending and regulatory pressures; stock falls 5%+
Jane Zhang / Bloomberg :
London-based Causal, which makes spreadsheet software that can connect with live data sources, raises a $20M Series A co-led by Coatue and Accel
John Reynolds / AltFi :
South Korea's antitrust regulator launches a probe into e-commerce giant Coupang for allegedly forcing staff to post false product reviews to attract customers
Korea Bizwire :
Sources: Sequoia China, whose portfolio includes ByteDance and online fashion startup Shein, is in early talks to raise $8B+ across four new funds
The Chinese affiliate of Sequoia Capital, whose vast portfolio includes TikTok owner ByteDance and online fashion startup Shein … Tweets: @thedragonfeeder , @juroosawa , and @vc Tweets: Chris Fenton /...
Pakistan-based Jugnu, an e-commerce marketplace that connects retail stores and SMBs directly to manufacturers, raises a $22.5M Series A led by Sary
Kul Bhushan / Tech in Asia :
Sources: Indonesia's GoTo raises ~$1.1B in its IPO at 338 rupiah per share; 10 other companies have raised about $172M through Jakarta IPOs in 2022, up 30%+ YoY
Bloomberg : Tweets: @markets Tweets: @markets : GoTo, an Indonesian startup giant, formed by the combination of ride-hailing company Gojek and e-commerce firm PT Tokopedia, raised about $1.1 billion,...
Firstbase, which helps companies ensure new remote hires choose and receive necessary hardware, raises a $50M Series B led by Kleiner Perkins
Bias alert: I am writing to you from my home office — Firstbase announced a Series B round of funding today, led by Kleiner Perkins. Tweets: @alex Tweets: @alex : not doing much more of this sort of...
Sources: SoftBank is seeking a valuation of at least $60B for Arm when the company goes public, higher than the $40B that a sale to Nvidia would have fetched
Bloomberg :
Boston-based Nasuni, which provides enterprise cloud-based file storage services, raises $60M led by Sixth Street Growth, bringing its total funding to $148M
Maria Deutscher / SiliconANGLE :
Sources: Alibaba doesn't plan to exit Russia, despite sanctions on AliExpress Russia partners and lower orders due to shipping delays and the depreciating ruble
Osso VR, which uses VR simulations to train surgeons, raises a $66M Series C led by Oak HC/FT, bringing its total funding to about $109M
Automated accounting software startup Digits raises a $65M Series C at a $565M valuation led by SoftBank's Vision Fund, bringing its total funding to $97.5M
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch :
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