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Ananya Bhattacharya

Ananya Bhattacharya

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Whatever happened to the metaverse?

During the pandemic, the world learned the word for what you get when the lines between the real world and the internet blur: The metaverse. In...

15.03.2024 8

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Walmart is hiking pay and bonuses for store managers

Walmart is giving store managers an $11,000 reason to cheer in the new year.Read more...

19.01.2024 5

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Coca-Cola will invest $1 billion a year in India to "seize the moment"

“India has already seized the moment,” Hardeep Singh Puri, India’s minister of petroleum and natural Gas and minister of housing and urban...

19.01.2024 5

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British Airways is doubling its Mandarin-speaking staff to supercharge its sluggish China leg recovery

British Airways (BA) is literally doubling down on serving Chinese travelers.Read more...

18.01.2024 3

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Spirit's future is uncertain with the JetBlue deal grounded

A federal judge blocked low-cost carrier JetBlue’s $3.8 billion takeover of ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines this week, putting the smaller...

18.01.2024 9

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Sheryl Sandberg made Meta's board more diverse. Will her departure undo that?

Sheryl Sandberg will soon be leaving Meta’s board after 12 years.Read more...

18.01.2024 10

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Uber is shutting down its alcohol delivery app Drizly

Uber is pulling the plug on Drizly.Read more...

16.01.2024 6

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Substack's Nazi content has cost it a top tech newsletter

One of Substack’s most prominent writers is quitting the newsletter platform over its moderation decisions, citing that it is platforming and...

12.01.2024 3

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The US embassy in Colombia warned visitors that using dating apps could be lethal

US officials have a good reason for asking citizens visiting Colombia to refrain from using dating apps in the South American country.Read more...

12.01.2024 2

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Hindi music listeners are the only group of streamers that just keep growing

Hindi music is taking a bigger bite of the global music streaming pie with each passing year.Read more...

11.01.2024 3

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Binance and other crypto apps have disappeared from Apple's App Store in India

Several crypto apps are no longer appearing in Apple’s App Store in India, including the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance.Read more...

10.01.2024 3

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The SEC didn't have 2-factor authentication when it got hacked, X says

On Jan. 9, the US Securities and Exchange Commission’s X (formerly Twitter) account made a highly-anticipated announcement: That it had approved...

10.01.2024 30

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"Fool Me Once" may not be prestige TV, but it shot to the top of Netflix's charts—all according to plan

Most Harlan Coben novels-turned-TV-series shoot to the top of Netflix’s chart upon release, and the latest adaptation is no different. Read more...

09.01.2024 5

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3M is freezing pension plans, even as other companies like IBM find the practice outdated

3M will freeze its US pension plans for non-union US employees in five years.Read more...

09.01.2024 7

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Starbucks has to open a new store every 3 days to reach its goal in India

Starbucks is starting to brew Indian stores faster and faster.Read more...

09.01.2024 10

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Rising tension between India and the Maldives is spilling out into beach vacation plans

A growing diplomatic rift between India and its closest neighbor, the Maldives, could change how Indian beach-lovers travel in 2024.Read more...

08.01.2024 6

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India has a lot at stake in Bangladesh's upcoming election

India is rooting for an incumbent as Bangladesh goes to the polls on Monday (Jan. 7).Read more...

06.01.2024 3

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One-time meme stock AMC is hitting rock bottom

AMC Entertainments’s stock is in freefall, with no signs of bottoming out yet.Read more...

05.01.2024 5

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Twitch updated its attire policy to plug the holes in its sexual content policy

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04.01.2024 6

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These Stanley cups sold out at Target within minutes. Now, they're on eBay at more than double the price

Stanley’s limited edition Valentines Day-themed insulated cups have more than doubled their value on the resale market.Read more...

04.01.2024 6

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Elon Musk says the Tesla Cybertruck will definitely make a "good police vehicle"

A Texas police department wondered out loud—in a post on X (formerly Twitter)—if it should swap out its old vehicles for Tesla’s Cybertruck this...

04.01.2024 3

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A Tekken 8 filter for colorblind players is giving rise to other health concerns

Fighter video game Tekken 8, set to release later this month from game publisher Bandai Namco, plans to offer several color vision options to increase...

04.01.2024 30

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Japan Airlines' great evacuation is no miracle—it's a product of training

When a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane collided with a coast guard aircraft and caught fire at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Jan. 2, five out of six people...

03.01.2024 4

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The first-ever Mickey Mouse is no longer owned by Disney

The very first version of Mickey Mouse, featured in Walt Disney Co.’s 1928 short film “Steamboat Willie,” entered the public domain for the...

02.01.2024 2

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Greta Gerwig, who directed the blockbuster Barbie, is still an anomaly in Hollywood

Greta Gerwig delivered Hollywood’s biggest movie of 2023 with Barbie, which amassed almost $1.5 billion at the worldwide box office. The Mattel...

