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Elon Musk claims “all-time high” Twitter signups, averaging 2M+/day in the seven days to November 16, up 66% YoY, and user active minutes of ~8B/day, up 30% YoY — Nov 27 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has said that new user signups to the social media platform are at an … | Todd Shields / Bloomberg: |
The FCC imposes a ban on equipment from Huawei and ZTE, camera providers Hikvision and Dahua, and radio maker Hytera, citing “a risk to national security” — US regulators imposed a ban on electronic equipment from Huawei Technologies Co. and ZTE Corp., continuing a years-long effort …
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Binance releases its proof-of-reserves system, starting with BTC, claiming it has 582,485 BTC and 575,742 BTC user balance, a reserve ratio of 101% for users — - Binance has put out its proof-of-reserves system, in light of FTX's meltdown. — It shows a reserve ratio of 101% for its users' bitcoin balances.| Christiana Loureiro / The Block: |
Report: several US states are investigating Genesis Global as part of an inquiry into interconnectedness of crypto firms, securities laws violations, and more — - States including Alabama are looking into crypto firms and whether they violated securities laws.
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A look at OpenAI's Minecraft bot, which has learned to complete complex tasks in Minecraft after being trained on 70K hours of video of people playing the game — Online videos are a vast and untapped source of training data—and OpenAI says it has a new way to use it.| Michelle Toh / CNN: |
The UK government asks its departments to stop installing Chinese surveillance cameras at sensitive sites, after calls to ban devices from Hikvision and Dahua — Hong Kong CNN Business — Hikvision, a leading Chinese surveillance company, has denied suggestions that it poses a threat … | Eudora Wang / DealStreetAsia: |
Shanghai-based eRoad, which offers a cloud-based HR management service with a focus on payroll, raised a ~$140M Series D, after raising an ~$84M Series C — Chinese human resource technology firm eRoad on Tuesday announced the completion of its Series D funding round at 1 billion yuan …
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Source: the US DOJ is investigating whether rent-setting software made by RealPage is facilitating collusion among landlords to drive up rental prices — The DOJ will examine whether RealPage helped landlords coordinate rent increases. Questions also swirl around a 2017 merger deal with its largest competitor.| R.T. Watson / Wall Street Journal: |
How live-action YouTube kids channels Vlad and Niki, Like Nastya, and Kids Diana Show, with a total of ~300M subscribers, are building global franchises — Vlad, Niki, Diana and Nastya party on yachts, ride in Ferraris and travel the world. Their massive audience of fellow kids can't get enough.
Tweets: @dangrover, @wsj, and @thevirginiagen1
| Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: |
Experts and employees detail Uber's struggles in Pakistan as it discontinues service in five cities, cuts spending, and faces increased competition from inDrive — Fierce local competition in the ride-hailing sector and economic uncertainty have forced Uber to scale back its presence in South Asia.
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| Gené Teare / Crunchbase News: |
Analysis: AI startup funding has been around 9%-10% of global VC investment in recent years, led by robotics, autonomous vehicles, and enterprise software — Editor's note: In this four-part series, we explore the impact of artificial intelligence startups on multiple sectors.
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New Delhi-based diabetes management app BeatO raised a $33M Series B led by Lightrock India, with Flipkart and others participating — Diabetes management app BeatO has raised $33 million in its Series B round of funding led by impact investor Lightrock India.Sponsor Posts
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