Levi Sumagaysay / MarketWatch:
In January, DoorDash is reinstating its WeDash policy that has all employees, including the CEO, make deliveries or shadow customer service workers once a month — Delivery service is reinstating WeDash program that requires every worker — up to and including the...
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FinSMEs:
Privoro, which makes security devices for smartphones, including a case with intelligent audio masking and camera blocking, raises a $30M Series B — Privoro, a Chandler, AZ-based mobile security hardware company, raised £40M in Series B funding. — The round was led by Tracker...
Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC:
At least 14 senior Meta executives, including from its Workplace and Novi divisions, left in 2021 or announced plans to depart in the coming months — - Numerous Facebook executives left the company in 2021 or announced plans to depart in the coming months.
Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Ant Money, which operates three finance apps, including micro-income app ATM and gamer savings app Blast, raises a $20M Series A — Serial fintech entrepreneur Walter Cruttenden founded Acorns with his son, Jeff, in 2012 with the goal of helping low- and...
Jon Caramanica / New York Times:
A look at attempts by TikTok's biggest stars to expand onto other platforms, including Charli D'Amelio's Hulu docuseries, often with mixed results — This year, the app's biggest stars — Charli and Dixie D'Amelio, Noah Beck, Addison Rae and others — leapt from...
Bloomberg:
Sources: Lina Khan is advancing an FTC investigation into AWS, started in 2019, including whether AWS discriminates against non-exclusive clients — The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is pushing forward with antitrust scrutiny of Amazon.com Inc.'s cloud computing business, according...
Helen Partz / Cointelegraph:
Multichain, which offers interoperability tools for blockchains including Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Avalanche, raises a $60M seed led by Binance Labs — Shortly after rebranding from Anyswap last week, Multichain raised $60 million in a seed round led by...
Stephen Totilo / Axios:
Inside Ubisoft's unprecedented developer exodus over the past 18 months, including at least five of the top 25-credited people from Far Cry 6, its top 2021 game — Colleagues across Assassin's Creed publisher Ubisoft have names for the procession of developers who have...
Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
Cars 24, an India-based marketplace for used cars, raises a $400M Series G, including $100M debt and $300M equity, led by Alpha Wave Global at a $3.3B valuation — With supply chains in the automotive industry continuing to be disrupted due to Covid-19, demand has...
Ben Bowman / The Streamable:
YouTube TV reaches a deal with Disney to bring back 17+ channels including ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, FX, and National Geographic — After one day of being dark, YouTube TV and Disney have reached a deal which will see more than 17 Disney-owned channels, including...
The Streamable:
Disney fails to reach a deal with YouTube TV, removing 17+ channels including ABC, Disney, ESPN, Freeform, and FX; YouTube TV drops its price to $49.99/month — After a year of bitter disputes with its partners, YouTube TV just took a gut-punch from one of the entertainment...
Reuters:
How Amazon grew its business in China, including partnering with a government propaganda arm for a books section on Amazon US, AWS-related concessions, and more — Amazon.com Inc was marketing a collection of President Xi Jinping's speeches and writings on its Chinese website about two...
Nupur Acharya / Bloomberg:
Paytm closed at ~$17, a record low, after dropping 16%+ this week, including 8% on Wednesday as a post-IPO lockup expired; Paytm is down 39% from its IPO price — - Sentiment remains weak for firm that had India's biggest IPO — A post-listing lockup on anchor...
Tom Warren / The Verge:
Microsoft is moving some settings, including for networks, devices, and app uninstalls, to the Settings app, heralding the end of the Control Panel — One more step to simplifying Windows — Microsoft is finally signaling the end of the legacy Control Panel in Windows 11.
Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch:
TikTok launches a Discord server with five moderators, as brands use the messaging tool to forge a sense of community, including Wendy's with 60K+ Discord users — Many brands are using the messaging app Discord to forge a sense of community among their fans.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
The US bans investing in eight Chinese companies, including DJI and Megvii, for their alleged involvement in surveilling Uyghurs and other minority groups — The Treasury Department has added eight Chinese companies — including DJI, the world's largest commercial drone...
Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat:
Adidas Originals partners with Bored Ape Yacht Club, Gmoney, and others to launch an NFT collection, including access to wearables in The Sandbox virtual world — Adidas Originals will launch its first nonfungible tokens (NFTs) as it dives into Web 3 and the metaverse.
Reuters:
18 Democratic lawmakers call on the Treasury and State Departments to enact Magnitsky rights abuse sanctions on four spyware firms, including NSO and DarkMatter — A group of U.S. lawmakers is asking the Treasury Department and State Department to sanction Israeli spyware firm NSO Group …
Financial Times:
Sources: the US will ban eight Chinese companies, including DJI, for their alleged involvement in the surveillance of Uyghur Muslims — American investors will be banned from groups accused of involvement in Xinjiang abuses — The Biden administration will place eight Chinese...