A graduate of Slack's Next Chapter initiative, which helps former prison inmates land tech jobs, recounts how he managed to land a full-time job at the company
Simone Stolzoff / The Atlantic: A graduate of Slack's Next Chapter initiative, which helps former prison...
Fintech startups in Asia are proving to be formidable competitors to traditional banks, offering a slew of financial services, but many are bleeding cash
Financial Times: Fintech startups in Asia are proving to be formidable competitors to traditional banks, offering...
China's AI unicorns like Megvii, which thrived on government contracts for facial recognition, are now facing challenges amid US sanctions and cheaper tech
Will Knight / Wired: China's AI unicorns like Megvii, which thrived on government contracts for facial...
In China, investors and bankers say SoftBank's involvement, once a sign of promising prospects, is now viewed as a red flag that a company was likely overvalued
Kane Wu / Reuters: In China, investors and bankers say SoftBank's involvement, once a sign of...
Instagram's limit of allowing one web link for users as a “Link in Bio” is a slow knife - a subtle, pervasive attempt to kill the open web
Anil Dash: Instagram's limit of allowing one web link for users as a “Link in Bio”...
Researchers claim they used 3D masks and photos to deceive facial recognition systems used by Alipay, WeChat Pay, Schiphol Airport, and train stations in China
Jeff John Roberts / Fortune: Researchers claim they used 3D masks and photos to deceive facial...
Reliance Industries has acquired an 85% stake in NowFloats, an Indian startup that helps small businesses and individuals build an online presence, for ~$20M
Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Reliance Industries has acquired an 85% stake in NowFloats, an Indian startup...
How the concept of free shipping forces small e-commerce businesses to eat the cost of shipping, as large sellers like Amazon do so at scale
Amanda Mull / The Atlantic: How the concept of free shipping forces small e-commerce businesses to...
Morgan Stanley estimates Amazon is delivering half of its US packages, will soon pass UPS and FedEx in total volume, at a current rate of 2.5B packages a year
Michael Sheetz / CNBC: Morgan Stanley estimates Amazon is delivering half of its US packages, will...
Congressional panel chair asks Apple and Google if app devs are required to disclose any non-US ties, amid concerns of Chinese investment in apps like TikTok
Reuters: Congressional panel chair asks Apple and Google if app devs are required to disclose any...
Ping An's financial technology arm OneConnect closes flat on its first day of trading after raising $312M in its US IPO, which valued the company at $3.66B
Michael Hytha / Bloomberg: Ping An's financial technology arm OneConnect closes flat on its first day...
Social media management startup Sprout Social closes down 2.4% on its first day of trading after raising $150M in its IPO, which valued the company at $814M
Brian Deagon / Investor's Business Daily: Social media management startup Sprout Social closes down 2.4% on...
Zippin raises $12M Series A led by Evolv Ventures, Kraft Heinz's VC arm, for Zippin Cube, a modular, prefabricated cashierless “store-in-a-box”
Sam Danley / Food Business News: Zippin raises $12M Series A led by Evolv Ventures, Kraft...
Liu Jingyao, the college student who accused JD.com founder Richard Lui of rape, describes what it's like to be slut-shamed by the Chinese internet
Li Yuan / New York Times: Liu Jingyao, the college student who accused JD.com founder Richard...
WeWork sells SEO startup Conductor, which it bought for $113.6M, back to its management team, shuts down Spacious, which it acquired for $42.5M four months ago
Polina Marinova / Fortune: WeWork sells SEO startup Conductor, which it bought for $113.6M, back to...
A look at the rise of Roku, which is valued at $17B and whose stock is up 300% this year, amid escalating competition from Amazon, Google, and others
Bloomberg: A look at the rise of Roku, which is valued at $17B and whose stock...
Facebook has filed more lawsuits against scammers this year than in all previous years combined, a legal strategy that could help it stave off regulation
BuzzFeed News: Facebook has filed more lawsuits against scammers this year than in all previous years...
Bonobos founder Andy Dunn to leave Walmart in early 2020, two years after selling his menswear brand to Walmart for $310M
Lauren Thomas / CNBC: Bonobos founder Andy Dunn to leave Walmart in early 2020, two years...