Thursday, January 13, 2022

A look at Line's sticker economy, made up of over 4 million hobbyist and professional designers; Line's revenue from direct sticker sales was $200M+ in 2020 (Andrew Deck/Rest of World)

Andrew Deck / Rest of World:
A look at Line's sticker economy, made up of over 4 million hobbyist and professional designers; Line's revenue from direct sticker sales was $200M+ in 2020  —  A handful of designers have made their fortunes on the Line app, but now creators fear the market has become saturated.



Krafton, which makes PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, sues Apple and Google, arguing that neither company removed a game that allegedly copies PUBG (Blake Brittain/Reuters)

Blake Brittain / Reuters:
Krafton, which makes PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, sues Apple and Google, arguing that neither company removed a game that allegedly copies PUBG  —  (Reuters) - The maker of the popular game “PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds” says in a new U.S. lawsuit that a Singapore-based company …



Research: London-based startups raised $25.5B in 2021, ahead of all other European cities, with most rounds over $100M; UK-based startups raised $40B in 2021 (Ivan Levingston/Bloomberg)

Ivan Levingston / Bloomberg:
Research: London-based startups raised $25.5B in 2021, ahead of all other European cities, with most rounds over $100M; UK-based startups raised $40B in 2021  —  London kept up a blistering pace of technology financing last year, leading all other European cities with $25.5 billion in fresh investment.



HR software company Justworks postpones its $260M IPO, which could have valued it at up to $2B, citing "market conditions" amid a tech stock sell-off (Nicholas Megaw/Financial Times)

Nicholas Megaw / Financial Times:
HR software company Justworks postpones its $260M IPO, which could have valued it at up to $2B, citing “market conditions” amid a tech stock sell-off  —  Nasdaq listing delayed ‘due to market conditions’ as index of new public companies falls by nearly 10% this month



TSMC reports Q4 revenue rose 24.1% YoY to $15.74B as net profit reached $6.01B; capex will reach $40B to $44B in 2022, up from $30B in 2021 (Reuters)

Reuters:
TSMC reports Q4 revenue rose 24.1% YoY to $15.74B as net profit reached $6.01B; capex will reach $40B to $44B in 2022, up from $30B in 2021  —  Taiwan chip firm TSMC posted on Thursday a 16.4% rise in quarterly profit to a record, thanks to robust global demand for semiconductors used in smartphones …



OnePlus 9RT, OnePlus Buds Z2 to launch on January 14: How to watch live stream

OnePlus is gearing up to launch the OnePlus 9RT smartphone and OnePlus Buds Z2 TWS earbuds in India tomorrow (January 14). The devices were already launched in China last month. The smartphone will join the OnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9R in the series. https://ift.tt/34RKAJv

The US NLRB rules that Amazon must negotiate with the Amazon Labor Union, which represents ~5K workers at its Staten Island warehouse; Amazon plans to appeal (Greg Bensinger/Reuters)

Greg Bensinger / Reuters : The US NLRB rules that Amazon must negotiate with the Amazon Labor Union, which represents ~5K workers at its ...