As avatars for metaverse applications grow in popularity, a look at Understanding Comics, a 30-year-old illustrated lecture considered an avatar design bible Techmeme · 3 days ago
An investigation details an operation by Chinese hacking group APT40 to lure graduates into spying and translating stolen documents using a front company Techmeme · 3 days ago
Officials in Zhengzhou, China used the smartphone location tracking-based health code system to stop 1,000+ depositors from protesting over failing rural banks Techmeme · 3 days ago
Some VR developers express frustrations with Meta's Quest Store fees, set at 30% for purchases and 15%-30% for subscriptions, given Meta's criticism of Apple Techmeme · 4 days ago
An interview with Arm CEO Rene Haas on the company's plans to pursue M&A deals and expand hiring following its IPO, after Arm China transitioned its leadership Techmeme · 5 days ago
Michael Saylor, whose company MicroStrategy holds bitcoin now worth ~$2.7B, says bitcoin "is still at an early stage in its development and poorly understood" Techmeme · 1 week ago
As Apple is expected to announce a headset in January and Meta slows VR investment, a look at opportunities for the VR supply chain and competing headset makers Techmeme · 1 week ago
Sources: the EU is planning a "phase 2" antitrust investigation into Broadcom's $69B VMware acquisition, which could take over one year and derail the deal Techmeme · 1 week ago
A look at Alibaba's plans to expand into South Asia as its growth in China falters, including through its Daraz unit in Pakistan, acquired for $194M in 2018 Techmeme · 1 week ago
Shopify plans to expand into business-to-business commerce tools, a "huge untapped market", as the company seeks to revive its stock and compete with Amazon Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
NetEase delays Diablo Immortal's China release after the game's Weibo account alluded to Winnie the Pooh, a way to derisively refer to President Xi Jinping Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Blockchain.com data: bitcoin's hash rate has fallen 4% since the start of the week, as the total value of revenues paid to miners fell to a nearly one-year low Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Some UK creators say they abandoned TikTok Shop's e-commerce program due to poor pay, long hours, and having to take flak for limited stock and shipping issues Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
China's tech crackdown, combined with a macroeconomic slowdown, has led to mass job cuts at its tech giants and record youth unemployment Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Sources: BlockFi was among the groups that liquidated at least some of the positions in Three Arrows, which failed to meet margin calls this past weekend Techmeme · 2 weeks ago
Celsius portrays itself as a simple company offering "financial freedom" but risky trades and bets have led to a crisis, halving its assets to $12B in May Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
The UK's Competition Appeal Tribunal backs the CMA's right to find that Meta's purchase of Giphy may harm innovation, ruling against all but one appeal by Meta Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Alibaba and Tencent are struggling to grow their cloud businesses after Beijing's tech crackdown and competition from politically favored Huawei and others Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
EU document: Meta, Twitter, Google, TikTok, and others agree to tougher EU disinformation rules, including mandatory country-by-country content removal reports Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
Recruiters say hiring in some tech sectors is holding firm; Indeed.com: US developer job postings are up 120% on an early 2020 pre-coronavirus pandemic baseline Techmeme · 3 weeks ago
In an email, ByteDance says Joshua Ma, who heads UK's TikTok Shop, will "step back" after a probe alleged that he said he "didn't believe" in maternity leave Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Sources: TikTok Shop in the UK is in turmoil after losing at least half its staff, or 20 people, since its launch in October, many citing a toxic workplace Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
Grab plans to start selling its mapping data and map-making abilities to businesses, in an effort to become profitable Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
A look at TSMC's struggles to recruit US workers to build its chip factories in Arizona, planned to open in 2024, as Intel faces similar issues Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
MFS Africa, a digital payments network in Africa, acquires Oklahoma-based Global Technology Partners, which makes prepaid and mobile payments software, for $34M Techmeme · 4 weeks ago
An investigation details NSO's severe financial troubles, after human rights groups documented Pegasus abuses, as executives weigh selling to risky clients Techmeme · 1 month ago
A group of 26 leading computer experts urge US lawmakers to resist crypto lobbying efforts, calling crypto financial instruments "risky, flawed, and unproven" Techmeme · 1 month ago
BT partners with Ericsson to offer private 5G networks to companies in the UK, the first service of its kind Techmeme · 1 month ago
At a CFTC meeting, agricultural groups criticized FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried's plan for automated risk management and 24/7 trading in leveraged futures markets Techmeme · 1 month ago
Sources: the Broadcom-VMware deal happened within two weeks; Broadcom CEO had switched his focus to software amid regulatory headwinds for semiconductor deals Techmeme · 1 month ago
IT services group Atos sues the UK over its £854M meteorology supercomputer contract, awarded to Microsoft in 2021; a High Court trial expected in June 2022 Techmeme · 1 month ago
BNP Paribas joins JPMorgan's blockchain-based Onyx network for the repurchase market, which has facilitated $300B+ in deals since December Techmeme · 1 month ago
On April 6, weeks before UST collapsed, Binance promoted the stablecoin on Telegram as a "High Yield, Safe & Happy Earn" investment with an annual ~20% yield Techmeme · 1 month ago
Chinese citizens angered by Shanghai's ongoing lockdowns are evading censorship of a viral post and video criticizing the government by minting them into NFTs Techmeme · 2 months ago
A look at the competition between China and the US to build exascale supercomputers, useful for defense and climate modeling, as China pulls ahead Techmeme · 2 months ago
Filing: Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund bought a 5% stake in Nintendo worth $2.98B; the PIF disclosed 5%+ stakes in Nexon and Capcom in February 2022 Techmeme · 2 months ago
Thought Machine, provider of cloud-based banking infrastructure for 35+ banks globally, raises a $160M Series D at a $2.7B valuation, up from $1B+ in November Techmeme · 2 months ago
Mastercard starts testing facial recognition payments in Brazil, letting users who opt in pay with a smile or wave, using tech from NEC, Payface, PopID, others Techmeme · 2 months ago
Regulatory filings show Tiger Global has sold its entire stake in Bumble, Airbnb, and Didi, and ~80% of its stake in Robinhood during 2022's tech stock sell-off Techmeme · 2 months ago
An interview with Sam Bankman-Fried on crypto hype, blockchain's potential to build a fairer financial system, bitcoin as an asset, philanthropy, and more Techmeme · 2 months ago
After SoftBank's subdued earnings call, some investors worry whether Masayoshi Son can handle the current market downturn Techmeme · 2 months ago
Tether CTO Paolo Ardoino declines to reveal details about the company's $40B US government bond holdings, for fear of revealing its "secret sauce" Techmeme · 2 months ago
Brian Armstrong says there's "no risk of bankruptcy" after Coinbase said in its filing that its users might lose all their crypto if the exchange goes bankrupt Techmeme · 2 months ago
Source: Chelsea Football Club struck a £20M shirt-sleeve sponsorship deal with crypto trading app WhaleFin, owned by Singapore-based Amber Group, in January Techmeme · 2 months ago
Financial exchanges such as the CME Group and Nasdaq are embracing cloud computing technologies to transform the way they run global capital markets Techmeme · 2 months ago
Samsung is under growing pressure from investors over its inaction on committing to reducing fossil fuel emissions, as Apple, TSMC, and SK Hynix have done Techmeme · 2 months ago
Sources: Allen Wu, who was replaced as CEO of Arm China by Liu Renchen, has refused to surrender control amid Shanghai's lockdown, where Arm China's HQ is based Techmeme · 2 months ago
Lego plans to triple the number of software engineers on staff to 1,800 by the end of 2023, including ~400 based in Copenhagen, and increase digital investments Techmeme · 2 months ago