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How Technology Is Helping Improve Financial Inclusion Around the World
“There’s this new type of excitement about putting your money to work for you,” said Flori Marquez, the founder of BlockFi, a cryptocurrency trading platform.
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Samsung Launches New Galaxy S22 Smartphones and Tab S8 Tablets to Take on Apple
Samsung launched a slew of new smartphones and tablets at its Galaxy Unpacked event Wednesday.
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India Expects to Conclude 5G Spectrum Auction by August, IT Minister Says
5G refers to the fifth generation of high-speed mobile internet that aims to provide faster data speeds and more bandwidth.
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Global Smartphone Shipment Grew for the First Time Since 2017, New Report Says
Annual smartphone shipment grew 4% year on year to 1.39 billion handsets in 2021 even as the impact of Covid and a worldwide chip shortage hampered supplies.
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China Is Still ‘Three Or Four Generations' Away From Developing Latest Semiconductor Tech, IDC Says
China’s tech giants Alibaba, Tencent, Baidu and Meituan have all started investing heavily into chip development.
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Sony Teases New VR Headset for Its PlayStation 5 Console
Sony confirmed its new virtual reality hardware will be called PlayStation VR2.
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Why Investors Remain Bullish on India's Start-Up Outlook for 2022
India’s technology start-ups will continue to attract capital from both private and public markets next year as they grow and mature, investors told CNBC.
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Singapore's PropertyGuru Sets Its Sights on Mergers and Acquisitions After Its Planned SPAC Listing
PropertyGuru announced plans in July to go public through a merger with Bridgetown 2 Holdings — a blank-check company backed by Richard Li and Peter Thiel.
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Razer Shares Fall Nearly 8% After Group Including Co-Founder Offers to Take Company Private
A consortium that includes co-founder Tan Min-Liang made an offer to take the Hong Kong-listed gaming hardware company private.
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India Might Tighten Crypto Rules Instead of Imposing an Outright Ban, Crypto Exchange Boss Says
A parliamentary bulletin dated Nov. 23 showed that the Indian government plans to introduce a new bill that seeks to ban most private cryptocurrencies.
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The Global Chip Shortage Will Drag Into 2022 — But There Are Two Bright Spots, JPMorgan Says
An ongoing supply crunch for chips has hurt production across sectors ranging from cars to consumer appliances, and personal computers to smartphones.
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Indonesia's Tech Giant GoTo Group Raises $1.3 Billion Ahead of IPO Plans
Indonesia’s GoTo Group has secured $1.3 billion from investors in the first close of an ongoing funding round ahead of a planned initial public offering.
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More Than 75% of People in 6 Southeast Asian Countries Now Have Access to the Internet, Report Finds
Around 40 million people across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand came online for the first time this year, the report said.
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Ant Group-Backed Paytm Says It's ‘More Than Well-Capitalized' After Raising Its IPO Size
In papers submitted to India’s market regulator on Thursday, Paytm raised its IPO size from $2.2 billion to $2.44 billion.
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Australia Is Preparing for Another Showdown With Big Tech — This Time Over Defamatory Posts
Australia has been “at the forefront” of establishing regulatory framework for social media companies to operate, Minister Paul Fletcher said.
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Shares of Semiconductor Giant Samsung Fall After It Says Third-Quarter Profit Likely Rose 28%
Samsung said its operating profit for the quarter that ended in September was up 28% from a year ago to 15.8 trillion Korean won ($13.26 billion).
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Facebook Says Sorry for Mass Outage and Reveals Why It Happened
Facebook has apologized for the mass outage that left billions of users unable to access Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger for several hours.
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Southeast Asia's Carousell Is Considering All Growth Options Including IPO, CEO Says
Carousell said last week it raised $100 million in fresh funds that valued the company at more than a billion dollars.
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A ‘Perfect Storm' Is Brewing in India's Investment Scene, Says VC Investor
As many as 828 venture capital funded deals were announced between January and July, with a total disclosed value of $16.9 billion, according to GlobalData.
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The FCC Is Trying to Stop Robocalls, But the Scammers Won't Disappear
Recent rules from the FCC will slow robocall scammers down, but experts say they won’t disappear.