02.01.2024 2

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An innovative washing machine is bringing glass cups—and hygiene—back to India's tea stalls

India’s chai tapri (tea kiosk) culture at bus stops, railway stations, and seemingly every other street corner has persisted for decades, even as...

28.12.2023 6

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Tesla and Porsche have a new EV rival: Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi

Lei Jun, the billionaire co-founder and CEO of Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi, unveiled the company’s maiden electric car today (Dec. 28). Jun did...

28.12.2023 5

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Private equity ownership is bad for a hospital's health

Private equity has pumped more than $1 trillion into the US healthcare sector in the last decade, with over 8,000 deals completed. But it isn’t...

28.12.2023 7

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Free returns are a thing of Christmas past

This holiday season, returns are up and so is the cost of making them. More than four in five merchants now charge customers a fee to ship back or...

27.12.2023 8

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India's telecommunication laws are being rewritten in Starlink's favor

Elon Musk said in June he was “looking forward” to bringing Starlink to India. And now it’s likely he will be able to do just that, thanks to a...

21.12.2023 2

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Meta's oversight board says AI alone isn't enough to moderate Israel-Hamas war content

Meta’s oversight board does not agree with the company’s decision to take down two videos pertaining to the Israel-Hamas war—one of hostages...

20.12.2023 10

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19.12.2023 3

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An Abu Dhabi investor has bet $2.2 billion on Chinese EV maker Nio's resurgence

Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio just got a $2.2 billion funding boost from Abu Dhabi–based CYVN, even as its stock struggles to breach the $10...

19.12.2023 2

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The world's biggest shipping companies are boycotting the Suez Canal

The fallout from the Israel-Hamas war is reverberating in the Red Sea.Read more...

18.12.2023 2

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How hyper-sensitive satellites could combat climate crises from space

“Like every human has a unique fingerprint, every chemical or material has a unique spectral fingerprint,” Awais Ahmed says. But traditional...

18.12.2023 3

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Twitch says its revamped sexual content guidelines are fairer to female streamers

Twitch has streamlined its sexual content policies to make them less confusing–especially for women on the platform. Read more...

15.12.2023 4

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Why Temu ended its legal ceasefire with Shein

Shein and Temu are in a battle to conquer the US fast-fashion world, and the war has—once again—reached the courts. Over the last year, the Asian...

15.12.2023 5

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Misleading BP's board has cost its former CEO $40 million

BP’s ex-chief Bernard Looney is paying a hefty price for keeping things from the board.Read more...

14.12.2023 2

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A fan was fined $250,000 for selling Luke Combs-themed tumblers, calling copyright litigation into question

Luck Combs said it “makes me sick” to learn that a woman from Florida who sold unofficial tumblers with his likeness was sued by his team.Read...

14.12.2023 3

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Starlink traffic skyrocketed in Brazil this year—for better or for worse

SpaceX’s star satellite business is skyrocketing everywhere, and so are the threats it brings.Read more...

13.12.2023 5

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Netflix has released a trove of viewing data, but to what end?

Since 2021, Netflix has been sharing weekly top 10 and most popular lists, giving a window into the content being consumed on the streaming platform....

13.12.2023 6

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Amazon is still selling the clothes hook spy cameras it's being sued over

Amazon may be responsible, at least partly, for a man spying on an underage girl using a clothes hook hidden camera, a US judge ruled less than two...

12.12.2023 10

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The Epic Games antitrust win against Google paves the way for a bigger app store upset

Fortnite maker Epic Games’ antitrust trial win against Google has leveled up the fight to democratize app stores.Read more...

12.12.2023 8

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Days after mass layoffs, Spotify's finance chief is out

Spotify chief financial officer Paul Vogel is leaving his post on Mar. 31, 2024, the company announced yesterday (Dec. 7), saying he is no longer the...

08.12.2023 5

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Banking adversaries Elizabeth Warren and Jamie Dimon have found common ground on crypto

JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and US senator Elizabeth Warren have sparred over financial regulation for more than a decade. But in a rare occurrence...

07.12.2023 4

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Apple plans to move iPhone 16 battery production out of China and into India

Every time Apple has looked for an alternative to China for production, it has turned to India–this time, it’s for battery production. Read...

07.12.2023 10

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Blackpink's will-they-won't-they contract renewal dance finally ends on a happy note

Breathe: Blackpink is not breaking up.Read more...

06.12.2023 2

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Twitch can no longer afford to stay in South Korea

Streaming site Twitch has hit its Korean community with a whirlwind of bad news.Read more...

06.12.2023 2

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The price tag on Tesla's cheapest EV is going up in 2024

In the US, Tesla’s Model 3 still qualifies for the full $7,500 federal tax credit on electric vehicles—but not for long.Read more...

05.12.2023 2

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A disinformation scholar claims Meta is the reason her time at Harvard was cut short

Harvard University’s Kennedy School stands accused of muzzling a researcher and then muddling the facts around her dismissal in a bid to appease...

05.12.2023 6

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