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Microsoft’s $68.7B Activision acquisition clears final hurdle as UK approves restructured deal Oct 13, 2023

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Microsoft’s near-two year attempt to buy gaming giant Activision is finally happening, after the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) accepted a restructured proposal.

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Twitch adds anti-harassment features to stop banned users from watching streams Oct 13, 2023

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Twitch streamers can finally block banned users from watching their streams, thanks to a recent update to the platform’s anti-harassment features.

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Linda Yaccarino responds to EU: 700 Community Notes, 5K+ images shared on Israel-Hamas war, “thousands” of pieces of content removed Oct 12, 2023

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X, the social platform formerly known as Twitter, came under fire earlier this week in Europe.

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Recs is a social ‘wallet’ for stashing and sharing your favorite places Oct 12, 2023

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The most popular apps suck us into the technological equivalent of couch lock, but it’s easy to imagine how things might have gone differently.

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Klarna launches a suite of new features, including an AI-powered image-search tool Oct 11, 2023

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Klarna is introducing a suite of new features, including an AI-powered image-search tool called Shopping lens, the company announced on Wednesday.

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Consumer payments startup Braid shuts down, cites struggles with ‘leveraging third-party software’ Oct 11, 2023

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Braid, a four-year-old startup that aimed to make shared wallets more mainstream among consumers, has shut down.

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X’s new control lets only verified accounts reply to a post Oct 10, 2023

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X has introduced a new control that limits replies to only verified accounts.

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Prosus-backed fast-fashion startup Virgio, valued at $161 million, shuts down Oct 10, 2023

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Fast-fashion startup Virgio, founded by former Myntra chief, is shutting down its operations less than a year after raising funds at a valuation of over $160 million.

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Waymo-Zeekr robotaxi poised for US testing by end of 2023 Oct 09, 2023

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Nearly two years after Waymo and Geely struck a deal to develop robotaxis for the U.S. market, we are seeing concrete progress in the collaboration.

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Netflix’s 6.5M India subscribers dwarfed by Prime Video and Disney, Bernstein says Oct 09, 2023

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Netflix has “not succeeded” in scaling up its business in India despite the global streaming giant consistently lowering the subscription costs in the country, analysts at AllianceBernstein wrote in a report to clients Thursday.

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