Amazon Appstore on Windows 11 review: a small selection lacking many popular Android apps and compatibility is poor, making it almost useless for most users — They're bad! — Android apps have, historically speaking, never been good on large displays. There's a reason Google is dedicating …
Karachi-based lending app Abhi, which offers loans to people and SMBs, raises a $17M Series A led by Speedinvest at a $90M valuation and says it has 650K users — Pakistani financial platform Abhi Pvt. raised funds at a $90 million valuation within a year after introducing its business …
Private securities marketplace Forge Global said the prices of startup shares on its platform fell 19.9% in February and March compared to Q4 2021 — Investors in private companies have turned cautious following a boom period of billion-dollar valuations — Shares in start-ups are sinking …
China's National Bureau of Statistics: quarterly chip production dropped 4.2% QoQ in March, the first time since early 2019, amid weaker demand and lockdowns — China's quarterly production of semiconductors shrunk for the first time since early 2019 as consumer electronics demand softened …
A profile of Eva Shang, whose investment firm Legalist uses AI to fund lawsuits with a stronger chance of winning and has raised $400M in the past six months — Fund manager, startup founder, blogger: Eva Shang is cracking the private debt market. The $400 million she raised in six months says Wall Street is taking notice.
Virtual classroom startup Class is testing Intel's “emotion AI” tech that claims to detect bored, distracted, or confused students, raising privacy questions — When college instructor Angela Dancey wants to decipher whether her first-year English students comprehend what she's trying …
iPad needs a “pro” mode when it is connected to a keyboard and trackpad, with Mac-like multitasking, a proper desktop, and more to serve its advanced users — Ahead of Apple's developers conference, here's how I suggest fixing its iPad software conundrum: a “pro mode” …
Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol built on Ethereum, has lost about $182M in various crypto assets to an exploit — Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol built on Ethereum, was exploited Sunday morning. — The protocol lost about $182 million in various crypto assets …
Data shows the percentage share of e-commerce in total US retail sales, which is still up from pre-pandemic levels, has started to drop as in-store sales rise — E-commerce retailers that rode a surge of online purchases in 2020 are now grappling with the fact that some customers have returned to stores
A look at adult webcam “monitors” in Colombia who train models and provide tech support; Colombia has the world's second largest camming industry behind Romania — In Colombia, camming monitors train models, translate chats, and provide tech support.
Didi announces a shareholder meeting on May 23 to vote on delisting of its shares from the NYSE and reports Q4 2021 revenue of $6.4B, down about 12.6% YoY — Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) will hold an extraordinary general meeting (EGM) on May 23 to vote on its delisting plans in the United States …
Lionel Barber / Financial Times : A profile of SoftBank's Masayoshi Son, who transformed the Japanese tech conglomerate into a global...
