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Amazon plans to launch its long-awaited online marketplace in South Africa in 2024, delayed by issues including a land dispute, and invites sellers to register (Loni Prinsloo/Bloomberg)

Loni Prinsloo / Bloomberg: Amazon plans to launch its long-awaited online marketplace in South Africa in 2024, delayed by issues including a land dispute, and invites sellers to register  —  – US tech giant invited local sellers to register businesses  — Amazon to take on South African competitors such as Takealot

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Reddit kills Community Points, started in 2020 as a blockchain-based way to reward creators and developers, citing the regulatory environment and scaling issues (Morgan Sung/TechCrunch)

Morgan Sung / TechCrunch: Reddit kills Community Points, started in 2020 as a blockchain-based way to reward creators and developers, citing the regulatory environment and scaling issues  —  Reddit is winding down Community Points — the blockchain-based “internet points” program designed to reward creators and developers …

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Sources: internal Microsoft data shows that Windows 11, released in October 2021, passed 400M monthly active devices and is on pace to pass 500M by early 2024 (Zac Bowden/Windows Central)

Zac Bowden / Windows Central: Sources: internal Microsoft data shows that Windows 11, released in October 2021, passed 400M monthly active devices and is on pace to pass 500M by early 2024  —  Internal data reveals Windows 11 has been more successful than you might think.  —  According to my sources who are familiar with

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Similarweb: in September, X’s global monthly website traffic fell 14% YoY, US traffic declined 19% YoY, while traffic to Elon Musk’s profile page was up 96% YoY (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Similarweb: in September, X’s global monthly website traffic fell 14% YoY, US traffic declined 19% YoY, while traffic to Elon Musk’s profile page was up 96% YoY  —  Despite proclamations from X CEO Linda Yaccarino that usage of the social network was at an all-time high this summer …

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Vancouver-based Procurify, which sells spend management and procurement software, raised a $50M Series C led by Ten Coves Capital and says sales are up 100% YoY (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Vancouver-based Procurify, which sells spend management and procurement software, raised a $50M Series C led by Ten Coves Capital and says sales are up 100% YoY  —  Roughly eight years ago, a little-known startup called Procurify raised $4 million for its platform that hosts tools to take some of the pain

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Full Self-Driving, on a Budget

Self-driving is currently the Holy Grail in the automotive world, with a number of companies racing to build general-purpose autonomous vehicles that can get from point A to point B with no user input. While no one has brought one to market yet, at least one has promised this feature and had customers pay for

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The Colorado Supreme Court rules that Google evidence obtained via a “keyword search warrant” may be used, one of the first tests of the controversial practice (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: The Colorado Supreme Court rules that Google evidence obtained via a “keyword search warrant” may be used, one of the first tests of the controversial practice  —  – Ruling is first test of legality of keyword search warrants  — Suspect had been found to Google the address 14 times

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Linux Fu: Deep Git Rebasing

If you spend much time helping people with word processor programs, you’ll find that many people don’t really use much of the product. They type, change fonts, save, and print. But cross-references? Indexing? Largely, those parts of the program go unused. I’ve noticed the same thing with Git. We all use it constantly. But do

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ASML says new updates to US export curbs designed to block China’s access to highly advanced chip tech will lower its Chinese sales in the medium to long term (Cagan Koc/Bloomberg)

Cagan Koc / Bloomberg: ASML says new updates to US export curbs designed to block China’s access to highly advanced chip tech will lower its Chinese sales in the medium to long term  —  ASML Holding NV said new updates to US export curbs that are designed to block China’s access to highly advanced semiconductor

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Quest 3’s better passthrough video means people are once again walking around in public with face-mounted, video-recording devices, a throwback to “glassholes” (Sean Hollister/The Verge)

Sean Hollister / The Verge: Quest 3’s better passthrough video means people are once again walking around in public with face-mounted, video-recording devices, a throwback to “glassholes”  —  It’s happening: people are once walking into public places wearing a video-recording face computer on their heads.

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