In 2021, a handful of Amazon employees quit the company over its decision to sell books that suggest kids who identify as transgender are mentally ill. Now, a group of employees is protesting its continued sale of those books by disrupting a Pride event at its headquarters in Seattle. According to The Washington Post, around… Continue reading Amazon employees call on Amazon to stop selling books deemed as anti-trans
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Cathay Capital hits $240m first close of Growth RMB Fund II, targets $448m …
Global investment firm Cathay Capital has secured the first close of its second RMB-denominated growth fund at over 1.6 billion yuan (almost $240 million), while it targets 3 billion yuan ($447.6 million) for the final closing, the firm announced on Thursday. Cathay Growth RMB Fund II is backed by cornerstone investors Valeo, a publicly-listed automotive… Continue reading Cathay Capital hits $240m first close of Growth RMB Fund II, targets $448m …
SG crypto finance startup Cloudwall Capital nets $6.3m and other SE Asia deals
Cloudwall Capital, a Singapore-based crypto-focused digital asset risk management startup, has announced raising $6.3 million in a seed funding round co-anchored by UK-based venture capital investors LocalGlobe and Illuminate Financial. Launched in 2021, Cloudwall Capital seeks to bridge the traditional finance world with digital assets and decentralised finance. Its product, Serenity, is building risk management… Continue reading SG crypto finance startup Cloudwall Capital nets $6.3m and other SE Asia deals
Data Vantage: Tiger Global backs KitaLulus and HitPay, and other updates
Indonesia-based jobs platform KitaLulus has secured $8.15 million in a Series A funding round led by Tiger Global Management, according to regulatory filings. The round was joined by Rocketship.vc, Go-Ventures, Indogen Capital, FEBE Ventures and Goodwater Capital. Several angel investors also participated in the round, including former GoPay CEO Aldi Haryopratomo, Pluang CEO Claudia Kolonas,… Continue reading Data Vantage: Tiger Global backs KitaLulus and HitPay, and other updates
Scientists Propose Turning Skyscrapers Into Massive Gravity Batteries
Here’s how it works. High Rise Battery Researchers have come up with an ingenious idea to tackle our renewable energy storage woes — effectively turning skyscrapers into massive gravity-powered batteries. A team from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) in Austria suggest to take advantage of the vertical height of tall buildings, a… Continue reading Scientists Propose Turning Skyscrapers Into Massive Gravity Batteries
Sheryl Sandberg and the Death of ‘The Deal’
Five years. That’s how long Sheryl Sandberg figured she’d be spending at Facebook, now called Meta, when she took the job as chief operating officer and Mark Zuckerberg’s much-ballyhooed partner in 2008. Enough time to modulate the company’s swaggering culture into something sustainable, build a wildly successful ad business, and set up a policy operation… Continue reading Sheryl Sandberg and the Death of ‘The Deal’
How Mdou Moctar’s Music Went Viral Via Bluetooth
Depending on where you are in the world, life after the death of physical music looks very different. In West Africa, the post-CD landscape was populated by market stalls selling SIM and micro-SD cards preloaded with tracks. Eventually, pals started sharing songs directly by Bluetooth, phone to phone. After WhatsApp began to spread in the… Continue reading How Mdou Moctar’s Music Went Viral Via Bluetooth
Meta adds a new ‘Calls’ tab to Messenger
Meta’s Messenger app has become an incredibly popular way to make free voice and video calls. Now, a new design tweak will make the call button (slightly) easier to find. Meta is adding a dedicated tab for audio and video calls to the function bar at the bottom of the app. The new tab will… Continue reading Meta adds a new ‘Calls’ tab to Messenger
Elon Musk tells SpaceX and Tesla workers they must return to the office full-time
Elon Musk delivered an ultimatum to Tesla and Space X’s corporate workforces: Spend a minimum of 40 hours a week in the office, or leave the company. Musk today confirmed in a tweet that screenshots of an email sent to workers was real. According to The New York Times, workers at both companies received similar… Continue reading Elon Musk tells SpaceX and Tesla workers they must return to the office full-time
John Madden to appear on cover of ‘Madden 23’
NFL Madden 23 will prominently feature the legendary Oakland Raiders coach and Hall of Famer, John Madden. It will mark the first time Madden has appeared on the cover of the eponymous game series since Madden 2000 in 1999. EA Sports revealed the news in a tweet today, adding that it will release a trailer… Continue reading John Madden to appear on cover of ‘Madden 23’