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Experts worry about the unintended consequences of Australia's controversial but popular social media ban on under-16s; Meta, TikTok, and X expressed concerns — - Children under 16 barred from popular social media sites — Politicians under pressure to stem online bullying, grooming
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Australia's Senate passes a social media ban for children under 16, brushing aside lawmaker concerns on both sides; tech companies could be fined up to AU$50M — - Australia's social media laws to be among strictest in world — Children under age of 16 will be banned from opening accounts
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| Ismail Shakil / Reuters: |
Canada's Competition Bureau sues Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, seeking Google to sell two of its ad tech tools and more — Canada's Competition Bureau is suing Alphabet's (GOOGL.O) Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising, the antitrust watchdog said on Thursday.
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| Claire Che / Bloomberg: |
Didi reports Q3 revenue up 5% YoY to $7.44B and a net income of $128M, its second straight quarterly profit, as the company prepares for a Hong Kong IPO — - China's ride-hailing leader is recovering from a crackdown — The company is now angling to return to capital markets
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| Financial Times: |
Sequoia's former China unit HongShan is pushing for deals in Europe and North Asia, as it struggles to deploy $9B due to a weak domestic market and US controls — Neil Shen's HongShan has struggled to invest its $9bn cash pile in a weak domestic market and tough US controls
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| Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer: |
ESET researchers find the first UEFI bootkit designed specifically to target Linux systems, marking a shift in bootkits that previously focused on Windows — The first UEFI bootkit specifically targeting Linux systems has been discovered, marking a shift in stealthy and hard-to-remove bootkit threats …
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| Casey Hall / Reuters: |
Chinese food delivery giant Meituan reports Q3 revenue up 22.4% YoY to $12.9B, net profit up 3x YoY to $1.78B, and core delivery business up 20.2% YoY to $9.57B — China's largest food delivery firm Meituan (3690.HK) posted a bigger-than-expected 22.4% rise in third-quarter revenue on Friday, defying sluggish Chinese consumption.
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| Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch: |
The EU ends its long-running probe into whether Amazon received illegal tax benefits worth €250M from Luxembourg, where Amazon's EU HQ is, after court losses — Amazon can finally close the book on a long-running state aid saga in the European Union. The Commission confirmed Thursday …
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| Reuters: |
Delivery Hero's Talabat, one of the largest food delivery services in the UAE, sets its Dubai IPO price at the top end of its range and plans to raise ~$2B — Talabat, one of the largest food ordering businesses in the Middle East, is set to raise about $2 billion from the largest initial public offering …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
Filing: Zomato has raised $1B by issuing approximately 336.5M shares at about $3 each, its first major fundraise since its 2021 IPO — Indian food delivery app Zomato has raised $1 billion from institutional investors, completing its first major fundraise since its 2021 IPO.
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| Christina Kyriasoglou / Bloomberg: |
The German government plans new chip subsidies, sources say about €2B, two months after Intel shelved plans to build a €30B factory in Magdeburg — - Part of a push to build chip supply resilience in Europe — Intel recently delayed a €30 billion chip factory in Magdeburg
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| Ella Creamer / The Guardian: |
Writers and publishers criticize Spines, which raised a $16M seed round and charges authors $1,200 to $5,000 to use AI to edit and distribute their books — Publisher Spines will charge authors between $1,200 and $5,000 to have their books proofread, designed and distributed with the help of artificial intelligence
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