London-based Archax, the UK’s only digital asset exchange licensed by the Financial Conduct Authority, raised a $28.5M Series A led by investment firm abrdn (Kari McMahon/The Block)

Kari McMahon / The Block:London-based Archax, the UK’s only digital asset exchange licensed by the Financial Conduct Authority, raised a $28.5M Series A led by investment firm abrdn  —  Archax, the UK’s only digital asset exchange to be licensed by the Financial Conduct Authority, has raised $28.5 million in a […]

A book excerpt details how companies like RELX and Thomson Reuters collect and sell user data, exploiting a lack of privacy laws as regulators focus on Big Tech (Sarah Lamdan/Wired)

Sarah Lamdan / Wired:A book excerpt details how companies like RELX and Thomson Reuters collect and sell user data, exploiting a lack of privacy laws as regulators focus on Big Tech  —  Google and Facebook’s privacy violations are common knowledge.  But the decisions of a less-known company, Relx, are also […]

A wrongfully terminated Chinese-American scientist was just awarded nearly $2 million in damages

It’s been almost a decade since the Chinese-American hydrologist Sherry Chen’s life was turned upside down by an unfounded accusation of spying, and this week, she finally received something like justice.  Today, Chen’s lawyers announced that the scientist won a historic $1.8 million settlement from the US Commerce Department for […]

Sources: Indonesia’s GoTo Group is planning to cut 1,000+ jobs, more than 10% of its workforce, and curb its costs (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:Sources: Indonesia’s GoTo Group is planning to cut 1,000+ jobs, more than 10% of its workforce, and curb its costs  —  Indonesia’s largest internet company GoTo Group is planning to cut more than 1,000 jobs as it seeks to trim costs and shore up its finances, according to people familiar […]