December 1, 20210CommentsDeloitte predicts 2022 chip shortage, AI regulation, entertainment churn, and sustainable push
December 1, 20210CommentsAs the “omicron” crypto token soars in value following news of the COVID variant, it is yet another example of how cryptocurrencies create artificial scarcity (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)
December 1, 20210CommentsQualcomm says it will integrate Google’s Vertex AI NAS into its Neural Processing SDK, starting with Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, to automate the creation of AI models (Charlie Osborne/ZDNet)
December 1, 20210CommentsPeopleFund, a South Korea-based P2P lending service, raises a $63.4M Series C led by Bain Capital, as it looks to beef up its ML-powered credit scoring system (Kate Park/TechCrunch)
December 1, 20210CommentsJack Dorsey joins other tech leaders who seem to have grown tired of managing their platforms, amid increasing political controversy and hard-to-fix problems (Kevin Roose/New York Times)
December 1, 20210CommentsSimpl, a Bangalore-based buy now, pay later service, raises a $40M Series B led by Valar Ventures and IA Ventures, bringing its total funding to $83M (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)
December 1, 20210CommentsSources: Kedar Deshpande is stepping down as CEO of Zappos, a year after replacing Tony Hsieh; Scott Schaefer, VP of finance, to take over as interim CEO (Forbes)
December 1, 20210CommentsThe NY Federal Reserve launches an innovation center to support the agency’s analysis of digital currencies, including CBDCs, and improve cross-border payments (Turner Wright/Cointelegraph)
December 1, 20210CommentsDubai-based iMile, which offers cross-border e-commerce logistics services for emerging markets, raises a $40M Series A at a $350M valuation (Nicolas Parasie/Bloomberg)