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Sources: Indian conglomerate Tata Group is buying a 68% stake in online grocery delivery service BigBasket for ~$1.3B, valuing the startup at ~$1.85B (Times Now)

Times Now: Sources: Indian conglomerate Tata Group is buying a 68% stake in online grocery delivery service BigBasket for ~$1.3B, valuing the startup at ~$1.85B  —  Tata’s stake will translate into an enterprise value of Rs 13,500 crore for BigBasket, ET Now reported. Sources: Indian conglomerate Tata Group is buying a 68% stake in online

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20 music streaming services have paid $424M+ in historical unmatched royalties to Mechanical Licensing Collective; Apple paid $163M, Spotify $153M, Amazon $42M (Cathy Applefeld Olson/Forbes)

Cathy Applefeld Olson / Forbes: 20 music streaming services have paid $424M+ in historical unmatched royalties to Mechanical Licensing Collective; Apple paid $163M, Spotify $153M, Amazon $42M  —  The Mechanical Licensing Collective has received a total of $424.38 million in accrued historical unmatched royalties … 20 music streaming services have paid 4M+ in historical unmatched

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Triller didn't deny the claim from a source that it inflates MAUs to the public and says there's "no legal definition of MAU/DAU", ahead of expected SPAC merger (Micah Singleton/Billboard)

Micah Singleton / Billboard: Triller didn’t deny the claim from a source that it inflates MAUs to the public and says there’s “no legal definition of MAU/DAU”, ahead of expected SPAC merger  —  “There is no legal definition of MAU/DAU,” says Mike Lu, Triller CEO.  “We are an open ecosystem … Triller’s value is in

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Survey of 2,200+ Facebook users from Dec.-Jan.: 330+ saw flagged posts about controversial issues, like 2020 election, but "false" label was added only 12 times (The Markup)

The Markup: Survey of 2,200+ Facebook users from Dec.-Jan.: 330+ saw flagged posts about controversial issues, like 2020 election, but “false” label was added only 12 times  —  Data from Citizen Browser shows how rare it is for a post to be called “false”—especially if you’re the president Survey of 2,200+ Facebook users from Dec.-Jan.:

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A hacker claims to have stolen and posted files from global law firm Jones Day on the dark web; Jones Day says a file-sharing company it used was compromised (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: A hacker claims to have stolen and posted files from global law firm Jones Day on the dark web; Jones Day says a file-sharing company it used was compromised  —  Firm disputes network breach, says its file-transfer company was compromised  —  A hacker claims to have stolen files belonging … A hacker

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Sources: Google's Stadia VP Phil Harrison sent an email to Stadia's game studios lauding their "great progress", despite execs' knowledge of impending shutdown (Kotaku)

Kotaku: Sources: Google’s Stadia VP Phil Harrison sent an email to Stadia’s game studios lauding their “great progress”, despite execs’ knowledge of impending shutdown  —  Developers at Google’s recently formed game studios were shocked February 1 when they were notified that the studios … Sources: Google's Stadia VP Phil Harrison sent an email to Stadia's

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Microsoft has created a game accessibility testing program, letting studios send in their games for in-person validation based on Microsoft's updated guidelines (Igor Bonifacic/Engadget)

Igor Bonifacic / Engadget: Microsoft has created a game accessibility testing program, letting studios send in their games for in-person validation based on Microsoft’s updated guidelines  —  Xbox Adaptive Controller in 2018, Microsoft has placed a greater emphasis on making its games more accessible to those with disabilities and impairments. Microsoft has created a game

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