Wednesday, December 15, 2021

Oppo unveils foldable Find N with 7.1" internal and 5.49" outer display, Snapdragon 888, up to 12GB RAM and 512GB SSD, coming to China on Dec. 23 for ~$1,200 (Sam Byford/The Verge)

Sam Byford / The Verge:
Oppo unveils foldable Find N with 7.1" internal and 5.49" outer display, Snapdragon 888, up to 12GB RAM and 512GB SSD, coming to China on Dec. 23 for ~$1,200  —  An open and shut case?  —  After teasing its first folding phone last week, Oppo is revealing the Find N in full today.



Report links Huawei to China's domestic spying in Xinjiang

Chinese tech conglomerate Huawei has reportedly been linked to domestic spying in Xinjiang region, while building technology for labour and re-education camps as well as surveillance systems in the western Chinese region largely populated by Uyghur Muslims. https://ift.tt/3pSX0aG

Bengaluru-based Juspay, which unifies diverse payment options in its app, raises a $60M Series C at a $460M valuation led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (Arun Padmanabhan/The Economic Times)

Arun Padmanabhan / The Economic Times:
Bengaluru-based Juspay, which unifies diverse payment options in its app, raises a $60M Series C at a $460M valuation led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2  —  The round also saw participation from existing investors VEF and Wellington Management.  While SoftBank has put $50 million in this round …



Financial Times names Elon Musk as its 'Person of the Year'

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Bengaluru-based Uni, which offers pay-later services, raises $70M Series A, sources say at a $350M valuation, led by General Catalyst, after $18.5M seed in 2020 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Bengaluru-based Uni, which offers pay-later services, raises $70M Series A, sources say at a $350M valuation, led by General Catalyst, after $18.5M seed in 2020  —  Uni, an Indian startup that offers users pay-later cards, has raised $70 million in a financing round as it looks to broaden …



Tuesday, December 14, 2021

US Department of Labor letter shows it is investigating Apple over Ashley Gjovik's claims that she was fired under a false pretext after retaliation complaints (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
US Department of Labor letter shows it is investigating Apple over Ashley Gjovik's claims that she was fired under a false pretext after retaliation complaints  —  US labour department inquiry follows claims by ex-senior engineering program manager  —  The US Department of Labor …



London-based Fresha, a beauty and wellness booking service, extends its Series C by $52.5M to $152.5M at a $640M+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $182M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
London-based Fresha, a beauty and wellness booking service, extends its Series C by $52.5M to $152.5M at a $640M+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $182M  —  The beauty and wellness industry, annually worth some $4 trillion, is underpinned by tens of thousands of businesses and millions …



Tesla now has 7 EV variants approved in India: Report

Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla has received approval for three more trims of its electric vehicles in India, bringing the total to seven versions approved in the country, media reports said. https://ift.tt/3266MhC

Man accidentally sells a $300,000 'Bored Ape' NFT for $3,000

In a bizarre incident, a seller lost a moolah when he accidentally listed the price of his non-fungible token (NFT) as $3,000 (0.75 Ethereum) then the original price of $300,000 (75 Ethereum) on an NFT trading platform. The artwork was immediately snapped up for $3,000 before he could correct the price. https://ift.tt/3F1i9pG

US OSHA says it is investigating the deadly collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Illinois caused by a tornado; six workers died, one was injured, 45 were rescued (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

Annie Palmer / CNBC:
US OSHA says it is investigating the deadly collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Illinois caused by a tornado; six workers died, one was injured, 45 were rescued  —  - OSHA is investigating a collapse at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois.  — The facility collapsed Friday …



TSMC in talks with Germany about potential plant: Report

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the world's largest contract manufacturer for chips, is in early talks with the German government about potentially establishing a plant in the European country. https://ift.tt/3GIHOE0

Sunday, December 12, 2021

Researchers spot waves of attacks targeting unpatched Apache servers with the Log4j bug, exfiltrating data, spreading botnets, installing crypto miners, more (Lawrence Abrams/BleepingComputer)

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer:
Researchers spot waves of attacks targeting unpatched Apache servers with the Log4j bug, exfiltrating data, spreading botnets, installing crypto miners, more  —  Threat actors and researchers are scanning for and exploiting the Log4j Log4Shell vulnerability to deploy malware or find vulnerable servers.



Nuvocargo, a logistics software startup focused on moving cargo between Mexico and the US, raises $20.5M at a $180M post-money valuation, up from $70M in April (Mary Ann Azevedo/TechCrunch)

Mary Ann Azevedo / TechCrunch:
Nuvocargo, a logistics software startup focused on moving cargo between Mexico and the US, raises $20.5M at a $180M post-money valuation, up from $70M in April  —  Nuvocargo, a logistics startup out to help simplify the challenges of cross-border trade, has raised $20.5 million in a round led by Tiger Global Management.



iOS 15.2 to get nudity detection for Messages, macro lens toggle, better privacy controls, and more; no digital IDs in Wallet or Universal Control for macOS yet (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
iOS 15.2 to get nudity detection for Messages, macro lens toggle, better privacy controls, and more; no digital IDs in Wallet or Universal Control for macOS yet  —  Apple Inc. is set to release new features with iOS 15.2, including scanning for nude photos sent to or from children in Messages.



Samsung names its newly merged smartphone, consumer electronics, and home appliances businesses as the DX (Device eXperience) Division (Heejin Kim/Bloomberg)

Heejin Kim / Bloomberg:
Samsung names its newly merged smartphone, consumer electronics, and home appliances businesses as the DX (Device eXperience) Division  —  Samsung Electronics Co. named its newly merged mobile-phone and home-appliances businesses “DX Division” as the tech giant moves to strengthen its corporate structure.



A US bill seeks to ban exports of DUV lithography tech to China, whose imports of chipmaking equipment reportedly grew from $10.7B in 2016 to ~$51.1B in 2025 (Jared Perlo/NBC News)

Jared Perlo / NBC News : A US bill seeks to ban exports of DUV lithography tech to China, whose imports of chipmaking equipment reportedl...