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Twitter blocks new accounts from its $8 verified tier after high-profile fakes abound Nov 10, 2022

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The motto over at Twitter is clearly a throwback ‘move fast and break things’ at the moment under new ruler Elon Musk, and the latest thing to break is the just-introduced $8 monthly Twitter Blue tier.

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Ping wants to simplify global payments while helping Latin Americans embrace crypto Nov 10, 2022

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Ping users create a free account in U.S. dollars to receive bank transfers in either their local currency or cryptocurrency.
Ping wants to simplify global payments while helping Latin Americans embrace crypto by Christine Hall originally published on TechCrunch

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Filing: Meta slashes expenses on reduced hiring and capex investments Nov 09, 2022

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Meta’s body blow layoff announcement will see the parent of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp making its first-ever major layoffs as a company, cutting 11,000 employees, 13% of its total; predictably investors are responding favorably, bumping the stock up by over 5% in pre-market trading.

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Southeast Asia health tech platform Speedoc raises $28M Nov 09, 2022

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Speedoc, a health tech platform that brings hospital care to homes, has raised $28 million in pre-Series B funding.

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Netflix launches a new interactive trivia experience, ‘Triviaverse’ Nov 08, 2022

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Today, Netflix is launching a new interactive game called “Triviaverse” that allows subscribers to test their knowledge and compete against an all-knowing “Trivia master” using their TV remote.

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Ouster and Velodyne agree to merger, signaling consolidation in lidar industry Nov 08, 2022

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Ouster and Velodyne, two lidar companies, have agreed to a merger in an all-stock transaction, the companies said Monday. Both Ouster and Velodyne will maintain a 50% stake in the new company, according to the agreement that was signed on November 4.

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Unity and IronSource’s $4.4B merger is now complete Nov 07, 2022

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Unity‘s proposed merger with IronSource has formally concluded, with the two companies coming together to create an end-to-end platform for developers to build and monetize games.

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Ant’s global play is to be a payments aggregator and it now reaches 1B users Nov 07, 2022

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After trying for years to replicate the success of its QR code-enabled payments solution overseas, Ant Group seems to have finally found a path to scaling.

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After Stripe and Square, Venmo and PayPal are set to support Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhones Nov 04, 2022

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PayPal announced Thursday that it will soon support Apple’s Tap to Pay on iPhones. The company said in its Q3 2022 earnings report that both PayPal and Venmo will soon support this tech as a part of its offering.

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Patreon adds a long-awaited native video feature Nov 04, 2022

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Patreon creators can now upload videos directly to the platform.

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