Facebook's Oversight Board says it is now accepting cases for review, both from users who have exhausted the company's appeals process and from Facebook itself Techmeme · 2 hours ago
Apple says it is expanding its COVID-safe "Express" retail stores, with a counter protected by plexiglass at the front of a store, ahead of the holiday season Techmeme · 2 hours ago
US officials offer Brazil telecoms financing to buy equipment from Huawei competitors, in an effort to keep China out of Brazil's 5G market Techmeme · 2 days ago
Major founder-led tech companies have seen their share prices double in 2020 vs. 7.8% gain for the S&P 500, while outperforming non-founder led tech companies Techmeme · 2 days ago
Sources: Didi Chuxing is considering Hong Kong, rethinking its previous aims of NYSE, for an IPO in the first half of 2021, targets a valuation of $60B+ Techmeme · 3 days ago
Japan's Fair Trade Commission says the country will join US and Europe in challenging market abuses by Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon Techmeme · 3 days ago
Yandex and TCS Group Holding, the parent company of Russia's top online bank Tinkoff, have terminated talks on Yandex's proposed $5.48B deal to buy Tinkoff Techmeme · 4 days ago
Brazilian startup Take Blip, which helps companies engage with customers on messaging apps like WhatsApp, raises $100M Series A led by Warburg Pincus Techmeme · 1 week ago
Sources: Huawei is in talks with Digital China Group and others to sell parts of its Honor smartphone unit in a deal worth up to $3.7B Techmeme · 1 week ago
Sources: TikTok rival Triller is raising ~$250M, having secured ~$100M so far at a $1.25B valuation, and is talking with SPACs about a merger to go public Techmeme · 1 week ago
China’s top climate think tanks push for more cuts to coal use & emissions: report Reddit · 1 week ago
Affirm, a point-of-sale lender for e-commerce, has confidentially filed for an IPO; a report in July said an IPO would value the company at as much as $10B Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Sources: Google is facing an antitrust investigation in India over allegedly abusing the dominance of Android in the smart TV market Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
U.S. House's antitrust report hints at break-up of Big Tech firms: lawmaker Hacker News · 2 weeks ago
Italy's biggest payments company Nexi announces a merger with rival SIA to create a group with ~€1.8B in annual revenue and a market value of €15B+ Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Uber Freight raises $500M from private equity firm Greenbriar Equity Group at a post-money valuation of $3.3B Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Sources: Roblox is considering a US IPO next year that it expects could double its recent $4B valuation Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
TikTok will be shut down if Oracle deal meeting U.S. security needs can’t be closed: Mnuchin Reddit · 3 weeks ago
Sources: DOJ is expected to sue Google as soon as next week and is currently urging state attorneys general to sign onto the lawsuit Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Tencent to take private NYSE-listed Chinese search engine Sogou in a $3.5B deal; Tencent had previously revealed that it had a 39.2% stake in Sogou in July Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Three top Apple suppliers to commit $900 million to India smartphone incentive plan Reddit · 3 weeks ago