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When international investors such as General Atlantic and the Carlyle Group invested in Chinese fintech firm Ant Group in 2018, they likely hoped for a big payoff given its dominance in facilitating payments for both Chinese brick-and-mortar merchants and e-commerce sites such as Alibaba. Those hopes were dashed in 2020, when Chinese authorities abruptly canceled Ant’s initial public offering, which would have valued it at more than $300 billion.
Now Ant’s restructuring will deprive those international inv
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As Vin Diesel posts through it, it seems the Fast & Furious franchise is in a bit of disarray as it's so close to an endgame. Read more ›
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You can watch the first three installments of the Taylor Sheridan oil drama now. Read more ›
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Rumor has it that upcoming budget GPUs from AMD and Intel can outpace Nvidia's mid-ranged RTX 4060 Ti. Read more ›
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Bluesky has updated its impersonation policy to be "more aggressive" after third-party analysis highlighted its verification problem. The Bluesky Safety account said that the social media service is removing accounts that are impersonating other people and those squatting on handles. Bluesky doesn't have a conventional verification system, so it's easy for unscrupulous users to pretend to be someone else either for attention or to scam other people. That may not... Read more ›
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British Airways is taking its first class to a new level of luxury. It's a trend among other airlines like Lufthansa and Qantas, unlike US carriers. Read more ›
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Vrai AI claims to distinguish between real and fake products with near perfect accuracy. Read more ›
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Image: Epic Games If it feels like Fortnite just had a major concert, that’s because it did — the beginning of November saw a live performance from Snoop Dogg and Ice Spice in New York that also aired in game. That event was used to kick off a mini season that remixed the battle royale’s second chapter. Now here we are with another virtual concert, albeit one that looks like... Read more ›
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My family loves luxury travel but my sister and her family prefer adventurous trips. Our group vacation to a resort had cons but brought us closer. Read more ›
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Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge If you’re looking to catch up on recent shows and movies — including Shogun, The Penguin, and Dune: Part Two — the ongoing holiday weekend is the perfect time to do so. Thankfully, multiple streaming services are slashing subscription prices for Black Friday and Cyber Monday, including Max, Hulu, and others. Right now, for example, you can sign up for a year of... Read more ›
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Chinese GPU maker Gunnir has posted a teaser hinting the launch of Intel's Battlemage Arc GPUs on December 4. Read more ›
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My husband and I don't have any kids, so I am saving for my nieces and nephew's college tuition. I don't want them to have student loan debt. Read more ›
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The hypersonic ballistic missile was first used by Russia in an attack on Dnipro, eastern Ukraine, in November. Read more ›
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Adobe reports $7.9 billion in online spending on Black Friday, up 8.2% from 2023, and expects final online numbers between $10.7 and $11 billion. Read more ›
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Whether it's the standard T9 SSD or the T7 Shield version, both are at nearly half price. Read more ›
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The Iran-backed rebels have spent the past year using missiles and drones to attack military and civilian ships in the Red Sea and beyond. Read more ›
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Citadel: Diana, The Boys, and Fallout are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week. Read more ›
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I always thought I was into big, bold smartwatches. Then I met the new Apple Watch, which is on sale for this weekend, after Black Friday. Read more ›
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Ford's CEO loved driving the Xiaomi SU7 and our reviewer can see why. He says the Chinese EV looks great, delivers on performance and is also a bargain. Read more ›
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Missed Black Friday? No worries, save 89% at StackSocial on a new license for Windows 11 Pro. Read more ›
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Brightcove, which makes software to help companies create and make money from videos, agreed to be taken private by Italian mobile app operator Bending Spoons for $233 million in cash in a deal expected to close early next year, the companies announced on Monday. The purchase price Bending ... Read more ›
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Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, announced on Monday that he would reinstate a tax credit for electric vehicle purchases if the incoming Trump Administration removes federal EV tax credits. But the state may not extend the credits to Tesla because of the company’s large market ... Read more ›
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If Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. had its way, the chip manufacturing powerhouse would be a neutral party in the battle between the U.S. and China for technological supremacy—a semiconductor version of Switzerland, one TSMC executive told The Information. Unfortunately, the company may find it increasingly tough to avoid picking a side. Last month, the U.S. Commerce Department launched an investigation into whether TSMC was still producing chips for Chinese tech... Read more ›
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Uber announced a new service on Tuesday to help companies label their data and train artificial intelligence models. Through the new service, Scaled Solutions, Uber will hire data labelers on contract to provide companies with human-written annotations, such as descriptions of images or rankings ... Read more ›
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Apple’s desire to make its products thinner could dampen sales in China if its engineers can’t overcome a design hurdle with the slim iPhone planned for release next fall—it can’t fit a physical SIM card tray, which is required in China. Apple plans to release its slim iPhone next year, alongside new versions of its traditional models, aiming to rejuvenate iPhone sales by providing customers with a compelling reason to... Read more ›
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The judge overseeing Google’s search antitrust case warned that he doesn’t want to delay the upcoming trial of remedies to deal with Google’s illegal search monopoly, now scheduled for the spring. At a status conference for the case on Tuesday, the judge said the incoming presidential ... Read more ›
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It’s a bit early to be offering predictions for 2025, but here goes anyway. Chances are very good that sometime next year we’re going to hear a bunch of complaints about newly released Apple iPhones dropping calls more often than previous models did. In other words, we’re in for a repeat of the “Antennagate” brouhaha of 2010, when similar connectivity issues on the new iPhone 4 became a big story.Assuming... Read more ›
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TikTok CEO Shou Chew has been in touch with Elon Musk, asking his opinions on the incoming Trump administration and tech policy, according to a Wall Street Journal report on Saturday. The report shows how TikTok management are extending efforts to avoid a ban by getting close to people around ... Read more ›
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The Intercept can proceed with a lawsuit against OpenAI alleging that the AI firm used the news outlet’s content without permission or credit, a judge ruled on Friday. The ruling, which was first reported by The Intercept, is a step forward for news publishers which have been fighting AI ... Read more ›
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Wall Street financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald—which is run by Howard Lutnick, Donald Trump’s nominee for Commerce Secretary—struck a deal last year to invest in Tether, the world’s biggest stablecoin issuer, receiving a stake of about 5% which the Wall Street firm valued ... Read more ›
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