
Netstars, a payments aggregator and fintech company, raises $60.6M led by KKR; Netstars’ StarPay is used by 280K+ merchants in Japan (Mars W. Mosqueda Jr/DealStreetAsia)
Netstars, a payments aggregator and fintech company, raises $60.6M led by KKR; Netstars’ StarPay is used by 280K+ merchants in Japan (Mars W. Mosqueda Jr/DealStreetAsia) https://ift.tt/3snK5Nl Mars W. Mosqueda Jr…

Activision warns PC players of Call of Duty: Warzone that a popular “cheat” is actually malware and installing it allows hackers to take over a user’s machine (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/VICE)
Activision warns PC players of Call of Duty: Warzone that a popular “cheat” is actually malware and installing it allows hackers to take over a user’s machine (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/VICE) https://ift.tt/3cKMOf2…

Ethiopia picks a consortium backed with US foreign aid and led by Vodafone over a China-backed group to build a multi-billion dollar 5G-capable network (Wall Street Journal)
Ethiopia picks a consortium backed with US foreign aid and led by Vodafone over a China-backed group to build a multi-billion dollar 5G-capable network (Wall Street Journal) https://ift.tt/3fKCfc2 Wall Street…

Sources: under pressure from an Amazon-led group, Senate’s China-focused bill left out consumer protections to make marketplaces authenticate 3rd-party sellers (Washington Post)
Sources: under pressure from an Amazon-led group, Senate’s China-focused bill left out consumer protections to make marketplaces authenticate 3rd-party sellers (Washington Post) https://ift.tt/2RF1pB5 Washington Post: Sources: under pressure from an…

Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio review: gorgeous, unique design, 120Hz display, good battery life, and Thunderbolt 4, but heavy and pricey with few ports (Sam Rutherford/Gizmodo)
Microsoft Surface Laptop Studio review: gorgeous, unique design, 120Hz display, good battery life, and Thunderbolt 4, but heavy and pricey with few ports (Sam Rutherford/Gizmodo) https://ift.tt/2YvtkXk Sam Rutherford / Gizmodo: Microsoft…

A look at Fuck You Pay Me, a Glassdoor-like service where creators can review brands they have worked with and share ad rates (Taylor Lorenz/New York Times)
A look at Fuck You Pay Me, a Glassdoor-like service where creators can review brands they have worked with and share ad rates (Taylor Lorenz/New York Times) https://ift.tt/3rNdPo9 Taylor Lorenz…

Via Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, and its Buy Box algorithm, Amazon forces third party Marketplace sellers to keep prices high for consumers across the web (Matt Stoller/BIG)
Via Prime, Fulfillment by Amazon, and its Buy Box algorithm, Amazon forces third party Marketplace sellers to keep prices high for consumers across the web (Matt Stoller/BIG) https://ift.tt/2SKMWn2 Matt Stoller…

Sources: Cox Media Group is apparently suffering a ransomware attack, as live streams for Cox radio and TV stations go down (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record)
Sources: Cox Media Group is apparently suffering a ransomware attack, as live streams for Cox radio and TV stations go down (Catalin Cimpanu/The Record) https://ift.tt/3cgARwR Catalin Cimpanu / The Record: Sources:…

Filings by Chinese customs authorities show the country imported 155.6B semiconductor units in Q1, worth $93.6B, up 33.6% YoY (Josh Ye/South China Morning Post)
Filings by Chinese customs authorities show the country imported 155.6B semiconductor units in Q1, worth $93.6B, up 33.6% YoY (Josh Ye/South China Morning Post) https://ift.tt/3a8dl42 Josh Ye / South China Morning…

Berlin-based Razor Group raises a $125M Series B at a $1B+ valuation as it buys and scales up e-commerce merchants, says 12% of its revenue is “non-Amazon” (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)
Berlin-based Razor Group raises a $125M Series B at a $1B+ valuation as it buys and scales up e-commerce merchants, says 12% of its revenue is “non-Amazon” (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch) https://ift.tt/3wqufoy…