Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Tiger, Coatue, Vision Fund, a16z, Insight, Accel, Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Index together invested in 44 unicorns in 2023, down from 213 in 2022 and 471 in 2021  —  Funding to the unicorn class of companies — those private startups valued at $1 billion or more — has fallen dramatically in 2023 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lauren Rosenblatt / The Seattle Times: Seattle-based e-commerce website Zulily, valued at ~$7B in 2014, winds down its business; in a lawsuit, Zulily accused Amazon of stifling its business  —  Once an e-commerce star, online retailer Zulily will liquidate its inventory to pay its creditors as it winds down. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Malathi Nayak / Bloomberg: GM claims in a lawsuit that SF unfairly taxed it $108M over seven years, using the presence of Cruise to tie its tax bill to a portion of GM’s global revenue  —  – Company says city unfairly based tax calculations on Cruise  — GM, Cruise operate as separate entities, automaker claims Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Tiger, Coatue, Vision Fund, a16z, Insight, Accel, Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Index together invested in 44 unicorns in 2023, down from 213 in 2022 and 471 in 2021  —  Funding to the unicorn class of companies — those private startups valued at $1 billion or more — has fallen dramatically in 2023 … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dan Goodin / Ars Technica: Researchers detail a zero-click iMessage attack that for over four years used four zero-days to hack iPhones, including dozens belonging to Kaspersky employees  —  “Triangulation” infected dozens of iPhones belonging to employees of Moscow-based Kaspersky.  —  Researchers on Wednesday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Associated Press: Study: social media companies collectively made nearly $11B in US ad revenue from minors in 2022; YouTube derived the most from users 12 and under, at $959.1M  —  Social media companies collectively made over $11 billion in U.S. advertising revenue from minors last year … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge: Apple resumed Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales in some physical US stores on December 27; online sales are set to resume on December 28 by 3PM ET  —  You can once again buy the latest Apple Watches straight from Apple.  The Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 will be available again … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: Tiger, Coatue, Vision Fund, a16z, Insight, Accel, Sequoia, Lightspeed, and Index together invested in 44 unicorns in 2023, down from 213 in 2022 and 471 in 2021  —  Funding to the unicorn class of companies — those private startups valued at $1 billion or more — has fallen dramatically in 2023 … Lees verder op Tech Meme