Investigation finds Binance continued to serve crypto traders in Iran as recently as September 2021 despite US sanctions and a company ban on business there — The world's largest crypto exchange, Binance, continued to process trades by clients in Iran despite U.S. sanctions and a company ban …
China's antitrust watchdog punishes Tencent, Alibaba, Didi, and others with $74,600 fines for 28 unreported merger deals as far back as 2011 — Trams and cast-iron postboxes speak to the history of the city, while delicacies such as fishballs and egg waffles are street food essentials …
Germany-based Kadmos, a salary payments service for migrant workers, raises a €29M Series A led by Blossom Capital, after an €8.5M seed round in March — Companies from across the industrial spectrum often rely on a migrant workforce, with data from the International Labour Organization indicating …
Sources: Tiger Global plans to slow startup investments for two quarters and is on track to raise a new fund later this year — Tiger Global, one of the biggest winners from the technology bull market, plans to decelerate the pace of its investments in startups for two quarters …
Sources: Myanmar's junta rolls out Chinese surveillance cameras with facial recognition tech in five more cities and plans to add them to every state in Myanmar — Myanmar's junta government is installing Chinese-built cameras with facial recognition capabilities in more cities across the country …
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.
Bloomberg : Sources: amid the Iran war, Asian bankers say rising power prices and energy security are becoming a bigger consideration in ...
