France is the latest country that is taking steps to ban TikTok from government-managed devices. Stanislas Guerini, the Minister of Public Transformation and Service, and his services issued a succinct statement announcing the move and the reasoning behind this change. But there’s a twist. Instead of simply banning the social media app, the French government […]
France bans recreational apps like TikTok on government devices by Romain Dillet originally published on TechCrunch
The reality is that most founders and venture funds don’t know what the market price is on startup valuations at the moment.
Upheaval in venture banking can help us get back to basics: efficient growth by Jenna Routenberg originally published on TechCrunch
Jack Ma’s whereabouts are making headlines again roughly a year after the billionaire founder of Alibaba disappeared from the public eye. Bloomberg reported Monday that Ma had chosen to stay abroad despite China’s efforts to restore confidence in entrepreneurs, citing unnamed sources. Within hours, however, news surfaced that Ma actually visited an Alibaba-funded K-12 school […]
Alibaba founder Jack Ma returns to China after a year of uncertainty by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
Microsoft-owned GitHub took down a repository by a user named “FreeSpeechEnthusiast” that contained proprietary source code to Twitter after the social network filed a DCMA takedown request. The username certainly seems to be a jab at Twitter owner Elon Musk, who has claimed to be a “free speech absolutist” many times. On Friday, Twitter filed […]
GitHub takes down repository containing Twitter’s source code by Ivan Mehta originally published on TechCrunch
Activist investor Elliott Investment Management won’t be proceeding with plans to nominate its own directors to Salesforce’s board, citing improved performance and a clearer “focus on value creation” from the enterprise software company. Elliott — one of five activist investors within Salesforce’s ranks — announced ahead of Salesforce’s recent Q4 earnings that it was pushing […]
Activist investor Elliott ditches director nomination plans for Salesforce by Paul Sawers originally published on TechCrunch
First Citizens BankShares has agreed to buy Silicon Valley Bank, the California lender that served as lifeblood of thousands of startups and whose collapse sent shockwaves through the financial sector, the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation said on Monday. The deal includes the purchase of about $72 billion assets of Silicon Valley Bank at a […]
First Citizens to acquire Silicon Valley Bank by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch