SCOTUS upholds the TikTok divest-or-ban law, saying free speech rights must yield to concerns that Chinese control of the app creates a national-security risk
but Trump Lobbying May Save It Tripp Mickle / New York Times : Oracle May Hold TikTok's Future in Its Hands Solcyré Burga / Time : Everything Trump Has Said About the TikTok Ban Dan Primack / Axios : ...
California regulators close SVB and name the FDIC as the receiver to protect insured deposits; SVB ended 2022 with ~$209B in assets and $175.4B in deposits
banks, lawyers, etc — and it's a minor but not insignificant screening mechanism. https://twitter.com/... Jason Zweig / @jasonzweigwsj : If you want to create a perverse incentive for banks to become ...
A look at the state of the VC industry: from over-paying in the face of absurd valuations, to big bets on decentralized “Web 3.0” apps, cybersecurity, and more
Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table : Tweets: @ediggs , @michaelandma , @eghosao , @ljungman , @trengriffin , and @kevinweil Tweets: Eze Vidra / @ediggs : The changing venture landscape by @msuster...
In memo to employees, Bezos says face mask orders for workers are unfilled due to short global supply, and that his time is now “wholly focused” on COVID-19
There's a debate emerging … Justine Coleman / The Hill : Amazon doubling overtime pay for warehouse workers Georgina Torbet / Digital Trends : Amazon raises overtime pay for warehouse workers, but hol...
Bird raises $275M Series D led by CDPQ and Sequoia Capital, sources say, at a $2.5B pre-money valuation
Data Sheet Wanguba Muriuki / Coinspeaker : Electric Scooter Startup Bird Acquires $275 Million in Funding, Hits $2.5 Billion Valuation Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat : Bird raises $275 million at a $2.5 b...
VCs raised $55B in 2018, similar to what was raised in 1999, but most of the increased funding went into growth rounds, which are effectively private IPOs
Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table : Tweets: @trengriffin , @eliefinegold , @sgblank , @msuster , and @adamnash Tweets: Tren Griffin / @trengriffin : “The traditional VC market has only grown 14% ...
As MakeSpace announces $30M Series C, a look at the logistics tech underlying the on-demand storage service
Mark Suster / Both Sides of the Table :
Meeting with tech leaders, Trump says they can call him or his team any time, Thiel is “ahead of the curve”, and administration will work on “fair” trade deals
FOUR—are the president-elect's children. That is 16% of everybody in the room...”—@msuster http://bothsidesofthetable.com/ ... Mark Suster / @msuster : I will separate my business interests from the p...
Several secondary buyers say unicorn shareholders are now much more interested in selling common stock
Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Tweets: @msuster , @jaycuthrell , @briantopping , @rgwd67 , @abrams and @panzer Tweets: Mark Suster / @msuster : Further in “could have seen this coming a mile away” peop...
Eddy Cue says Apple has 782M iCloud users and 11M+ Apple Music subs, and Craig Federighi addresses complaints of bugs in Apple apps on John Gruber's podcast
people just notice bugs because they actually use it (aapl) Timothy J. Seppala / Engadget : iPhone soon becoming ‘full replacement’ for Apple TV remote Susie Ochs / Macworld : Eddy Cue and Craig Feder...