How Africa-based Chinese influencers who post racist videos about Africans on apps like Douyin are making fortunes from China's livestream e-commerce industry — “Chinese people love watching how other places are not as good as China.” — On the afternoon of May 24, a beauty pageant took place at an apartment in Kitwe, Zambia.
Sources say Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal has become more vocal and aggressive internally, as Twitter seems “willing to go to war” to make the Musk deal happen — The $44bn takeover of Twitter has been punctuated by public clashes between two executives with wildly differing styles …
Coalition, which provides insurance against cyber threats and a real-time risk assessment tool, has raised a $250M Series F at a $5B valuation — As provider of what it calls “Active Insurance,” Coalition not only offers insurance coverage against cyberthreats, but also offers a real …
Secret Service Director James Murray steps down and will join Snap as chief security officer, reporting directly to Evan Spiegel — U.S. Secret Service Director James Murray will retire after serving in the high-ranking post for three years, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden said in a statement on Thursday.
Tech companies are too slow at preventing users from spreading videos and images that analyze and celebrate shooters, potentially inspiring future attacks — Mass shooting events like the one that happened July 4 near Chicago typically set off an-all-too-common chain of procedures at tech companies …
London-based YuLife, which helps 500+ businesses offer employees gamified life insurance, raised a $120M Series C at an $800M valuation, up from $346M in 2021 — YuLife originally made a name for itself in its home market of the U.K. for its new approach to the provisioning of life insurance …
Bloomberg : Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in ...
