Alibaba, Tencent and other major names form $1.45B ride-hailing venture
For the last two years, Didi has been the dominant car-hailing force in China and its success has spawned a handful of competitors initiated by both...
Hong Kong-based fintech startup Qupital raises $15M Series A to expand in mainland China
Qupital, a fintech startup that bills itself as Hong Kong’s largest trade financing platform for SMEs, has closed a $15 million Series A led by CreditEase...
The gender wage gap is shrinking among computer programmers, but it’s still quite large
Glassdoor has released its latest gender pay gap data analysis. In the U.S., the unadjusted pay gap comes in at 21.4 percent, meaning women make just...
Report: European Parliament Screwed Up Their Chance to Amend Copyright Directive By Voting Wrong
The European Parliament approved a massive, sweeping overhaul of online copyright rules on Tuesday, leaving the extremely controversial Articles 11 and 13 untouched on as the...
Twitter warns users about falling for birthday changing prank
A prank is making the rounds on Twitter, and it’s seemingly locking people out of their accounts. The trick gets people to change their birthday on...
More growth ahead in Taiwan
One year ago, we laid out our roadmap for supporting the growth of an Intelligent Taiwan, with an emphasis on investing in Taiwanese talent. Since then,...
Boeing 737 Max Makes Emergency Landing in Florida, Incident Appears Unrelated to Crashes
A Southwest Airlines jet of the Boeing 737 Max line grounded after two catastrophic crashes was forced to make an emergency landing shortly after takeoff at...
Astrology Twitter is fighting over whether Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez lied about her birth time
Hell hath no fury like Astrology Twitter. Whether a crush, a nemesis, or your very own congressional representative, nothing exposes someone’s true self like a complete...
Former NEA partner Jon Sakoda takes the wraps off his new, Cisco-backed venture fund, Decibel
Jon Sakoda needed to decompress, he says. The founder-turned-venture investor had logged a dozen years with the investing heavyweight New Enterprise Associates after selling his last...
With 1.5 Million UK Workers Slated to Lose Their Jobs to Automation, Calls for a Shorter Work Week Intensify
On Monday, the UK’s Office of Data and Statistics released a report that found 1.5 million of that nation’s workers are at “high risk” of losing...
