US president’s remarks follow breaches that paralyzed critical services.
Duolingo’s IPO pricing is great news for edtech startups
Duolingo, a consumer edtech company, is now more valuable per revenue dollar than the median public enterprise SaaS business.
China Targets Mobile Pop-Ups in Latest Tech Crackdown
China ordered Tencent Holdings and 13 other developers to rectify problems related to pop-ups within their apps, adding to a wide-ranging crackdown on the country’s tech sector. From a report: The companies must address the “harassing” pop-up windows, …
What Tesla’s bet on iron-based batteries means for manufacturers
Elon Musk mused that Tesla’s batteries may eventually be two-thirds iron-based and one-third nickel-based across its products. ‘And this is actually good because there’s plenty of iron in the world.’
China’s regulatory crackdown is good news for startups aligned with CCP goals
Things are changing in China, and the regulatory landscape of tech work in the country won’t be the same from here on out.
VW’s dilemma in Xinjiang shows how the west is headed for an ethical car crash | Timothy Garton Ash
Europe and the US are economically dependent on China now – and ‘change through trade’ is no longer on the cardsOn YouTube, you can watch a video clip of Volkswagen’s chief executive, Herbert Diess, denying that he knows what’s going on in Xinjiang. Wh…
Extra Crunch roundup: RapidSOS EC-1, how to prep for an M&A exit, inside Genki Forest
In a four-part series, Managing Editor Danny Crichton tells the story of RapidSOS, the company that processes more than half of all 911 calls made each year in the U.S.
Chinese takeover of UK’s largest computer chip maker ‘may be blocked’
Post-Brexit trade advisor Tony Abbott ‘heartened’ by review into takeover of Newport Wafer FabBoris Johnson may block a Chinese-owned company from purchasing the UK’s largest producer of semiconductors, a senior government adviser has suggested, as the…
Edtech’s venture-backed globalization pauses at China
Edtech investors are increasingly going global, but regulatory crackdowns in China, which instructed K-12 tutoring startups to go non-profit, have led to a chill among check-writers in the country.
Tencent’s WeChat Suspends New User Registration for Security Compliance
Tencent’s WeChat has temporarily suspended registration of new users in mainland China as it undergoes a technical upgrade “to align with relevant laws and regulations,” China’s dominant instant messaging platform said on Tuesday. From a report: “We ar…