No rotten Zomato for Indian food delivery IPO
Shares of the Indian food delivery firm Zomato soared over 80% on its first day of trading, showing investors’ appetite for the country’s tech startup scene. Zomato’s debut was the...
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British courts take US fraud extradition of Darktrace backer Lynch up a level
Alleged multibillion-dollar fraudster Mike Lynch is facing extradition to the US in relation to the...
Magna buys Veoneer to boost advanced driver systems
Magna announced it would acquire Veoneer, saying the latter’s complementary products and capability would “strengthen and broaden” its advanced driver...
China’s “wild east” semiconductor sector: Beijing punishes Tsinghua Unigroup for squandering money
Tsinghua Unigroup, previously a promising Chinese tech company and semiconductor developer, has filed for bankruptcy and is seeking a massive...
Was Covid-19 the jab needed to make companies fight fake news?
If this is the era of fake news, then it's likely to be the calm before the storm. The true...
Australia’s fight against Big Tech: Amazon, eBay under the Canberra microscope in ecommerce probe
Amazon and eBay have been named by Australia's competition regulator in a new probe aimed at uncovering if big online shopping players choke competition. Given Oz's reputation as a testbed…
“At least we’re better than credit cards” – Afterpay speaks out on putting users at risk of debt
Contrary to recent criticism, Afterpay believes the buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) doesn't put people's financial health at risk as much as traditional credit cards. Instead, the fintech is adamant about it actually…
On the grid: The one smart tech driving green city evolution
The world needs a green city revolution. Cities may account for less than 2% of the Earth’s surface, and yet, according to UN research, they collectively put out more than…
Amazon actually does something against Pegasus spyware
Amazon has shut down cloud services for Pegasus spyware developer NSO Group following accusations that its tech has been used to surveil journalists and human rights activists. Israeli lawmakers have…
Korea bank challenger KakaoBank insists its IPO is not “overvalued”
South Korean mobile-only bank KakaoBank has defended its valuation ahead of a planned initial public offering (IPO) after financial regulators in South Korea demanded that the digital lender adjust its…
Verdict Magazine Issue 10: Privacy Matters
Verdict Magazine Issue 10 is out now, providing the deep analysis, long reads and comment articles on the biggest topics impacting the world of technology our devoted readers have come…
