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Digital banking giant Revolut is launching phone plans for travelers in the UK

Digital banking startup Revolut is launching travel eSIM plans in the U.K. that give users access to data abroad without suffering roaming charges.

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Biden campaign debuts official TikTok account, but app is still banned on most government devices

The TikTok account, with the handle “@bidenhq,” debuted Sunday during Lunar New Year celebrations in China and Super Bowl 58 in the U.S.

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China may be making more advanced chips despite U.S. sanctions — but it still faces big problems

China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC seems to have been manufacturing advanced chips, defying U.S. sanctions designed to slow down Beijing’s progress.

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Investors in Airbnb arbitrage business allege they were defrauded in scheme promising ‘higher returns than the stock market’

Airbnb’s sprawling marketplace enabled an arbitrage business to illicitly operate and attract investors in the process.

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As Sam Bankman-Fried awaits prison sentence, FTX customers await a surprise: full repayment

Fifteen months after FTX filed for bankruptcy, customers are being told they could be repaid in full.

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Amazon’s Prime Video lands exclusive NFL playoff game next season

Amazon is going deeper into the NFL after agreeing in 2021 to pay about $1 billion a year for the exclusive rights to Thursday Night Football.

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AI might be reading your Slack messages: ‘A lot of this becomes thought crime’

Aware uses AI to analyze companies’ employee messages across Slack, Microsoft Teams, Zoom and other communications services.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman seeks as much as $7 trillion for new AI chip project: Report

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wants to overhaul the global semiconductor industry with trillions of dollars in investment, The Wall Street Journal reported.

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Bitcoin breaks above $47,000 for the first time since March 2022

Bitcoin marched higher to end the week, with its price breaching the $47,000 level for the first time since March 2022. 

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China e-commerce player Temu is about to run its second Super Bowl ad — and do $10 million in giveaways

It’s rare for a Chinese firm to buy a Super Bowl ad spot, which costs millions of dollars, but Temu already ran its first Super Bowl commercial last year.

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