Monthly Archives: February 2024

UK chip designer Arm sees shares almost double

The firm’s shares have soared since its earnings announcement last week and are now up more than 98%.

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Paytm target slashed by Macquarie on regulatory woes

Macquarie dramatically cut its 12-month price target on One97 Communications Ltd., the parent company of digital payments firm Paytm, citing heightened regulatory scrutiny. Macquarie, which predicted the slump at Paytm before the listing, lowered its target to 275 rupees, the … Continue reading

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President Biden has a meme strategy, and it’s leaning on Dark Brandon

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign has finally set up shop on TikTok. Despite controversy in Congress over the app, TikTok is an indispensable tool for presidential candidates to reach young voters, experts say. “I wasn’t surprised at all to see … Continue reading

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Xbox says no plans to quit consoles — but a podcast format announcement?

Xbox and PlayStation have had their rivalries for years — and they started playing in the sandbox together as infants. Even though these players have grown up — they’re still in competition for gamer’s time and money. Famous rivalries in … Continue reading

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Meta’s Threads app to feature political discussions in new Today’s Topics test

Meta is introducing a new feature called “Today’s Topics” on its Threads app, aiming to highlight current discussions that are capturing the attention of its user base. Announced by CEO Mark Zuckerberg, this initiative is set to begin with a … Continue reading

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Helldivers becomes Sony’s biggest steam launch

The Arrowhead and Sony game Hellldivers surpasses other record-setting titles such as God of War and Spider-Man on Steam. The two were eclipsed by the third-person cooperative shooter that now boasts the top spot and 155,000 concurrent users on the … Continue reading

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The not-so-secret-anymore lunar mining startup

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Hackers uncover new TheTruthSpy stalkerware victims: Is your Android device compromised?

A consumer-grade spyware operation called TheTruthSpy poses an ongoing security and privacy risk to thousands of people whose Android devices are unknowingly compromised with its mobile surveillance apps, not least due to a simple security flaw that its operators never … Continue reading

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That anti-Tesla Super Bowl ad just got the wrong kind of attention from the NTSB

The National Transportation Safety Board, a U.S. government agency that investigates crashes, has ordered the Dawn Project organization to stop using its seal after it appeared in a Super Bowl ad that called for consumers to boycott Tesla. The NTSB … Continue reading

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Spotify’s layoffs put an end to a musical encyclopedia, and fans are pissed

On a brutal December day, 17% of Spotify employees found out they had been laid off in the company’s third round of job cuts that year. Not long after, music fans around the world realized that the cult-favorite website Every … Continue reading

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