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A trove of 124k+ internal Uber documents from 2013 to 2017 reveals management discussions and lobbying efforts during the company's aggressive global expansion — - More than 124,000 confidential documents leaked to the Guardian — Files expose attempts to lobby Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and George Osborne
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Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter likely was a joke, since he previously pretended he would take Tesla private, but he may not be able to get out of the deal — Programming note: Ugh, here we are again, huh? — Oh Elon — I think it is helpful to start with the big picture.
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| New York Times: |
Sources: defense contractor L3Harris scuttled plans to buy NSO Group despite alleged US intel officials' support, after the Biden admin's outrage over the talks — The American contractor L3 Harris is said to have cited support from intelligence officials for its effort to acquire NSO …
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| Sean Lyngaas / CNN: |
How North Korean spies infiltrate US crypto firms, posing as remote workers; UN says the country has stolen billions of dollars' worth of crypto from exchanges — Washington (CNN)Devin, the founder of a cryptocurrency startup based in San Francisco, woke up one day in February to the most bizarre phone call of his life.
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| Coco Feng / South China Morning Post: |
China's antitrust watchdog punishes Tencent, Alibaba, Didi, and others with $74,600 fines for 28 unreported merger deals as far back as 2011 — Trams and cast-iron postboxes speak to the history of the city, while delicacies such as fishballs and egg waffles are street food essentials …
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| Malcolm Owen / AppleInsider: |
Report details Apple's eight-year struggle to build a self-driving car, as 20 people who worked on the project cite constantly shifting goals and more — The Apple Car project has suffered repeated setbacks throughout its development caused in part by a need to constantly prove its worthiness to management … | Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Sources: Tiger Global plans to slow startup investments for two quarters and is on track to raise a new fund later this year — Tiger Global, one of the biggest winners from the technology bull market, plans to decelerate the pace of its investments in startups for two quarters … | Reuters: |
Investigation finds Binance continued to serve crypto traders in Iran as recently as September 2021 despite US sanctions and a company ban on business there — The world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, continued to process trades by clients in Iran despite U.S. sanctions and a company ban … | Paul Sawers / TechCrunch: |
Germany-based Kadmos, a salary payments service for migrant workers, raises a €29M Series A led by Blossom Capital, after an €8.5M seed round in March — Companies from across the industrial spectrum often rely on a migrant workforce, with data from the International Labour Organization indicating …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Byju's says Sumeru and Oxshott have yet to finance $250M they committed as part of its $800M funding it announced in March 2022, citing macroeconomic reasons — Byju's has yet to receive $250 million of the $800 million funding it announced in March this year, the company said, as India's most valuable startup comes under scrutiny.| Fanny Potkin / Reuters: |
Sources: Myanmar's junta rolls out Chinese surveillance cameras with facial recognition tech in five more cities and plans to add them to every state in Myanmar — Myanmar's junta government is installing Chinese-built cameras with facial recognition capabilities in more cities across the country …
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| Jane Zhang / Bloomberg: |
Qiming Venture Partners, an early Xiaomi backer, raised $3.2B across two funds, bringing its total managed to $9.4B across 18 funds — Qiming Venture Partners raised $3.2 billion across two new funds, joining Sequoia China and IDG in securing fresh capital as investors grow more sanguine about the country's startup arena.
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