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Congress has battled airlines, banks, tobacco and baseball. Now it’s preparing to clash with Big Tech.

The tech industry’s four most powerful chief executives will take the witness stand, swear an oath and submit to a harsh grilling from House lawmakers, who have been probing the web’s most recognizable names to determine if they have become too big and powerful. Congress has battled airlines, banks, tobacco and baseball. Now it’s preparing

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India is reportedly looking to ban 275 more Chinese apps — including PUBG

Last month, India banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, WeChat, and UC Browser after tension between both nations at the border. The country’s government is now inspecting to ban 275 more China-originated apps including popular battle royale game PlayerUnknown’s BattleGround (PUBG) and ByteDance‘s music app Resso. According to a report from the Economic Times, government officials

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Seoul-based Riiid, which uses AI to offer personalized study plans to students in its test prep app Santa, raises $41.8M, bringing its total raised to $70.2M (Kyle Wiggers/VentureBeat)

Kyle Wiggers / VentureBeat: Seoul-based Riiid, which uses AI to offer personalized study plans to students in its test prep app Santa, raises $41.8M, bringing its total raised to $70.2M  —  Riiid, a Seoul, South Korea-based startup developing AI test prep solutions, today closed a $41.8 million pre-series D financing round … Seoul-based Riiid, which

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