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Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal leaves PhonePe board

Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal has stepped down from PhonePe’s board of directors, three quarters after making a similar move at the e-commerce giant. Bengaluru-headquartered PhonePe said it had appointed Manish Sabharwal, an executive at staffing and HR firm Teamlease, as … Continue reading

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New UK crypto regulations will include stablecoins and staking services

The U.K. is set to create an all-encompassing regulatory framework to govern the crypto sector in early 2025. Speaking on Thursday at the Tokenisation Summit in London, economic secretary to the treasury Tulip Siddiq confirmed that the new rules would … Continue reading

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Indonesia wants Apple to sweeten its $100 million proposal as tech giant lobbies for iPhone 16 sales

The Indonesian government expects Apple to invest more than $100 million into the country if it wants to sell its iPhone 16 in the growing market.

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Temu owner misses sales forecast as Chinese economy slows

US-listed shares of the e-commerce giant fell nearly 11% on Thursday following the announcement.

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A company is now developing human washing machines

Forget cold plunges. The new flex could soon be human washing machines. According to one of Japan’s oldest newspapers, an Osaka-based shower head maker called Science has developed a contraption that’s shaped like a cockpit, fills with water when a … Continue reading

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Texas AG opens investigation into advertising group that Elon Musk sued for ‘boycotting’ X

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on Thursday he is opening an investigation into the World Federation of Advertisers (WFA) to determine whether the trade group’s members conspired to boycott “certain social media platforms.” While the press release doesn’t name … Continue reading

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American Airlines is deploying new tech to shame boarding line cutters

American Airlines has a new tactic for shaming boarding line cutters: A loud beeper. CNBC reports that the airline is rolling out a system that emits two loud beeps when a traveler tries to get on an airplane before their … Continue reading

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Hackers break into Andrew Tate’s online ‘university,’ steal user data and flood chats with emojis

Hackers have breached an online course founded by ostensible influencer and self-described misogynist Andrew Tate, leaking data on close to 800,000 users, including thousands of email addresses and private user chat logs. The Daily Dot, which broke the news Thursday, … Continue reading

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Apple is reportedly building a more conversational Siri powered by LLMs

Apple is developing a new version of its voice assistant, Siri, powered by advanced large language models (LLMs), according to sources cited by Bloomberg. This more conversational Siri is part of Apple’s attempt to catch up in AI, where competitors … Continue reading

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Future Google supplier Kairos gets approval to build two small nuclear reactors

The reactors are scaled down versions of what Kairos hopes to ultimately build to supply Google with electricity. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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