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Perplexity partners with PayPal for in-chat shopping as AI race heats up

Perplexity is partnering with PayPal to let users make instant purchases directly within chat.

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Baidu’s robotaxi unit plans Europe expansion

Chinese tech company Baidu’s Apollo Go robotaxi business plans to expand to Europe this year, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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Chinese tech giant Tencent posts 13% revenue jump as growth at key gaming unit surges

Tencent on Wednesday reported an annual rise in its top and bottom line in the first quarter fuelled by accelerated growth in its key gaming business.

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Sony shares rise about 2% in volatile trading following share buyback announcement

Sony shares rose about 2% on Wednesday after the company announced a 250 billion yen share buyback and operating income beat estimates.

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Samsung Electronics to acquire heating and cooling solutions provider FläktGroup for 1.5 billion euros

Samsung Electronics on Wednesday said it would acquire German-based FläktGroup, a leading heating and cooling solutions provider, for 1.5 billion euros.

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Stock and crypto trading site eToro prices IPO at $52 per share ahead of Nasdaq debut

Israel-based stock brokerage platform eToro said it has priced shares for its IPO at $52, which would value the company at about $4.2 billion

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Dallas Mavericks were paid $33 million over 3 years by Chime for jersey patch

In Chime Financial’s IPO prospectus on Tuesday, the company disclosed terms of its sponsorship deal with the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks.

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Epic Systems sued by CureIS Healthcare for alleged ‘scheme to destroy’ its business

Epic Systems sued by CureIS Healthcare for alleged ‘scheme to destroy’ its business

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Fintech company Chime files for Nasdaq IPO

An initial public offering from Chime could help to attract more companies to public markets.

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Google is testing AI search on its homepage

Since the launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, Alphabet investors have been concerned that OpenAI could take market share from Google in search.

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