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India won’t enforce market share cap on UPI until 2025 in a win for Google and Walmart Dec 02, 2022

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India won’t enforce a cap on the market share for players operating on the homegrown payments network until December 31, 2024 in a surprising move that analysts say is a major a win for Google Pay and Walmart’s PhonePe.

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Plant-based food brand Huel valued at $560M following Idris Elba-backed round Dec 02, 2022

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Much of the company’s sales are outside the UK today, with U.S. “Hueligans,” the company’s loyal fans, representing Huel’s second-biggest market.

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Web3 developer platform Fleek raises $25M led by Polychain Capital Dec 01, 2022

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Web3 developer platform Fleek has raised $25 million in Series A funding led by Polychain Capital, the company shared exclusively with TechCrunch.

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Bitcoin ‘rarely’ used for legal transactions, on ‘road to irrelevance’, say European Central Bank officials Dec 01, 2022

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European Central Bank officials alleged on Wednesday that bitcoin is “rarely used for legal transactions."

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New Gorilla Glass just dropped Nov 30, 2022

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According to Corning in-house research, “84% of consumers across three of the largest smartphone markets – China, India, and the United States — cite durability as the number one purchasing consideration behind brand itself.”

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Pearpop raises $18M at a $300M valuation to scale its social collaboration marketplace Nov 30, 2022

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Pearpop, a marketplace for social collaborations, announced today that it has raised an extension to its 2021-era Series A funding round.

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Moovit users can now track transit vehicles on map in real time Nov 29, 2022

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Israeli urban trip planning app Moovit unveiled a new feature Tuesday that allows users to follow a transit line’s movements along the map in real time.

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US government bans Huawei, ZTE, and Hikvision tech over ‘unacceptable’ spying fears Nov 29, 2022

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The U.S. government said it is banning telecommunications and video surveillance equipment from several prominent Chinese brands in an effort to protect the nation’s communications network.

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Great Wall of porn obscures China protest news on Twitter Nov 28, 2022

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Search any major Chinese city on Twitter, and you will see a cascade of spam tweets showing porn, escort services, and gambling content that are published every few seconds, making it impossible to get any legitimate results. There has been a “significant uptick” in these tweets over the last three days, according to a China-focused […]
Great Wall of porn obscures China protest news on Twitter by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch

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A new wave of Solo GP VCs is coming to Europe and Hypernova hopes to power it Nov 28, 2022

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The US has had solo VC fund managers for many years but the trend is only just starting to catch on in Europe.

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