Interview with Ted Sarandos about Netflix's recent share price plunge, backing Dave Chappelle's latest comedy special, Hollywood schadenfreude, and more (Maureen Dowd/New York Times)
Maureen Dowd / New York Times: Interview with Ted Sarandos about Netflix’s recent share price plunge, backing Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special, Hollywood schadenfreude, and more — The Netflix executive says he — and the company he helped build — will survive a bout of…
Some teens say French social networking app Yubo, which had 18M downloads in the US, ignored reports that the Uvalde shooter threatened violence on the app (Washington Post)
Washington Post: Some teens say French social networking app Yubo, which had 18M downloads in the US, ignored reports that the Uvalde shooter threatened violence on the app — Young people who met the alleged gunman online said he had threatened to kidnap, rape or…
Profile of inDriver, a ride-hailing app developed in Siberia in 2012, which lets riders and drivers haggle over prices and is now available in 42 countries (Leonid Ragozin/Rest of World)
Leonid Ragozin / Rest of World: Profile of inDriver, a ride-hailing app developed in Siberia in 2012, which lets riders and drivers haggle over prices and is now available in 42 countries — InDriver’s unique haggling feature has seen it expand from its roots in…
Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 case leak highlights one potential design change
We're expecting both the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 to show up at some point in August, and now we have a new leak from a reliable source that points to a design change for the Galaxy Z…
A growing number of Chinese tech startups are going public in China at valuations lower than their private rounds; China's STAR Market has fallen ~30% this year (Reuters)
Reuters: A growing number of Chinese tech startups are going public in China at valuations lower than their private rounds; China’s STAR Market has fallen ~30% this year — A growing number of Chinese tech start-ups, once the darlings of equity markets, are willing to…
Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro might keep the same screens as the phones they're replacing
Google has already officially unveiled the Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, without really telling us much about them. Now new information from the rumor mill suggests that the displays on these phones will exactly match the Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro handsets. This…
Proctoring software like Honorlock that track students' movements during online exams to prevent cheating are criticized for allegedly flagging normal behavior (Kashmir Hill/New York Times)
Kashmir Hill / New York Times: Proctoring software like Honorlock that track students’ movements during online exams to prevent cheating are criticized for allegedly flagging normal behavior — An unsettling glimpse at the digitization of education. — Give this article- – – Read in app…
Argentina-based ClicOH, which lets sellers across Latin America track shipments in real time via its dashboard, raises a $25M Series A led by Tiger Global (Christine Hall/TechCrunch)
Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Argentina-based ClicOH, which lets sellers across Latin America track shipments in real time via its dashboard, raises a $25M Series A led by Tiger Global — E-commerce is an $85 billion business in Latin America, and as that market is poised…
China's iQiyi, a streaming service majority-owned by Baidu and listed on the Nasdaq, reported its first quarterly profit, $26.7M in Q1, after cutting spending (Iris Deng/South China Morning Post)
Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: China’s iQiyi, a streaming service majority-owned by Baidu and listed on the Nasdaq, reported its first quarterly profit, $26.7M in Q1, after cutting spending — The Nasdaq-listed company, majority-owned by search giant Baidu, made a profit of 169.1…
YipitData: average Uber and Lyft fares in the US hit a record high in April, as they drew ~20% fewer riders and 35% fewer trips in Q1 2022 compared to Q1 2019 (Preetika Rana/Wall Street Journal)
Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: YipitData: average Uber and Lyft fares in the US hit a record high in April, as they drew ~20% fewer riders and 35% fewer trips in Q1 2022 compared to Q1 2019 — The companies are cutting costs, bringing…
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