Tuesday, December 10, 2019

CyberGRX, which provides cyber risk assessment and management tools to enterprises, raises $40M Series D led by ICONIQ Capital, bringing total raised to $100M (Nick Greenhalgh/AmericanInno)

Nick Greenhalgh / AmericanInno:
CyberGRX, which provides cyber risk assessment and management tools to enterprises, raises $40M Series D led by ICONIQ Capital, bringing total raised to $100M  —  Denver-based CyberGRX, a global cyber risk exchange provider, announced Tuesday that it raised a $40 million Series D, bringing its total funding to $100 million.



Electric vehicle startup Nio lays off 141 employees at its North American headquarters

Electric vehicle startup Nio is laying off 141 people at its North American headquarters. According to a filing from Employment Development Department of California, the employees at its San Jose office received notice on December 6.

Nio, whose global headquarters are in Shanghai, announced last month that it is partnering with Intel’s Mobileye to develop autonomous vehicles for consumers. Under the agreement, Nio will engineer and produce a self-driving system designed by Mobileye.

The Intel partnership was a spot of bright news after a difficult year for Nio. Nio’s third quarter saw an uptick in sales, thanks in part to competitive pricing, but its share prices have fallen about 78% since the end of February.

The company reported losses in the first and second quarters of the year and in June, voluntarily recalled 5,000 of its ES8 electric SUVs after battery fires in China, impacting its production and delivery. CEO William Li said during the company’s earnings report in September that it would implement cost-cutting measures, including reducing its workforce from 9,900 people down to 7,800 by the end of the third quarter. Nio has offices in 11 cities, including Beijing, London and Munich.

Autos to tea stalls: UPI makes inroads

Given the low payments infrastructure cost, UPI is bridging the gap between organised retail and small merchants, which is resulting in shrinking of the average transaction size https://ift.tt/2YADyl3 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Telcos to gain from more data use as callers may shift to OTT apps

Voice-over-OTT apps using WiFi for connectivity could also rise, as WiFi connectivity at home and public places expands. https://ift.tt/34acgTR https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

OPPO May Open an R&D Centre in Bengaluru

With Oppo planning to invest $7 billion in research and development globally in the next three years, the Chinese smartphone maker is looking to expand R&D centres to cities like Bengaluru, a top... https://ift.tt/2qFtQBf

EU Antitrust Regulators Mull Tougher Line Against Tech Giants

EU antitrust regulators are considering taking a tougher line against tech giants by forcing them to do more to ensure a level playing field, a senior European Commission official said on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/2EcfBa5

Facebook Rebuffs US Request to Abandon Plans to Encrypt Chats

Facebook has rebuffed a request from US Attorney General William Barr that it halt its plan to deploy strong encryption across its messaging apps. https://ift.tt/2YDFAkw

5 highest-paid executives at Microsoft globally in 2019

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6 reasons why AirPods and not iPhone are Apple's 'product of the decade'

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EaseMyTrip plans to raise Rs 700 crore from public issue

The company will be the first online travel agency to list on Indian stock market; appoints JM Financial, Axis Bank to manage issue https://ift.tt/36pbJio https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Google India to face trial in pre-2009 defamation case

Visaka Industries filed the complaint after the company said it issued legal notices asking Google India to take down the write-up. Google then moved the Andhra High Court for quashing the proceedings, but did not get any relief. https://ift.tt/35asTzZ https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Retailers feeling the heat opt for advancing sales

The trend of bringing forward winter sales from the usual time of end-December or early January started two years ago, following poor business in the preceding months. https://ift.tt/36sowAB https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Personal Data Protection Bill: Exemptions for government agencies worry experts

The government could exempt its agencies from the law governing processing of personal data, citing national security. The Bill adds that certain provisions will not apply to the govt. https://ift.tt/36mxM97 https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

ByteDance has been testing Resso, a new music app, in India and Indonesia, but is yet to seal rights deals with the world's three largest music companies (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
ByteDance has been testing Resso, a new music app, in India and Indonesia, but is yet to seal rights deals with the world's three largest music companies  —  - India and Indonesia are first to sample ByteDance's latest  — Company looking to become less dependent on advertising income



Xiaomi, MAIT want MEIS export sops back

The Manufacturers’ Association of Information Technology (MAIT), apex body of electronic product makers, has urged the government to restore the 4-5% incentive under the Merchandise Exports of India Scheme (MEIS). https://ift.tt/2P9hDOD https://ift.tt/eA8V8J

Taiwan's National Security Bureau says daily average cyberattacks on government departments doubled in 2024 vs. 2023 to 2.4M, mostly from Chinese cyber forces (Yimou Lee/Reuters)

Yimou Lee / Reuters : Taiwan's National Security Bureau says daily average cyberattacks on government departments doubled in 2024 vs....