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New Chinese Regulation Hits Online Food Delivery Giants
The new regulation on online food delivery platforms in China has hit the industry hard, eroding over $25 billion in the stock value of the Meituan food delivery app being run by Alibaba. A group of Chinese authorities has announced that the food delivery platforms...
Bijay Pokharel,
February 21, 2022
1 min read
Spotify Paid $200 Million For Joe Rogan’s Podcast: Report
Spotify reportedly paid $200 million for the exclusive streaming rights to "The Joe Rogan Experience," double what has been previously reported.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 18, 2022
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Twitter Rolls Out Labels To Identify Bot Accounts
Twitter is now rolling out its new bot labels that will let bot accounts include a label to show they are automated.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 17, 2022
1 min read
Epic Games Says Its Game Accounts Crosses 500 MIllion
Fortnite developer Epic Games has announced that there are now more than 500 million game accounts.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 17, 2022
1 min read
Criminals Had $11 Billion Worth Illicit Cryptocurrencies In 2021
Cryptocurrencies have made criminals richer and in 2021, criminals held $11 billion worth of funds with known illicit sources, compared to just $3 billion at the end of 2020, a new report has revealed.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 17, 2022
2 min read
Apple Adds First Lightning iPad To ‘Vintage Product’ List
Apple has added the fourth-generation iPad to its absolute list of products. This iPad model was the company's first iPad to introduce the Lightning port.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 17, 2022
1 min read
PUBG Mobile Emerges As Top Grossing Mobile Game Globally For January 2022
PUBG Mobile from Tencent has emerged as the top-grossing mobile game worldwide for January 2022 with approximately $237 million in player spending.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 16, 2022
1 min read
Facebook Renames Its News Feed To Just ‘Feed’
Meta has renamed the Facebook News Feed to just 'Feed'. The brand is making the change because the mention of 'news' in 'News Feed' was apparently confusing for some.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 16, 2022
1 min read
Instagram Now Lets Users Like Stories Without Sending DM
Meta-owned American photo and video sharing social networking service Instagram has announced a new feature called "Private Story Likes" that will change how users interact with other people's Stories.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2022
1 min read
Musk Donates Over $5 Billion Worth Of Tesla Shares To Unnamed Charity
Tesla CEO and billionaire Elon Musk have donated more than $5 billion worth of Tesla shares to an unspecified charity in November 2021, as reported by Forbes.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2022
1 min read
Starlink Services Now Have 250k Users: Elon Musk
Starlink now has more than 2,50,000 users across 25 countries globally.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2022
1 min read
Intel Acquiring Israeli Chip Maker Tower For $6 Billion
Intel is reportedly acquiring Israeli contract chip manufacturer Tower Semiconductor for $6 billion.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2022
1 min read
Top Crypto Lender To Pay $100 Million Fine For Violating Securities Law
Popular crypto lender BlockFi will have to pay $100 million in penalties in the US for operating as an unregistered investment company.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 15, 2022
2 min read
Indian Govt Bans 54 Chinese Apps Citing Security Concern
India has banned 54 apps it says are of Chinese origin, including Sea Ltd.’s marquee game Free Fire, citing security concerns, people with knowledge of the matter said, the latest instance of tensions between the two neighbors locked in a protracted border dispute.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 14, 2022
2 min read
YouTube TV Bringing Picture-In-Picture To Its iOS App
YouTube TV is finally getting support for picture-in-picture (PiP) on iPhone and iPad.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 11, 2022
1 min read
Biden Allocates $5 Billion For EV Charging Network Amid China Threat
US President Joe Biden has announced a five-year, $5 billion plan to ramp up the nation's patchy EV charging network.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 11, 2022
2 min read
Reddit Expands Live Audio Chat To Desktop, Rolls Out New Features
Online discussion platform Reddit has expanded its live audio chats to desktop and rolled out several new features.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 10, 2022
2 min read
Sony Releases Voice Commands Feature To PS5 In New Beta Update
Sony has released a new beta update for the Playstation 5, which introduces new features such as improved settings menu UI along with a new voice assistant.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 10, 2022
1 min read
Google Duo Reaches 5 Billion Downloads On The Play Store
Google's video calling app Duo has now surpassed the 5 billion download milestone over on the Play Store.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2022
1 min read
Spotify To Invest $100 Million In Content From Marginalised Creators: CEO
Spotify will invest $100 million in the licensing, development and marketing of music and audio content from historically underrepresented creators, its CEO Daniel Ek has said.
Bijay Pokharel,
February 8, 2022
2 min read
