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How, in two years, JioMart grew to fulfill 600K grocery deliveries per day in 260 Indian cities, via WhatsApp integration and using Dunzo for last-mile delivery (Nilesh Christopher/Rest of World)

How, in two years, JioMart grew to fulfill 600K grocery...

Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World:How, in two years, JioMart grew to fulfill 600K...

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Nigeria's central bank slashes the daily ATM withdrawal limit from ~$337/day to ~$45/day in a bid to boost digital payments and eNaira digital currency adoption (Bloomberg)

Nigeria's central bank slashes the daily ATM withdrawal...

Bloomberg:Nigeria's central bank slashes the daily ATM withdrawal limit from ~$337/day...

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US Congress omits the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act from the defense spending bill, amid intense pushback from industry and advocacy groups (Cristiano Lima/Washington Post)

US Congress omits the Journalism Competition and Preservation...

Cristiano Lima / Washington Post:US Congress omits the Journalism Competition and...

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An Australian court fined Uber A$21M for threatening cancellation fees it never charged and overstating fare estimates on some rides; ACCC sought a A$26M fine (Byron Kaye/Reuters)

An Australian court fined Uber A$21M for threatening cancellation...

Byron Kaye / Reuters:An Australian court fined Uber A$21M for threatening cancellation...

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Microsoft signs a 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to Nintendo platforms for the first time, pending FTC approval of its Activision Blizzard acquisition (Shannon Liao/Washington Post)

Microsoft signs a 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty to...

Shannon Liao / Washington Post:Microsoft signs a 10-year deal to bring Call of Duty...

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Pinterest adds Elliott Management's Marc Steinberg to its board as part of an agreement with the activist investor; Elliott has a stake of over 9% in Pinterest (Sarah E. Needleman/Wall Street Journal)

Pinterest adds Elliott Management's Marc Steinberg to its...

Sarah E. Needleman / Wall Street Journal:Pinterest adds Elliott Management's Marc...

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Researchers find industrial robot exposure among Chinese workers led to a 7.5% decline in employment, 9% drop in hourly wages, and 14% increase in hours worked (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

Researchers find industrial robot exposure among Chinese...

Thomas Claburn / The Register:Researchers find industrial robot exposure among Chinese...

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How Geneva-based developer Proton is waging a sustained fight against Russia's censorship and surveillance campaigns using its VPN tech (New York Times)

How Geneva-based developer Proton is waging a sustained...

New York Times:How Geneva-based developer Proton is waging a sustained fight against...

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Atomico: European startups are on track to raise $85B in 2022, down from $100B+ in 2021; the European tech industry lost ~$400B in value, dropping to $2.7T (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Atomico: European startups are on track to raise $85B in...

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:Atomico: European startups are on track to raise $85B...

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'It feels good!': Van Jones reacts to Warnock's win

'It feels good!': Van Jones reacts to Warnock's win

CNN Political Commentator Van Jones reacts to Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock's...

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Signature Bank plans to reduce its crypto-tied deposits by $8B-$10B to under 15%; as of September 2022, ~23.5% of the bank's $103B deposits came from crypto (Helene Braun/CoinDesk)

Signature Bank plans to reduce its crypto-tied deposits...

Helene Braun / CoinDesk:Signature Bank plans to reduce its crypto-tied deposits...

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Democrats take 51-49 Senate majority

Democrats take 51-49 Senate majority

1 hr 16 min agoKey takeaways from Georgia’s Senate runoffFrom CNN's Gregory Krieg and Eric...

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Mid-season friendlies: How are PL clubs preparing for when season resumes?

Mid-season friendlies: How are PL clubs preparing for when...

The Premier League returns three weeks today having halted to accommodate a winter...