Sources: Indonesia's Gojek and Tokopedia are finalizing an $18B merger, creating a combined company called Goto, in a deal expected to close as early as April (Juro Osawa/The Information)
Juro Osawa / The Information: Sources: Indonesia’s Gojek and Tokopedia are finalizing an $18B merger, creating a combined company called Goto, in a deal expected to close as early as April — Gojek and Tokopedia, two of Indonesia’s biggest internet companies, are finalizing their $18…
China's antitrust watchdog publishes strikingly similar statements from 12 companies, including ByteDance and JD.com, pledging compliance with antimonopoly laws (Stephanie Yang/Wall Street Journal)
Stephanie Yang / Wall Street Journal: China’s antitrust watchdog publishes strikingly similar statements from 12 companies, including ByteDance and JD.com, pledging compliance with antimonopoly laws — Days after a record fine against Alibaba, China’s tech companies have pledged to adhere to antimonopoly regulations Source: Technology…
Ireland's Data Protection Commission says it is investigating Facebook's recently-discovered data leak that affected 533M accounts (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)
Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: Ireland’s Data Protection Commission says it is investigating Facebook’s recently-discovered data leak that affected 533M accounts — Facebook’s lead data supervisor in the European Union has opened an investigation into whether the tech giant violated data protection rules vis-a-vis the leak…
Sources: Silver Lake invests ~$800M for a minority stake in Abu Dhabi's G42, which offers AI and cloud computing products aimed at digitizing enterprises (Miriam Gottfried/Wall Street Journal)
Miriam Gottfried / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Silver Lake invests ~$800M for a minority stake in Abu Dhabi’s G42, which offers AI and cloud computing products aimed at digitizing enterprises — Private-equity firm will be technology company’s first Western investor — Silver Lake is investing…
Ireland opens GDPR investigation into Facebook leak
Facebook’s lead data supervisor in the European Union has opened an investigation into whether the tech giant violated data protection rules vis-a-vis the leak of data reported earlier this month. Here’s the Irish Data Protection Commission’s statement: “The Data Protection Commission (DPC) today launched an…
Ireland opens GDPR investigation into Facebook leak
Facebook’s lead data supervisor in the European Union has opened an investigation into whether the tech giant violated data protection rules vis-a-vis the leak of data reported earlier this month. Here’s the Irish Data Protection Commission’s statement: “The Data Protection Commission (DPC) today launched an…
Groq, which makes chips for data centers and autonomous vehicles, raises $300M Series C, led by Tiger Global and D1 Capital, at a $1B+ valuation (Amy Feldman/Forbes)
Amy Feldman / Forbes: Groq, which makes chips for data centers and autonomous vehicles, raises $300M Series C, led by Tiger Global and D1 Capital, at a $1B+ valuation — Jonathan Ross left Google to launch next-generation semiconductor startup Groq in 2016. Today, the Mountain…
Hundreds of executives and companies, including Alphabet, Apple, and Amazon, sign a statement opposing "any discriminatory legislation" around voting (New York Times)
New York Times: Hundreds of executives and companies, including Alphabet, Apple, and Amazon, sign a statement opposing “any discriminatory legislation” around voting — Amazon, Google, G.M. and Starbucks were among those joining the biggest show of solidarity by businesses over legislation in numerous states. Source:…
Sunday raises $24 million seed round to build a fast restaurant checkout flow
Meet Sunday, a new startup that is going to attract some headlines as it has raised a $24 million seed round at a $140 million post-money valuation. That’s a lot of money for a company that started just a few months ago but that’s because…
University of Washington researchers partner with Apple to study how Apple Watch may be used to predict respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 or flu (William Gallagher/AppleInsider)
William Gallagher / AppleInsider: University of Washington researchers partner with Apple to study how Apple Watch may be used to predict respiratory illnesses such as COVID-19 or flu — Researchers at the University of Washington have partnered with Apple to study how Apple Watch may…
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