Vietnamese electric vehicle maker VinFast has filed for an initial public offering in the United States, the company said Tuesday. Shares will be listed on the Nasdaq under the ticker “VFS.” VinFast, which was founded in 2017 and began operations in 2019, will convert to a Singapore public limited company for the IPO. The number…
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Reading the spreadsheet detailing the investment portfolio of Alameda Research, the investment arm of fallen crypto exchange FTX, you wonder how they had time to do anything other than invest given the sheer number of deals recorded. Perhaps that was part of the problem. FTX and its sister company (or parent company, depending on how…
The Oversight Board, an independent body set up to review Facebook and Instagram content decisions and policies, slammed the company on Tuesday over its cross-check program. In its statement, the Oversight Board laid out a number of changes Facebook’s parent company Meta should make regarding content moderation across its social media platforms. Cross-check is an…
Google has introduced “continuous scrolling” for the desktop version of its search results for some users. This means that when users reach the bottom of a search results page, they will now be able to see the equivalent of up to six pages of results before they get presented with a “More” button. The move…
Micron Technology has launched a new solid-state drive (SSD), dubbed the Micron 2550 NVMe SSDm. The company claims the 2550 is the world’s first SSD to ship using NAND, a type of non-volatile storage technology that does not require power to retain data, with over 200 layers. The US manufacturer earmarked the new drive for use…
AI-generated art is a controversial topic, to say the least, as some reject it while others embrace it. Adobe is now on the latter side as it will begin accepting “illustrations made using generative AI” on its Stock platform – with some stipulations. Looking through the announcement, it appears Adobe sees this move as the…
Polestar is delivering a not-so-subtle snub to Mercedes’ subscription performance upgrade. The automaker has released an update that gives the Polestar 2’s long range dual motor variant a 68HP power boost (plus 15lb. ft. of torque) in the US and Canada for a one-time $1,195 fee. That’s far from a trivial expense, but it’s a…
Apple’s rumoured autonomous car isn’t going to be quite as capable as we’d been told to expect according to a new report that says it’ll be late, too. Apple has long been rumoured to have designs on launching a self-driving car, possibly as soon as 2025. But a new report by Bloomberg’s well-connected Mark Gurman…
Elden Ring, many people’s game of the year, is getting free PVP DLC that will see gamers battle it out in the Colosseum. And it’s coming very soon. How soon? How about a game update on 7 December, which means there are just hours before the DLC will be available for everyone who wants it….
Hindsight, the acclaimed narrative adventure from developer Joel MacDonald and publisher Annapurna Interactive – in which players experience a woman’s entire life, from birth to the present day – is now available on Xbox One and PlayStation. Hindsight is the follow-up McDonald’s acclaimed iOS botanical puzzler Prune (McDonald is also a former Call of Duty…