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A look at the rise and fall of Bird, now a penny stock with a public market cap under $160M, as valuations in the scooter and bike rental sector collapse — Almost exactly five years ago, the scooters came. That's when Bird, the first unicorn in this once sizzling startup sector, launched its inaugural scooter-sharing service.
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Salesforce, whose logo appeared on Helium's website next to Lime's, also says it is not a Helium partner; Helium has removed both logos from its website — Helium listed the two companies as users on its homepage — On Friday, Mashable reported that Helium, a crypto project praised … | Matt Binder / Mashable: |
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| Dell Cameron / Gizmodo: |
Human rights groups say Facebook approved English and Swahili ads instigating ethnic violence in Kenya, after claiming to “ensure a safe and secure” election — Kenya's national cohesion watchdog has threatened to suspend the social network from the country in a week if it doesn't mitigate hate speech.
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| Gayatri Suroyo / Reuters: |
Indonesia blocks PayPal, Yahoo, Steam, Epic Games, Counter-Strike, Dota 2, and other websites for not complying with licensing rules introduced in November 2020 — Indonesia has blocked search engine website Yahoo, payments firm Paypal and several gaming websites due to failure to comply … | New York Times: |
Some streamers on Twitch, a more intimate platform than others, endure threats and stalkers and say Twitch gives limited support when dangerous situations arise — Stars on Twitch, the video game streaming platform, invite viewers into their homes virtually. What happens when one shows up in person?| Mark Bergen / Bloomberg: |
How Modi's government is increasingly skirting India's own internet rules to crack down on free speech and dissent on social media, under a “fake news” pretext — Sandeep Ravindranath, an Indian filmmaker, posted his latest work to YouTube in May. The video …
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| Ashley Capoot / CNBC: |
Uber rolls out new features for US drivers to show how much they will earn and the destination before accepting a trip, display multiple trip requests, and more — - Uber announced a series of new features Friday aimed at enhancing drivers' experiences on the ridesharing app.
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| Rieko Miki / Nikkei Asia: |
The US and Japan plan to open a 2nm chip R&D center in 2022 and start mass production as early as 2025, to establish secure supply chains amid Taiwan tensions — Economic and diplomatic chiefs to discuss supply chains at 2+2 meeting Friday — Taiwan hosts the lion's share …
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Dell XPS 13 Plus review: thin, light, a great OLED screen, and a powerful P-series chip, but expensive, gets very hot, a poor battery life, and very few ports — The XPS 13 has a new design and a whole bunch of new problems — Dell collectively shocked everyone who follows the laptop market when it announced the XPS 13 Plus.| Strategy Analytics: |
Global smartphone shipments fell 7% YoY to 291M units in Q2 2022; Samsung had a 21.5% market share, followed by Apple's 16.3%, its best Q2 in the past 10 years — )— According to new research from Strategy Analytics, global smartphone shipments fell -7% YoY to 291 million units in Q2 2022.
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
A July 2022 proposal deck shows that Babel Finance lost 8K BTC and 56K ETH, worth $280M+, in proprietary trading of customer funds, as it seeks to raise money — - Babel Finance lost 8,000 BTC and 56,000 ETH in proprietary trading with customer funds, according to a restructuring proposal deck obtained by The Block.
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CoinJournal, BTC Times, Bitcoin Magazine, CryptoSlate, CoinDesk, and CoinGape
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The US Secret Service says it is considering disabling iMessage on employees' phones, blaming the app's E2E encryption for the loss of deleted January 6 texts — The Secret Service is considering turning off employees' ability to send iMessages on their work-issued iPhones …
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