Trump signs an executive order that seeks to thwart foreign use of cloud computing products or services for malicious cyber operations against the US — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Outgoing President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at thwarting foreign use of cloud computing products …
ByteDance says it has suspended development of its own smartphone under Smartisan, and will fold Smartisan's R&D team into ByteDance's educational hardware unit — Entrepreneur Luo Yonghao, founder of Smartisan, once boasted of surpassing Apple's innovation in smartphones and other devices By 2019 …
A look at a16z's communication efforts over the years, as the firm expands its own media operations and has largely stopped cooperating with reporters — Why media whisperer Margit Wennmachers is going direct. — Benedict Evans, Andreessen Horowitz's former in-house analyst …
Spanish delivery app Glovo raises $121M from Swiss real estate firm Stoneweg to build out delivery-only convenience stores for sub-30 minute delivery times — - Stoneweg will build, refurbish property to help Glovo expand — Glovo's orders for convenience items have surged 300%
Sources: Andreessen Horowitz to launch an opinion section on its website that will publish articles related to technology and business from outside contributors — Silicon Valley investment firm Andreessen Horowitz, which once courted attention from the news media, is ramping up its own media efforts.
Biden picks former CFTC chairman Gary Gensler, who taught courses on cryptocurrencies and blockchain at MIT, to head the SEC — Gary Gensler's nomination to head the U.S. Securities and Exchange is welcome news for the cryptocurrency industry given his ongoing and deep interest in the technology.
Douyin, ByteDance's Chinese version of TikTok, has launched e-wallet “Douyin Pay” to compete with China's dominant e-payment services WeChat Pay and Alipay — Tencent's WeChat Pay and Alibaba's affiliate Alipay have long dominated digital payments in China, but they have always faced new challengers.
Malwarebytes says it was hacked by group that breached SolarWinds, via Azure and Office 365 exploits, but attackers only accessed a subset of internal emails — Malwarebytes becomes fourth major security firm targeted by attackers after Microsoft, FireEye, and CrowdStrike.
YouTube says it will extend its suspension of Trump's channel for another week over “ongoing potential for violence” — YouTube on Tuesday said it's extending its suspension of President Donald Trump's channel for another week over “ongoing potential for violence,” …
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg : Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves ...
