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What happens when an online game dies?

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Financial Times 2 place · 07/04/2026 00:00 EDT

Games such as ‘Destiny 2’ are more than entertainment products. They are social spaces where friendships, identities and rituals are built Read more ›

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Apple plans to scan US iPhones for child abuse imagery

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Financial Times · 08/05/2021 11:02 EDT

Security researchers raise alarm over potential surveillance of personal devices Read more ›

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ByteDance cuts jobs in education unit following Beijing crackdown

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Financial Times · 08/05/2021 07:58 EDT

New regulations in China curtail key growth area for world’s most valuable start-up Read more ›

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Uber: race to adjusted ebitda profits is less promising than it sounds

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Financial Times · 08/05/2021 07:29 EDT

Group’s claim that its core rides business is already profitable is extremely selective Read more ›

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India threatens Flipkart with fine over alleged FDI violations

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Financial Times · 08/05/2021 03:26 EDT

Walmart-owned ecommerce group valued at $37bn and its founders could face $1.35bn penalty Read more ›

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SoftBank to invest $100m in former partner’s fund

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Financial Times 2 place · 08/05/2021 00:00 EDT

Jeff Housenbold aims to win deals by providing counsel to consumer tech start-ups Read more ›

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Heavy spending on driver incentives weighs on Uber’s performance

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Financial Times · 08/04/2021 18:06 EDT

Number of trips rise but rideshare company had to splash out to get drivers back behind the wheel Read more ›

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Heavy spending on driver incentives weigh on Uber’s performance

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Financial Times 2 place · 08/04/2021 16:44 EDT

Gains from stakes in Aurora and China’s Didi disguise weaker than expected performance for rideshare business Read more ›

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DoorDash in talks to invest in German grocery app Gorillas

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Financial Times · 08/04/2021 14:42 EDT

Start-up seeks to raise hundreds of millions of dollars at a valuation of about $2.5bn Read more ›

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Automakers urged to supercharge electric plans

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Financial Times · 08/04/2021 14:02 EDT

Rocket Robinhood, SEC on crypto Wild West, Android wireless chargers Read more ›

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NYU researchers accuse Facebook of ‘silencing’ them after accounts disabled

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Financial Times 3 place · 08/04/2021 12:53 EDT

NYU Ad Observatory project encouraged volunteers to collect data on political advertising in order to study targeting Read more ›

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Match: the dating app group that wants to be friends

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Financial Times · 08/04/2021 10:03 EDT

For a better relationship with investors it must clarify its intentions Read more ›

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SoftBank acquires $5bn stake in Swiss drugmaker Roche

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Financial Times · 08/04/2021 03:45 EDT

Deal struck through unit of Japanese technology group that was behind ‘Nasdaq whale’ trade Read more ›

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Singapore lures crypto exchanges in bid to be Asia’s hub

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Financial Times · 08/04/2021 03:04 EDT

#techAsia, your guide to the billions made and lost in Asia tech Read more ›

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How to build an artificial tree

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Financial Times · 08/04/2021 03:00 EDT

A tiny start-up founded by three Stanford graduates believes its lab holds the secret to reducing climate change Read more ›

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Brussels faces test of its will to tackle Big Tech

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Financial Times · 08/04/2021 00:00 EDT

Two sets of draft legislation come as member states urge stronger action Read more ›

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FirstFT: Tencent puts restrictions on children’s gaming

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Financial Times · 08/03/2021 17:31 EDT

Tencent tackles gaming addiction among children, investigation finds New York governor harassed women, Singapore to grant first crypto licence Read more ›

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Tencent under pressure over ‘opium’ gaming addiction

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Financial Times · 08/03/2021 13:30 EDT

IMF warns on crypto, the eOlympics debate, Google’s Pixel 6 Read more ›

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Alibaba’s growth slows as China pushes tech regulation

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Financial Times · 08/03/2021 10:35 EDT

Ecommerce giant also faces increased competition from Pinduoduo and JD.com Read more ›

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The era of start-up excess shows no sign of abating

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Financial Times · 08/03/2021 10:12 EDT

The hype machine that transformed lossmaking WeWork into a $47bn company is still churning Read more ›

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Tencent/Alibaba: reading between the lions after ‘spiritual opium’ slur

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Financial Times · 08/03/2021 09:10 EDT

Beijing’s game of sectoral whack-a-mole means investors must expect limits on share valuations Read more ›

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