Overseas:
1. Cyber attack hits U.S. newspaper distribution
2. Dell returns to market with NYSE listing
4. Netflix releases interactive episode of TV show ‘Black Mirror’
6. FlixBus is testing VR on certain routes to Las Vegas
7. Samsara banks $100M at a $3.6B valuation for its internet-connected sensors
8. Iota Biosciences raises $15M to produce in-body sensors smaller than a grain of rice
9. FamilyMart will promote its digital payment platform Fami Pay in Japan in 2019.
China:
2. China’s Supreme Court to take on intellectual property cases
3. Tesla sets up Shanghai financial leasing unit as China plans accelerate
4. Alibaba-backed Hellobike bags new funds as it marches into ride-hailing
5. Beijing turns to facial recognition to combat public housing abuses
6. Ctrip CEO announced that Ctrip’s 2018 monthly active users reached over 200Million.
7. Zhihu launched short video app Jiying 即影
8. Hong Kong startup Pickupp raises funding from Alibaba, Spark Ventures, Axis Capital
Emerging Market:
1. Grab ordered to pay compensation to Vietnamese taxi firm
2. Foxconn to begin assembling top-end Apple iPhones in India in 2019
3. Singapore’s e-scooter startup EuroSports secures US$1.5M from its parent ESG
4. Ofo’s Singapore operations in trouble
Cover picture credits from SCMP