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China's central bank tells Ant it must overhaul its lending, insurance, and wealth management businesses and come up with a timetable as soon as possible — - Authorities require Ant to overhaul business, set up timetable — Ant was blasted over governance, disdain toward compliance| Coco Liu / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba raises proposed stock repurchase program by $4B to $10B, but shares slide 8%+, shedding $270B of value since its October peak amid antitrust fears — - Investors flee biggest names from Tencent to Meituan and JD — Probe coincides with a clampdown on part-owned Ant Group| Andrei Frumusanu / AnandTech: |
Xiaomi announces Mi 11, its new flagship, with 6.81" 120Hz display, Snapdragon 888, Android 11, and up to 256GB storage, available in China for ~$611 on Jan. 1 — Today Xiaomi held the Chinese launch announcement of the new Mi 11 - the company's new mainstream flagship phone for 2021.
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| Kim Lyons / The Verge: |
Citing environmental concerns, Xiaomi CEO says its flagship Mi 11 phone will not come with a charger in the box; Xiaomi mocked Apple earlier over the same issue — Xiaomi's CEO confirmed the decision on social media site Weibo — Lei Jun, the CEO of Chinese phone maker Xiaomi …
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Kuo: Apple Car's unclear development schedule means it may launch in 2025-2027, while changes in EV and self-driving markets may push the launch to 2028 — Earlier this week, Reuters reported that Apple is targeting 2024 for production of its long-rumored electric vehicle with “next level” …
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| Coco Liu / Bloomberg: |
Zuoyebang, which offers live-streamed classes and other remote study services and has 170 MAUs, raises $1.6B from Alibaba, Tiger Global, and others — - Zuoyebang's fundraising follows a $750 million round in June — Online learning has turned red-hot this year since pandemic
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TechCrunch, DealStreetAsia, Reuters, Nikkei Asia, and caixinglobal.com. Tweets: @grapefruitgals
| Wency Chen / KrASIA: |
Chinese online education startup Yuanfudao raises $300M from Jack Ma's Yunfeng Capital, bringing its total raised during 2020 to $3.5B — The high-flying company this year already snagged USD 3.5 billion from investors. — The high-flying online education company Yuanfudao …
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Tech in Asia, Tech in Asia, and Pandaily
| Lee Brown / New York Post: |
Nashville mayor says the Christmas day explosion in the city appears to have targeted an AT&T building, amid reports the suspect was paranoid about 5G — Nashville's mayor said Sunday that the city's Christmas blast appeared to be an “infrastructure attack” on the AT&T building there …
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| Tim Bradshaw / Financial Times: |
A look at challenger search engines like UK-based Mojeek, You.com, and Neeva, founded by former Google execs, all targeting Google as it fights antitrust suits — Challengers such as Neeva bet on alternative approaches as tech giant faces regulatory scrutiny
Tweets: @psb_dc, @martinsfp, @paulnemitz, @francesca_bria, and @aghose
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at the worst hacks of 2020: SolarWinds, Twitter, Blueleaks, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Vastaamo, and Garmin — From ransomware schemes to supply chain attacks, this year melded classic hacks with extraordinary circumstances. — WHAT A WAY to kick off a new decade.
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| Scott Belsky / Medium: |
8 themes for the near future of tech: from decentralized workplaces and the rise of community-as-a-service to quirky social apps for kids under 16 — As we pull ourselves out of the ditch that was 2020, there are a few major themes of the future I'm particularly excited about.
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Howard Lindzon. Tweets: @scottbelsky, @avidanross, @om, @trengriffin, @benrbn, @erickschonfeld, @soonaorlater, @bill_gross, @micahjay1, and @satyap
| Greg Ip / Wall Street Journal: |
Due to the pandemic, trends that normally may have taken years to unfold, like remote work or the shift from physical to virtual commerce, happened in months — Spurred by the pandemic, business changes that normally might have taken years unfolded in months.
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CNBC. Tweets: @mileskimball, @mileskimball, @mileskimball, @jessefelder, @mims, @alecstapp, @csapkota, @joehall, @justrichwebster, @ruthbenghiat, @natbullard, @greg_ip, @cardiffgarcia, @shawndubravac, and @karaswisher
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