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Google Wallet appears in India, with local integrations, but Pay will stay
Google Wallet will finally launch in India — nearly two years after its relaunch as a digital wallet platform in the U.S. — according to a preview of the app that the company accidentally posted on the Google Play store in the country. After TechCrunch spotted the listing for the app — which will let […]
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Microsoft’s $1.5B check for G42 shows growing US-China rift
As the Gulf region gains growing strategic importance for the tech war between the U.S. and China, Microsoft makes a big move into one of its richest oil countries. On Monday evening, Microsoft announced a $1.5 billion strategic investment in G42, the Abu Dhabi-based company that has become a major force in the United Arab […]
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Finmid raises $24.7M to help SMBs access loans through platforms like Wolt
finmid is building an embedded finance product that targets that relationship between marketplaces and sellers, and raised a Series A round to further build out its product and enter new markets.
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Big Tech’s ad transparency tools are still woeful, Mozilla research report finds
“We feel there are major gaps between the spirit of the EU regulation and these repositories in practice,” the report authors write.
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Threads is finally testing a recent filter for search results
Meta-owned social network Threads is finally testing a “Recent” filter to sort search results by the latest. Instagram head Adam Mosseri noted Monday that this is a limited test, and the feature is available to only a few people. “We’re starting to test this with a small number of people, so it’s easier to find […]
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Trump Media stock plummets again
Tesla trims workforce by 14,000
Tesla layoffs hit high performers, slashes some departments, sources say
Tesla management told employees Monday that the recent round of layoffs — which gutted some departments by 20% and even hit high performers– were largely due to poor financial performance, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch. The layoffs were announced to staff just a week before Tesla is scheduled to report its first-quarter […]
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TechCrunch Space: True Anomaly and Rocket Lab will make big moves on orbit (literally)
Hello and welcome back to TechCrunch Space. I hope everyone had a great time at Space Symposium! Hopefully I’ll see you there next year.
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