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Apple launches a Wallet feature in the UK using the country’s Open Banking API, showing users their current account balances, deposits, and payment history (Benjamin Mayo/9to5Mac)

Benjamin Mayo / 9to5Mac: Apple launches a Wallet feature in the UK using the country’s Open Banking API, showing users their current account balances, deposits, and payment history  —  Apple is soft launching a new iPhone Wallet app integration today that is powered by the United Kingdom’s Open Banking API.

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NYC-based market intelligence company AlphaSense raised a $150M Series E at a $2.5B valuation, after raising $100M at a $1.8B valuation in April 2023 (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: NYC-based market intelligence company AlphaSense raised a $150M Series E at a $2.5B valuation, after raising $100M at a $1.8B valuation in April 2023  —  Market intelligence — where organizations gather information about industries, other businesses, trends, and more in order to use that data …

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How TikTok Shop’s growth in Indonesia, meant to be a template for a global expansion, ended in a ban amid backlash from rivals and an “activist” minister (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: How TikTok Shop’s growth in Indonesia, meant to be a template for a global expansion, ended in a ban amid backlash from rivals and an “activist” minister  —  – Company ordered to split off TikTok Shop in its No. 1 market  — Indonesia puts pressure on TikTok to protect local merchants

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GameStop names Ryan Cohen as CEO effective immediately and says he won’t receive compensation for his work as CEO, president, and executive chairman (Mike Calia/CNBC)

Mike Calia / CNBC: GameStop names Ryan Cohen as CEO effective immediately and says he won’t receive compensation for his work as CEO, president, and executive chairman  —  GameStop said Thursday morning that billionaire activist investor Ryan Cohen would take over as the video game retailer’s chief executive.

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A look at the rise of online feminism in China, driven by content on apps like Weibo, Douyin, WeChat, and Douban, despite increased scrutiny from the platforms (Wanqing Zhang/Rest of World)

Wanqing Zhang / Rest of World: A look at the rise of online feminism in China, driven by content on apps like Weibo, Douyin, WeChat, and Douban, despite increased scrutiny from the platforms  —  Lying in bed one night in 2021, Zhang Zirui was swiping through Chinese social media app Weibo when she came across

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Sources: OpenAI and Jony Ive’s LoveFrom are in advanced talks with Masayoshi Son to raise $1B+ from SoftBank to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence” (Financial Times)

Financial Times: Sources: OpenAI and Jony Ive’s LoveFrom are in advanced talks with Masayoshi Son to raise $1B+ from SoftBank to build the “iPhone of artificial intelligence”  —  ChatGPT creator in early discussions to create the ‘iPhone of artificial intelligence’

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Build beyond Windows: WSL and WSA in 2023

Microsoft has long intended to make Windows the place for developers. Its intention is shown in both software and hardware as the company aims to deliver tools that make it possible to build code wherever and for whatever. One recent example: the specifications of the second version of its flagship Surface Laptop Studio. Not only

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Indian fantasy sports and online gaming startups including Dream11 receive notices from tax authorities demanding hundreds of millions of dollars in back taxes (Benjamin Parkin/Financial Times)

Benjamin Parkin / Financial Times: Indian fantasy sports and online gaming startups including Dream11 receive notices from tax authorities demanding hundreds of millions of dollars in back taxes  —  Gaming companies receive demands for hundreds of millions of dollars  —  Indian tax authorities have sent notices to fantasy sports …

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SoundThinking, which makes the sensor-based gunshot-detection system ShotSpotter, acquires parts of Geolitica, which built the predictive policing tool PredPol (Wired)

Wired: SoundThinking, which makes the sensor-based gunshot-detection system ShotSpotter, acquires parts of Geolitica, which built the predictive policing tool PredPol  —  SoundThinking is purchasing parts of Geolitica, the company that created PredPol.  Experts say the acquisition marks a new era of companies dictating how police operate.

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