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Fidelity slashes the value of its Twitter stake by over half Jan 02, 2023

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Fidelity, which was among the group of outside investors that helped Elon Musk finance his $44 billion takeover of Twitter, has slashed the value of its stake in Twitter by 56%.

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India to explore prohibition of unbacked crypto in its G20 presidency Jan 02, 2023

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India said on Thursday that under its G20 presidency, it will prioritize the development of a framework for global regulation of unbacked crypto assets, stablecoins and decentralized finance and will possibly explore their “prohibition” in a potentially large setback for the nascent industry. The Reserve Bank of India, the Indian central bank, said that crypto […]
India to explore prohibition of unbacked crypto in its G20 presidency by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

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Spotify wants to help you ring in 2023 with its New Year’s Hub Dec 30, 2022

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Spotify has launched a New Year’s Hub to help its users ring in 2023, the streaming service announced on Thursday. The company says the one-stop destination gives users access to classic party playlists and special takeovers from artists like Charli XCX,Â Rita Ora,Â N-DubzÂ and Céline Dion. “We’ve got plenty of music to kickstart your celebration, and it’s […]
Spotify wants to help you ring in 2023 with its New Year’s Hub by Aisha Malik originally published on TechCrunch

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Alibaba CEO to oversee cloud arm following major server outage Dec 30, 2022

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When Alibaba’s former CEO Jack Ma passed the torch to Daniel Zhang, he established a system that regularly rotates executives to ensure the company always stays agile in the fast-changing internet space.

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Twitter suffers another outage Dec 29, 2022

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If Twitter isn’t loading fine for you, you’re not alone. Tens of thousands of users are complaining that they are unable to access the Elon Musk-owned social network, seeing scores of strange error-messages instead.

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Movano’s new smart ring is focused on women’s health Dec 29, 2022

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Movano’s getting a week’s jump on what might well prove a banner CES for the smart ring. Today the Bay Area-based firm debuted Evie, a smart ring focused on women’s health set to hit the market later next year.

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This tool helps you trim your follow list on Twitter Dec 28, 2022

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Twitter is a mess, but it’s still addictive. While some folks might have headed to Mastadon, those who stick around might still want to get the best out of the bird site.

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Baidu starts offering nighttime driverless taxis in China Dec 28, 2022

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Baidu, the Chinese internet giant that became known for its search engines, is making some big strides in autonomous driving.

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Balance is a Mac timekeeper app that requires you to manually clock in your hours Dec 27, 2022

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There are plenty of time-tracking apps for Mac that automatically log the hours you’ve spent signed-in. Some even offer granular data, telling you how much time you spent on a particular app.

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This year in tech felt like a simulation Dec 27, 2022

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This year in tech, too much happened and very little of it made sense.

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