Kuaishou, a Chinese video app largely underrated outside of China, has just completed a massive IPO in Hong Kong. The app is by far the biggest rival to Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, and unlike many western video platforms that make money from ads and subscriptions, Kuaishou’s Cash Cow is the tipping business. Kuaishou’s … Read more
Myanmar’s new military government has ordered local telecommunications companies to temporarily block Facebook in the Southeast Asian nation days after the military seized power in a military coup. Several users of the Myanmar subreddit reported moments ago that Facebook was already inaccessible to them, suggesting that ISPs have already started complying with the order that … Read more
Time is of the essence for healthcare providers, especially in the middle of the pandemic. Singapore-based Bot MD saves time with an AI-based chatbot that allows doctors to get critical information from their smartphone instead of calling a hospital operator or accessing the intranet. The startup announced today that it has raised a Series A … Read more
The French startup Seyna has a new CEO. Stephen Leguillon joins the company as managing director, while Philippe Mangematin resigns from his daily activities for personal reasons – he becomes honorary chairman. If you are unfamiliar with the company, Seyna is an Insurtech startup that has been granted an insurance license to provide property and … Read more
New transparency figures from Amazon show that the company has responded to a record number of government data requests in the last six months of 2020. The new numbers land in the company’s semi-annual transparency report, which was posted on the Amazon website over the weekend. Amazon said it processed 27,664 government requests for user … Read more
You have just landed on the web version of my weekly Human Capital newsletter. Here we look at the most recent events of the week related to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Work in Technology. You can sign up here to have the human capital delivered straight to your inbox every Friday at 1:00 p.m. Let’s … Read more
Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly newsletter for startups and markets. It’s based largely on the daily column that appears on Extra Crunch, but it’s free and made for your weekend reading. Would you like it in your inbox every Saturday morning? Sign up here. What a week. What a month. Are you … Read more
Ireland’s technology scene has come in leaps and bounds in the last decade, with a growing VC scene, plenty of startups and tech giants attracted by the nation’s favorable tax incentives and talent pool. Google, Facebook, Slack, Microsoft and Dropbox each have a European headquarters sited in Dublin. As the EU’s only remaining English-language speaking … Read more
Another COVID-19 vaccine is about to go on sale – a single vaccine from Johnson & Johnson’s pharmaceutical subsidiary Janssen. The company just released an efficacy report based on data from its Phase 3 study that found the new vaccine to be 66% overall effective at preventing moderate to severe incarnations of COVID-19 in those … Read more
According to a new report in the WSJ, WeWork, the cooperating juggernaut that saw its attempt at a public offer blew up in a spectacular way in the fall of 2019, could become a publicly traded company by merging with a blank check company. According to WSJ, the New York-based company has been “weighing offers … Read more