Sources: defense contractor L3Harris scuttled plans to buy NSO Group despite alleged US intel officials' support, after the Biden admin's outrage over the talks — The American contractor L3 Harris is said to have cited support from intelligence officials for its effort to acquire NSO …
VC funding in Latin America, which hit a record $14.8B in 2021 according to PitchBook, has slowed down in 2022 amid a downturn as some investors pull back — Shu Nyatta's friends thought he was crazy when he said he was going to move to Miami and start investing in companies in Latin America.
Massive trove of internal Uber documents from 2013 to 2017 reveal management discussions and lobbying efforts during the company's rapid international expansion — - More than 124,000 confidential documents leaked to the Guardian — Files expose attempts to lobby Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and George Osborne
Interview with Chip Morningstar, a developer behind Lucasfilm's MMORPG forerunner Habitat, on lessons learned building the game, metaverse, blockchain, and more — The metaverse is all the rage today, and its lineage goes way back in gaming. The universe of connected virtual worlds might …
How the Conti ransomware group, whose attacks crippled Costa Rica's digital infrastructure for months, fell apart after it was betrayed by one of its insiders — Jorge Mora, Costa Rica's digital governance chief, received a message in April from one of his officials: “We couldn't contain it and they've encrypted the servers.
Elon Musk's offer to buy Twitter likely was a joke, since he previously pretended he would take Tesla private, but he may not be able to get out of the deal — Programming note: Ugh, here we are again, huh? — Oh Elon — I think it is helpful to start with the big picture.
A look at the game GeoGuessr, in which the best players can pinpoint in seconds where a Google Street View image has been taken — In a game called GeoGuessr, competitors try to pinpoint where in the world a Google Street View image has been taken. Some can do it in seconds.
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 …
Financial Times : A profile of Klarna and its CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski as it filed for a US IPO on November 13; investors hope Klarna ...
