December 29, 20210CommentsEarly pandemic winners, including Cathie Wood’s ARK fund, Peloton, Zoom, Poshmark, DocuSign, Chegg, and Zillow, have seen their market value decline in 2021 (Laura Forman/Wall Street Journal)
December 29, 20210CommentsA California federal judge rules that Sundar Pichai can be questioned for up to two hours in a privacy lawsuit over Chrome’s Incognito mode (Reuters)
December 29, 20210CommentsApple places Foxconn’s southern India factory on probation following worker protests and an investigation that revealed substandard living conditions (Bloomberg)
December 29, 20210CommentsChinese AI company SenseTime raises ~$700M in a Hong Kong IPO, below its $2B goal after pricing shares at the low end, after delaying its IPO earlier this month (Jacky Wong/Wall Street Journal)
December 29, 20210CommentsSources: Iranian hackers were behind the ransomware attack that took down some live streams for Cox radio and TV stations in early June (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record)
December 29, 20210CommentsDeBank, which lets users track and analyze their DeFi investments, raises $25M led by Sequoia China at a $200M valuation (Tanzeel Akhtar/CoinDesk)
December 29, 20210CommentsBiden signs the annual defense bill codifying voluntary cybersecurity frameworks for the private sector, which operates the bulk of US’s critical infrastructure (Mariam Baksh/Nextgov)
December 29, 20210CommentsMetaMap, formerly Mati, which builds digital trust and reputation tools and APIs to help online services vet consumers, raises a $70M Series B (PYMNTS.com)
December 29, 20210CommentsWaymo partners with Chinese automotive company Geely to bring a “rider-first” EV with no steering wheel to its US robotaxi Waymo One fleet in the coming years (Abner Li/9to5Google)