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Germany Launches New Antitrust Investigation Into Google

May 25, 2021 · 3:20am PDT
Germany’s antitrust agency has begun a new investigation into Google over whether the U.S tech giant has been exploiting its dominant market position in maps, search, video and phones.
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HSBC Says It Won’t Get Into Crypto

May 25, 2021 · 3:12am PDT
The CEO of Europe’s largest bank said it wouldn’t offer the services to clients because crypto is too volatile and opaque.
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Florida Passes Law to Fine Social Media Companies That Ban Candidates

May 25, 2021 · 2:56am PDT
The new law, the first of its kind in the nation, and which also prohibits platform from blocking some news media posts, is likely to be challenged in courts.
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Chinese Antitrust Regulators Probe Tencent-Backed KE Holdings

May 25, 2021 · 1:17am PDT
The investigation is another sign that regulators are turning up the heat on Chinese technology firms including Tencent, which owns nearly 12% of KE Holdings.
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SoftBank Invests $250 Million in Fintech Startup Zeta

May 25, 2021 · 12:18am PDT
The latest investment by SoftBank's Vision Fund 2 values the banking technology startup at $1.45 billion.
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Airbnb Launch Lesson: App Tweaks, not Splashy New Product

May 24, 2021 · 9:57am PDT
The travel site on Monday unveiled a change to its app that aims to give customers more suggestions about destinations they might like to explore.
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ByteDance Rival Kuaishou’s Revenue Grows 37% As Ad Sales Surge

May 24, 2021 · 6:09am PDT
Rapid growth of Kuaishou's ad business shows how the Chinese online video company is stepping up its battle against ByteDance.
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Bitcoin Falls After Crypto Miners Say Will Halt China Operations

May 24, 2021 · 3:10am PDT
The drop comes after China’s top government body for the first time targeted crypto mining in the country, which accounts for 70% of global bitcoin supply.
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Indonesia’s GoTo Group Plans New Fundraising After $18 Billion Merger

May 24, 2021 · 12:57am PDT
GoTo's pre-IPO fundraising plans come as the company is looking to go public by the end of this year.
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China Crackdown Renews Bitcoin Slide

May 21, 2021 · 2:22pm PDT · 1 comment
The Chinese government’s latest call for bitcoin restrictions capped off a rough week for cryptocurrencies.
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Judge to Tim Cook: You Don’t ‘Feel Pressure or Competition’ to Address Developer Concerns

May 21, 2021 · 2:12pm PDT
Tim Cook was on the witness stand today as the trial in Epic Games’ antitrust case against Apple nears an end.
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Google Closes Door to DeepMind Independence

May 21, 2021 · 9:04am PDT
The AI unit had been negotiating with its parent company for more autonomy.
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Amazon to Shut Down ‘Prime Now’ Ultrafast Delivery App

May 21, 2021 · 8:59am PDT
Amazon is sunsetting its Prime Now app and website, and will be merging the ultrafast delivery service into the core Amazon site.
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Snap to Acquire AR Display Maker WaveOptics for More Than $500 Million

May 21, 2021 · 7:47am PDT
The purchase is a major move by Snap to secure its future in augmented reality.
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SoftBank Vice Chairman Ron Fisher to Step Down From Board

May 21, 2021 · 4:25am PDT
The 73-year-old Fisher has been SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son's longtime lieutenant in global acquisitions of Sprint and other companies.
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China Says ByteDance, Kuaishou and Microsoft’s LinkedIn Illegally Collected Personal Data

May 21, 2021 · 2:23am PDT
China's internet regulator said they were among 105 apps found to be violating privacy laws and had 15 days to fix the problems.
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Mobile Game Maker Jam City to Go Public Through SPAC Merger

May 20, 2021 · 11:48am PDT
The mobile games maker Jam City will go public through a merger with DPCM Capital, a special purpose acquisition company.
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Crypto Prices Stabilize After Slide

May 20, 2021 · 11:05am PDT
The price of bitcoin stabilized Thursday following a sharp move lower the previous day. The cryptocurrency’s value has fallen some 30% in the past month.
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German Brokerage App Trade Republic Gets $5.3 Billion Valuation

May 20, 2021 · 8:04am PDT
A German-made alternative to Robinhood, Trade Republic, was valued at $5.3 billion in a Series C funding round led by Sequoia.
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Google to Open First Brick-and-Mortar Store

May 20, 2021 · 7:21am PDT
The move makes Google a curator of its products in a way that it has previously left to wireless carriers and electronics stores.