China’s Tencent Music Entertainment Group said on Friday it acquired audiobook platform Lazy Audio (“Lanren tingshu”) owned by Shenzhen Lanren Online Technology, for $417 million (2.7 billion yuan). The transaction is expected to close the deal in the first half of 2021. […]
Regardless of which side of the fence you choose to stand on, climate change is real. It is an urgent global issue with long-term implications if nothing is done to address it soon. The impacts of climate change are global in […]
Tesla has been asked by U.S. regulators to recall 158,000 Model S and Model X vehicles over media control unit failures that could pose safety risks by leading to touchscreen displays not working. The news about the recall was first […]
Dmitriy Beseda, managing partner and co-founder of Overgear took part in a PC product conference, where he shared his experience in product management. Over the past three years, the company has attracted several rounds of venture funding to work in […]
It’s been a while since we looked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) website for the latest updates on the ongoing vaccination effort. According to the CDC, about 10.3 million people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 […]
LendingPoint, an Atlanta, Georgia-based fintech startup, today announced it has raised $125 million in new funding led by Warburg Pincus, a New York private equity firm focused on growth investing. LendingPoint said it will use the proceeds to expand its financing solutions for its eCommerce, […]
Almost a year ago today, we wrote about PepsiCo after the food and beverage leader announced its plans to achieve 100% renewable energy use for all of its direct operations in the U.S. last year. Fast forward a year later, PepsiCo […]
WeRide, a Guangzhou, China-based smart mobility startup that develops L4 autonomous driving technologies, announced it has raised $310 million in funding as competition in China’s driverless car space heats up. The latest funding will give WeRide the much-needed boost as the company […]
Alchemy to build API and developer platform, simplifying development on the Crypto.com Chain and easing integration for exchanges and wallets Taking another solid step towards Mainnet launch, Crypto.com today announced a new partnership with Alchemy to power the Crypto.com developer […]
Unless you’ve been living in a cave, the news cycle has been dominated by the Big Tech assaults on free speech censorship and the permanent banning of people with opposing views from their platforms. In a coordinated attack, the Big Tech […]
Has there ever been a time when you’re craving ice cream only to out find out you have none left in the freezer and it’s too late to run the store? Now imagine a Keurig machine, but for ice cream! […]
At a time when the American news cycle is dominated by the coronavirus pandemic, politics, and the ongoing censorship of free speech by the Big Tech companies, the U.S. government unexpectedly released a highly declassified a foreign-policy document that lays out […]
Welcome to the brave new world. Are you planning to travel outside the country? You’re probably going to need more than just your U.S. passport. You may also have to show your COVID-19 ‘vaccine passport’ before you are allowed to […]
Last year was a mixed year for the popular video-sharing app TikTok. After enduring the onslaughts from governments around due to security and privacy concerns, TikTok continues to see an increase in the number of users on its platform. To […]
Late 2019, we briefly covered Israeli IoT security startup Vdoo after one of its investors, 83North, raised a $300 million funding to invest in exceptional European and Israeli startups. With over $1 billion war chest, 83North invests in the best and […]
We covered Rapyd back in 2019 after the Fintech-as-a-Service startup raised $40 million in a Series B funding round to expand its technology platform that supports any local or cross-border commerce use case requiring local payments. A lot has changed since we last […]
Cupertino, California — Apple today announced a set of major new projects as part of its $100 million Racial Equity and Justice Initiative (REJI) to help dismantle systemic barriers to opportunity and combat injustices faced by communities of color. These […]
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has taken a toll on thousands, if not millions, of companies around the world. Some companies went out of business for good. Some have to layoff their staff to stay afloat. That’s the case with the […]
As we noted yesterday, the electric air taxi space is beginning to get crowded. First, it was Lilium, a Munich, Germany-based aerospace startup developing a revolutionary on-demand air taxi service that is powered by the all-electric, vertical take-off and landing Lilium Jet. […]
Good morning! It’s been a while since we last featured the top tech news of the day. Back in March 2020, we decided to put a pause on daily briefing and focus more on news that affects everyone around the […]