U.S. grants Intel Corp licenses to supply select products to Huawei

In a statement Intel’s spokesman said, it has received licenses from U.S. authorities to continue supplying certain products to Huawei Technologies. The development comes at a time when U.S.-China relations have come under pressure with many intelligence agencies across the Western world saying China’s Huawei is a national security threat, especially after Beijing passed its…

Customer data likely exposed by two Shopify employees, financial data safe: Shopify

In a statement Shopify Inc disclosed, consumer data has been exposed following two of its employees trying to steal transaction data. Data of customers who shopped at fewer than 200 merchants listed on its e-commerce platform was most likely exposed after the attempted cyber theft. The data exposed includes names, address, email and order details.…

Tesla aims to ramp up battery production to 3,000 gigawatt-hours

Following Tesla’s unveiling of its plans to produce its own batteries in order to trim costs, shares of its two battery suppliers fell on Wednesday. Shares of South Korea’s LG Chem and Japan’s Panasonic have fallen with the news reaching the market. After initially opening higher, LG Chem’s shares was trading down by 3.1% while…

Mobile streaming service Quibi exploring strategic options to raise funds

According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Quibi, the streaming service founded by former Disney executive Jeffrey Katzenberg, is exploring strategic options including a possible sale, a funding round or going public through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company. When asked to comment, Quibi said it does not comment on rumor…

Baidu-backed Chinese EV startup WM raises $1.5 billion in funding round

On Tuesday, Baidu-backed Chinese electric vehicle (EV) startup WM Motor said, it has raised $1.47 billion (10 billion yuan) in its latest funding round. In recent months, shares of Electric Vehicle makers, including that of Tesla Inc, have surged with auto makers looking to the markets for funds. Incidentally, China’s Xpeng Inc and Li Auto…

U.S. private equity firm General Atlantic LLC and SoftBank Group Corp invests $107 million in Brazilian facial recognition startup Acesso Digital

In a statement Brazil’s facial biometrics and digital admission startup Acesso Digital said, Japan’s SoftBank Group Corp and U.S. private equity firm General Atlantic LLC are leading a $107.25 million (580 million reais) funding round. Following the investment, both, General Atlantic and SoftBank, will hold a minority stake in Acesso Digital. Founded in 2007, Acesso…

China unveils financial incentives to boost adoption of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles

On Monday, China finance ministry stated, it plans on rolling new policies to support hydrogen fuel cell vehicles in order to boost the industry’s supply chain and related technologies. China has emerged as the world’s biggest market for new energy vehicles (NEVs), which includes plug-in hybrids, battery electric vehicles as well as and hydrogen fuel…

Trump does not want ByteDance to have controlling stake in TikTok: senior administration official

According to a senior administration official who spoke on the condition of anonymity, regardless of how China’s ByteDance positions the divestment of its short video sharing app TikTok, U.S. President Donald Trump does not want it to have a controlling stake in TikTok, since it will place Americans’ personal information at risk. Despite China’s bravado…