Category Archives: Tech News

Klarna to acquire PriceRunner, a UK-based product and price comparison service, for ~$124M as it looks to strengthen its buy now, pay later service (PYMNTS.com)

PYMNTS.com: Klarna to acquire PriceRunner, a UK-based product and price comparison service, for ~$124M as [...]

04
Nov
A joint probe by Australia and UK's Information Commissioners finds Clearview AI collected data on 3B+ people by indiscriminately scrapping info from the web (Campbell Kwan/ZDNet)

Campbell Kwan / ZDNet: A joint probe by Australia and UK’s Information Commissioners finds Clearview [...]

03
Nov
Kuaishou's CEO Su Hua is stepping down, will remain chairman of the short-form video company; fellow co-founder Cheng Yixiao will be the new CEO (Zheping Huang/Bloomberg)

Zheping Huang / Bloomberg: Kuaishou’s CEO Su Hua is stepping down, will remain chairman of [...]

02
Nov
YouTube’s mistaken deletion of a channel belonging to UK news outlet Novara Media draws criticism over the company’s power as a content regulator (Adam Satariano/New York Times)

After a three-day outage, Roblox says it is back online  —  According to Roblox’s status [...]

01
Nov
In 2018, Oculus' Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook execs laying the foundation for Meta's ambitions and detailing the need to own the VR market (Salvador Rodriguez/CNBC)

Salvador Rodriguez / CNBC: In 2018, Oculus’ Jason Rubin sent a paper to Facebook execs [...]

31
Oct
Chinese smart home devices maker Aqara raises a $155M Series C from investors including state-backed Shenzhen Capital and China Telecom (Liya Su/DealStreetAsia)

Liya Su / DealStreetAsia: Chinese smart home devices maker Aqara raises a $155M Series C [...]

30
Oct
TikTok is testing a tipping feature to let select creators accept money outside of Live streams; creators with 100K+ followers can apply to try it (Aisha Malik/TechCrunch)

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: TikTok is testing a tipping feature to let select creators accept [...]

29
Oct
Indian insurtech startup Acko raises $255M co-led by General Atlantic and Multiples Private Equity at a $1.1B valuation, bringing its total raised to $450M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Indian insurtech startup Acko raises $255M co-led by General Atlantic and [...]

28
Oct
FCC orders China Telecom Americas to stop providing services in the US within 60 days, says the US unit is subject to Chinese government control and influence (Jon Brodkin/Ars Technica)

Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: FCC orders China Telecom Americas to stop providing services in [...]

27
Oct
Zuckerberg says he's redirected Facebook teams to serve young adults over older users, and that significant changes to Instagram will lean into video and Reels (Jacob Kastrenakes/The Verge)

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Zuckerberg says he’s redirected Facebook teams to serve young adults [...]

26
Oct