The past few years have shown Southeast Asia’s incredible resilience, as people and businesses have come online – often for the first time – to find new ways of accomplishing what would previously have to be done in person. In 2022, we’ve seen that resilience again, with global economic headwinds rising just as the region…
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Smartphone shipment is often seen as the bellwether of China’s consumer spending, and right now, the picture isn’t very rosy. The world’s largest market for smartphones shipped 175.1 million handsets between January and August, marking a sharp 22.9% decline year-over-year, according to research from a state-backed institution. In August alone, shipments dropped 21.9% year-over-year. The…
Elon Musk told Twitter employees Wednesday that he’s not planning on laying off 75% of staff when he takes over the company, Bloomberg reports, citing “people familiar with the matter.” This is a walk back from what Musk reportedly said last week. The celebrity executive denied the previously reported number when he addressed employees at…
Taylor Swift has quietly edited the music video for her new single “Anti-Hero” on Apple Music, removing a shot that some viewers found fatphobic. The change also inadvertently made it a stronger video. Released on Oct. 21, Taylor Swift’s album Midnights was eagerly received by fans and quickly broke two Spotify records. However, her latest…
A hand holding a syringe. Francesco Carta fotografo/Getty Images Ferring Pharmaceuticals has suspended all shipments of its key fertility drug, Menopur. Insider obtained a memo Ferring Pharmaceuticals sent to healthcare providers. The company said in the memo that it is “working to address any disruptions to supply.” Ferring Pharmaceuticals has suspended shipments of Menopur, a…
Mike Lindell. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Mike Lindell says he was late to a conservative event because one of the doors on his plane broke. Lindell told Insider he was traveling from Texas to Missouri when a luggage storage door fell off. “It took us four hours to get it back on,” Lindell said. MyPillow CEO…
India’s Money View is in talks to raise a new round of funding at a unicorn valuation, two sources familiar with the matter told TechCrunch, in a boost to the local fintech community that has been rattled by the central bank’s stringent guidelines and funding crunch in recent months. Apis Partners is deliberating leading a…
Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images Elon Musk may have to pay $44 billion to buy Twitter, but he’s still the richest person in the world. A notorious workaholic, Musk doesn’t spend his money on lavish vacations or expensive hobbies. Here’s how Musk makes and spends his $228 billion fortune. Decades before becoming a father…
Other unspecified categories of apps have also been paused. | Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Apple has “paused ads related to gambling and a few other categories on App Store product pages” after developers and commentators criticized the types of advertisements showing up in the iPhone’s App Store, according to a statement from…
2050 is an important year for climate tech, with the Paris Agreement calling for emissions to reach net zero by then. In a conversation with GenZero’s Frederick Teo for SOSV’s Climate Tech Summit, we talked about realistic paths to hitting that goal and how startups can tackle what Teo called one of the most existentialist…