Venture capitalist Bob Ackerman doesn’t want to compete for funding deals. Instead, the founder of VC firm AllegisCyber is taking a new approach. He looks for gaps in the cybersecurity market and creates companies to fill them.

Mr. Ackerman co-founded a company two years ago called DataTribe, which looks for problems it believes aren’t being solved in cybersecurity or data science. ...

Online-only video networks like Cheddar and TYT Network have raised tens of millions of dollars in venture capital money on the premise that online video viewing will skyrocket. Now comes the hard part: figuring out how to make money.

Both startups have been generating revenue from advertising—Cheddar reported $11 million in sponsorship revenue last year—as well as from areas like ...

Security giant McAfee has held talks to acquire security startup Endgame, according to multiple people familiar with the matter. A deal would help McAfee expand its technology to protect computers and other devices on corporate networks from cybersecurity threats.

The talks were taking place as recently as two weeks ago, said one of the people familiar with the discussions, though it ...

Netflix, one of Amazon Web Services’ biggest customers, is expanding its use of Google Cloud, AWS’s biggest rival, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. The move, which hasn’t previously been reported, could portend a shift in the balance of power in the cloud computing market.

Netflix is using Google Cloud for several functions, including the service’s ...

Uber became the giant of ride hailing in part by capturing markets around the world. But now Didi Chuxing of China is challenging that dominance, pumping money into a variety of Uber rivals or directly entering markets ranging from Brazil to sub-Saharan Africa.

The Information put together a graphic mapping the countries in which Uber and Didi operate, where Uber has substantial equity stakes ...

As Amazon and Apple race to get consumers to buy smart devices that do everything from unlock a door to turn on lights, the companies are pursuing a second line of attack: installing the devices in homes while they are under construction. On this front, Amazon appears to have an edge.

A division of Shea Homes that builds retirement communities in Northern California, for instance, is installing ...

Data privacy took center stage at this week’s Facebook hearings. But as lawmakers grilled Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on what data it tracks and what data it “sells,” another important question emerged.

Zuckerberg said in very clear terms that he was responsible for the content on Facebook. The days of pretending to be a “dumb pipe” are over. Good. Now we have ...

GoPro’s stock has hurtled downhill this year, not unlike one of the thrill-seeking mountain bikers who put on its wearable cameras before taking the plunge. Shares are down 36% in 2018, cutting its market capitalization to roughly $700 million. GoPro investors now have to hope the company will get acquired to see any lift in the price.

In a sale, GoPro could conceivably fetch $1 billion, ...

Cybereason, a Softbank-backed rising star in corporate cybersecurity, touts its ability to spot attacks  on data networks. But one threat slipped past the roughly $1 billion startup’s defenses: an executive hired to run Cybereason’s human resources unit who the company says turned out to be a fraud.

The incident was just the latest in what numerous current and former employees ...

For foreign investors in China’s tech sector, Beijing’s crackdown on the country’s most valuable media startups is a reminder that the success of their bets could hinge on the whims of the Communist Party.

As Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg fielded questions from lawmakers Tuesday and Wednesday, questions about data privacy, political advertising and foreign governments influencing U.S. elections showcased bipartisan concerns that are likely to shape the upcoming discussions over regulating the tech industry.

Senator Ted Cruz, however, used his allotted time to pepper Mr. Zuckerberg about ...

With Mark Zuckerberg on Capitol Hill, all eyes are on what regulation might be foisted upon Facebook. A more immediate question is how Facebook’s weakened position might affect Silicon Valley’s negotiating power in D.C.

The issue that is most pressing is encryption. The U.S. Department of Justice is set to renew its fight to require tech companies to allow law enforcement access to ...

One of the few tough, striking lines of questioning during Mark Zuckerberg’s Senate testimony Tuesday came from Sen. Lindsey Graham, who scrutinized Facebook’s competitive power. “You don’t think you have a monopoly?” he asked. “It doesn’t feel like that to me,” the Facebook CEO said, ticking off competitors like Amazon, Google, Twitter and ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s testimony in front of several dozen senators Tuesday is likely to produce confrontational sound bites from lawmakers of both parties. Whether fiery hearings will lead to legislative action is far less clear, though there are signs that Facebook’s CEO will contend with more hostility from Washington in the coming months.

Facebook will be a test case for legislators ...

It has always been inevitable that regulation would come to the internet just as it has come to every major communications platform that preceded it. Once the Web became critical infrastructure and started down the path of consolidation to just a handful of large platforms, it was only a matter of time.

What is less clear is exactly what the regulation that comes should look like and how much ...

The proportion of women in decision-making positions at the most prominent venture capital firms inched up to nearly 15% last year from roughly 11% in 2016. Black representation rose marginally. That’s according to the results of a survey conducted by The Information and VC firm Social Capital, our third since 2015.  

The VC industry remains predominantly male and white. But ...

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At the Pack Theater in Hollywood, we talked to journalist Richard Rushfield about his industry newsletter The Ankler and whether it is better or worse to work in Hollywood now than a few decades ago. We also spoke with Tony Yacenda and Dan Perrault, creators of Netflix’s “American Vandal,” about how they turned their love for true crime documentaries into a pastiche that ...