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Elon Musk claims “all-time high” new Twitter signups, averaging 2M+ a day in the last seven days till November 16, up 66% YoY, and ~8B daily user active minutes — Nov 27 (Reuters) - Twitter Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk has said that new user signups to the social media platform are at an …
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The Economic Times, Bloomberg, Insider, and International Business Times
Tweets: @elonmusk, @amuse, @drbriankeating, @itguy1959, @taylorlorenz, @johnmcurtis, @mirandadevine, and @wongmjane
| 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
| Heather Vogell / ProPublica: |
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.| Debjyoti Roy / Livemint: |
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.| June Yoon / Financial Times: |
An in-depth look at the US sanctions on China's chipmakers and worries over their impact on inflation and rising costs for Western manufacturers and customers — The advice “dig two graves, before you set out” applies to anyone bent on revenge. An old aphorism is hardly going to divert …
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South China Morning Post, Livemint, Politico, Euractiv, and WRAL TechWire
Tweets: @rikefranke, @paragkhanna, @maria_shagina, @ftopinion, and @pstasiatech
| 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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| Ira Dugal / Reuters: |
Reserve Bank of India declines a payment aggregator license for Paytm parent One 97, asking it to comply with foreign direct investment guidelines and reapply — India's banking regulator has declined a payment aggregator licence for the One 97 Communications Ltd (PAYT.NS) …
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Moneycontrol, Entrackr, Bloomberg, Livemint, and The Economic Times
| 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.
Tweets: @nixxin, @restofworld, @restofworld, and @nilchristopher
| South China Morning Post: |
Inside Zhengzhou's “iPhone City” lockdown, where China's zero COVID-19 policy, related propaganda and fears, and Foxconn's missteps led to the worker riots — In a widely cited anecdote about the power of the Chinese workforce, a manager at an iPhone factory was once able …
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The Guardian, All Facts Matter, CNN, Slashdot, Bloomberg, Livemint, The Economic Times, The Wrap, Reuters, Barron's Online, Techaeris, RTÉ, AppleInsider, Patently Apple, and Philip Elmer‑DeWitt
Tweets: @patrickmoorhead, @zen_options, @aadilbrar, @royprice, @carnage4life, and @biancoresearch
| Tim Copeland / The Block: |
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.| Alistair Gray / Financial Times: |
How Woolworths, Loblaws, and other retailers are developing digital advertising arms and profiling customers, aiming to become ad venues for large brands — They're barely noticeable, but promoted items on digital sales platforms are at the vanguard of an industry worth tens of billions of dollars
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| Jonathan Burgos / Forbes: |
Hong Kong-based XanPool, a cross-border payments infrastructure provider for both crypto and fiat currencies, raised $41M in Q2 2022 at a $400M valuation — XanPool—a cross-border payments infrastructure provider—is accelerating expansion plans across Europe, Middle East …
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| 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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crypto.news, Cryptopolitan, Bitcoin News, CoinGape, Crypto Briefing, Reuters, Decrypt, Cointelegraph, and CoinDesk
Tweets: @chainyoda and @barronsonline
| 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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