Brian Heater / TechCrunch: Austin-based Diligent, which makes “socially intelligent” service robots for hospitals, raised $25M and plans to have 100+ robots in 22 US hospitals by year end — The pandemic... Read more »
Counterpoint Research: Number of active smartphone brands fell from 700+ in 2017 to ~250 in 2023, as local brands lose marketshare due to a maturing userbase, shift to 5G, and more — ... Read more »
Do you prefer calling an architect for redesigning your home or looking through search engines for designs? Well if it is your dream home and you have saved a lot. You would... Read more »
MacKenzie Sigalos / CNBC: An interview with Vitalik Buterin about his “decentralized lifestyle”, avoiding some countries like Russia, the growing crypto crackdown in the US, and more — – Vitalik Buterin, the... Read more »
Sam Schube / GQ: How Apple SVP of Services Eddy Cue led the company’s push into live sports streaming and is using its MLS deal to test reshaping how sports are consumed ... Read more »
David Shepardson / Reuters: The US issues final rules to stop Chips Act subsidies from going to countries like China, including limiting chips fab expansions in such countries for 10 years — ... Read more »
Bloomberg: Amazon plans to run limited ads on Prime Video in the US, the UK, Germany, and Canada starting in early 2024, charging $2.99/month extra in the US to avoid ads — ... Read more »
Pei Li / Bloomberg: Sources: Alibaba’s logistics arm Cainiao plans to file for its Hong Kong IPO as soon as next week, aiming to raise $1B+; Alibaba co-founded Cainiao in 2013 — ... Read more »
Stephanie Bodoni / Bloomberg: EU regulators fine Intel €376.36M over “a previously established abuse of dominant position”, after an EU court overturned a €1.06B fine in January 2022 — – Fine follows... Read more »
James Reddick / The Record: Coalition: ransomware victims reported an average $365K+ loss in H1 2023, up from $227K+ in H2 2022; the average ransom demand was $1.62M, up 74% from 2022 ... Read more »