Journals

Nduka Orjinmo / Bloomberg: Nigeria files tax evasion charges against Binance and executives Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, detained since February; reports say Anjarwalla escaped  —  – Nadeem Anjarwalla escaped on Friday during prayers at a mosque  — Two Binance… Read More »Nigeria files tax evasion charges against Binance and executives Tigran Gambaryan and Nadeem Anjarwalla, detained since February; reports say Anjarwalla escaped (Nduka Orjinmo/Bloomberg)

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: The EU opens formal DMA investigations into Apple and Google over letting developers “steer” users from their app stores, and Meta over using user data for ads  —  The trio of Big Tech giants are… Read More »The EU opens formal DMA investigations into Apple and Google over letting developers “steer” users from their app stores, and Meta over using user data for ads (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)

Jessica Toonkel / Wall Street Journal: How Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters, who is obsessed with data, and Ted Sarandos, who loves working with talent, overcame differences to make the partnership work  —  Hollywood czar Ted Sarandos and data-obsessed techie Greg… Read More »How Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters, who is obsessed with data, and Ted Sarandos, who loves working with talent, overcame differences to make the partnership work (Jessica Toonkel/Wall Street Journal)

Matthew Perrone / Associated Press: A look at the rise of free-to-use AI chatbots claiming to help with teens’ mental health struggles, as experts disagree about whether the chatbots are effective  —  Download the mental health chatbot Earkick and you’re… Read More »A look at the rise of free-to-use AI chatbots claiming to help with teens’ mental health struggles, as experts disagree about whether the chatbots are effective (Matthew Perrone/Associated Press)

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Sources: iOS 18 will give iPhone users greater control over Home Screen app arrangement, including the ability to create blank spaces, rows, and columns  —  iOS 18 will give iPhone users greater control over Home Screen… Read More »Sources: iOS 18 will give iPhone users greater control over Home Screen app arrangement, including the ability to create blank spaces, rows, and columns (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Financial Times: AliExpress and Temu were the fastest-growing ecommerce apps in South Korea in 2023; Nomura: Chinese websites account for only ~2% of South Korean ecommerce GMV  —  AliExpress and Temu are undercutting domestic competition and US rivals in world’s… Read More »AliExpress and Temu were the fastest-growing ecommerce apps in South Korea in 2023; Nomura: Chinese websites account for only ~2% of South Korean ecommerce GMV (Financial Times)

The Verge: A look at The Financial Times’ Claude-powered AI chatbot Ask FT, which is trained on FT’s articles and available to some subscribers in the FT Professional tier  —  The Financial Times has a new generative AI chatbot called… Read More »A look at The Financial Times’ Claude-powered AI chatbot Ask FT, which is trained on FT’s articles and available to some subscribers in the FT Professional tier (The Verge)

Financial Times: Sources: Chinese social media startup Xiaohongshu reported its first profit with $500M in net profit on $3.7B revenue in 2023, and reached 312M MAUs, up 20% YoY  —  Shanghai-based unicorn known as ‘little red book’ brought in $500mn… Read More »Sources: Chinese social media startup Xiaohongshu reported its first profit with $500M in net profit on $3.7B revenue in 2023, and reached 312M MAUs, up 20% YoY (Financial Times)

Reuters: Chinese state media: at the China Development Forum, Tim Cook said Apple will launch Vision Pro in China this year, first official non-US launch confirmation  —  Apple (AAPL.O) Vision Pro will hit the mainland China market this year, Apple… Read More »Chinese state media: at the China Development Forum, Tim Cook said Apple will launch Vision Pro in China this year, first official non-US launch confirmation (Reuters)

Financial Times: Analysis: Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, and Mark Zuckerberg lead a group of insiders selling their company stocks in Q1, a sign that the tech bull run may be peaking  —  Bosses sell hundreds of millions of dollars in… Read More »Analysis: Jeff Bezos, Peter Thiel, and Mark Zuckerberg lead a group of insiders selling their company stocks in Q1, a sign that the tech bull run may be peaking (Financial Times)