Financial Times: Sources: the Broadcom-VMware deal happened within two weeks; Broadcom CEO had switched his focus to software amid regulatory headwinds for semiconductor deals — Hock Tan and Michael
Month: May 2022
Maureen Dowd / New York Times: Interview with Ted Sarandos about Netflix’s recent share price plunge, backing Dave Chappelle’s latest comedy special, Hollywood schadenfreude, and more — The Netflix
Washington Post: Some teens say French social networking app Yubo, which had 18M downloads in the US, ignored reports that the Uvalde shooter threatened violence on the app —
Leonid Ragozin / Rest of World: Profile of inDriver, a ride-hailing app developed in Siberia in 2012, which lets riders and drivers haggle over prices and is now available in
Automation in 2022 is different from the robot takeover that some people have envisioned. Automation in the workplace now refers to platforms and systems that allow a layman to accelerate
Reuters: A growing number of Chinese tech startups are going public in China at valuations lower than their private rounds; China’s STAR Market has fallen ~30% this year —
Kashmir Hill / New York Times: Proctoring software like Honorlock that track students’ movements during online exams to prevent cheating are criticized for allegedly flagging normal behavior — An
Christine Hall / TechCrunch: Argentina-based ClicOH, which lets sellers across Latin America track shipments in real time via its dashboard, raises a $25M Series A led by Tiger Global
Iris Deng / South China Morning Post: China’s iQiyi, a streaming service majority-owned by Baidu and listed on the Nasdaq, reported its first quarterly profit, $26.7M in Q1, after cutting
Preetika Rana / Wall Street Journal: YipitData: average Uber and Lyft fares in the US hit a record high in April, as they drew ~20% fewer riders and 35% fewer