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Shopify Offers a la Carte Services in Effort to Woo Bigger Retailers

Jan 3, 2023 · 8:54am PST
Shopify announced a new way for large retailers to integrate its products individually into their existing offerings, a notable move given the e-commerce giant’s historic focus on smaller sellers.
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Elon Musk Has a New Number 2 at Tesla

Jan 3, 2023 · 8:03am PST
Tesla Head of China Tom Zhu is Running Global Sales and Deliveries
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Gemini Blasts Barry Silbert Over $900 Million in Frozen Funds

Jan 3, 2023 · 7:26am PST
Customers of Gemini Earn have been unable to withdraw more than $900 million in assets after Gemini and Genesis paused withdrawals in mid-November.
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SpaceX Raising $750 Million at $137 Billion Valuation

Jan 2, 2023 · 10:46pm PST
The new valuation is higher than the $125 billion valuation SpaceX had in its previous funding round last year.
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Lawmaker Calling for TikTok Ban Says Sale of App to U.S. Company Would Be Acceptable

Jan 2, 2023 · 3:01pm PST
As TikTok faces intense scrutiny in Washington due to national security concerns, the app's future is looking more uncertain.
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Sam Bankman-Fried Expected to Plead Not Guilty in Criminal Case

Dec 30, 2022 · 1:50pm PST
Bankman-Fried is expected to plead not guilty on all eight counts of fraud and money laundering charges in a hearing next week.
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Fidelity Cuts Twitter Valuation by 56%

Dec 30, 2022 · 12:24pm PST
The November filing values Fidelity’s holdings at $23.5 million
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Elon Musk Slashes Office Costs at Twitter

Dec 30, 2022 · 9:29am PST
Twitter is closing its Seattle office and has cut spending on cleaning and security services at other locations as part of an effort to eliminate nearly $1 billion in annual, non-labor expenses.
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Bahamian Regulators Seized $3.5 Billion of FTX Assets

Dec 30, 2022 · 6:48am PST
The commission said that it will hold the tokens until it can return them to customers or to the joint provisional liquidators.
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Workers On Edge As Google Cuts More Costs

Dec 29, 2022 · 8:14pm PST
Google is cutting more expenses, after reducing funding for an employee incubator and canceling other projects earlier this year.
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Alibaba’s Cloud Computing Chief Steps Down

Dec 29, 2022 · 7:57pm PST
The change comes at a time when Alibaba Cloud, once the e-commerce giant's most promising business, has been grappling with slowing growth.
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China Further Tightens Regulations For Online Education Sector

Dec 29, 2022 · 5:18pm PST
The move comes after China's ban on for-profit tutoring services last year dealt a severe blow to the country's online education sector.
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Solana Token Plunges 30% in Past Week

Dec 29, 2022 · 2:14pm PST
Sam Bankman-Fried had close ties to Solana, having promoted and invested in several projects on the chain through FTX and his trading firm, Alameda Research.
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Twitter Goes Offline Amid Data Center Shutdown

Dec 28, 2022 · 6:05pm PST
It’s unclear what caused the outages Wednesday 
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China Approves Imported Video Games For First Time in 18 Months

Dec 28, 2022 · 3:48pm PST
The move is the latest indication of how the Chinese government's regulatory crackdown on the country's online gaming sector may be easing.
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Mastodon Founder Rejects Silicon Valley Funding Offers

Dec 28, 2022 · 10:14am PST
Its German founder Eugen Rochko said he has has turned down more than five investment offers
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TikTok Banned From Devices Managed by U.S. House of Representatives

Dec 27, 2022 · 9:59pm PST
This is the latest example of how TikTok, owned by Chinese internet giant ByteDance, is facing severe geopolitical headwinds in the U.S.
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Tesla Shares Sink 11% After Shanghai Plant Closes

Dec 27, 2022 · 4:07pm PST
The share price drop continues a long slide in the value of Tesla shares, which are down 73% this year.
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Tech Hiring Remained Hot Even During Layoff Frenzy

Dec 27, 2022 · 3:51pm PST
As layoffs ramped up in the tech industry between April and October, plenty of firms were still hiring.
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Saudi Arabia Takes Control of Augmented Reality Firm Magic Leap

Dec 26, 2022 · 9:35pm PST
Magic Leap, once valued at more than $4 billion, has struggled to live up to the hype it built around its AR technology.