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BeReal, the buzziest app of 2022, has been purchased by a cell recreation writer

Sport writer Voodoo (identified for free-to-play cell titles full of adverts) has purchased the social platform BeReal (identified for a scorching scorching quarter-hour of fame in 2022) for €500 million. Though BeReal has fallen off the radar since its much-hyped peak, Voodoo says the app has grown to 40 million energetic customers. “BeReal achieved unbelievable consumer loyalty and progress, displaying …

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Jabra will no longer make its Elite wireless earbuds or headphones

On the same day that Jabra announced its latest generation of wireless earbuds, the company has unexpectedly called it quits for the entire consumer audio category. In a press release that cites the rising costs of competition, GN (Jabra’s parent company) announced its intent to “gradually wind-down its Elite and Talk product lines to further increase focus and resources on …

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The biggest threat to Marvel Rivals is all the other rival team shooters

Marvel Rivals pits its greatest heroes against each other and it’s a lot of fun. It’s also a familiar kind of fun if you’ve ever played Overwatch. As Overwatch 2 fights to hold onto players (and attract new ones), there’s no shortage of new games with similar team PvP dynamics, modes and characters. Like Valve’s leaked Deadlock title, or PlayStation’s Concord, …

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Jeff Bezos dethrones Bernard Arnault to reclaim crown of world’s richest person

Jeff Bezos has reclaimed the title of the world’s richest person from luxury tycoon Bernard Arnault. Bezos, Amazon’s cofounder, now leads Bloomberg’s Billionaires Index with a $209 billion net worth. Bezos, Arnault, and Elon Musk have swapped places frequently atop the list in recent years. Jeff Bezos has reclaimed the top spot as the world’s richest person once again. According …

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Deutsche Telekom wins EU interest fight, bodes well for Intel

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Deutsche Telekom on Tuesday won a legal fight to get EU antitrust regulators to pay interest on the portion of a fine reimbursed after an appeal, in what could be good news for a similar 593-million-euro ($638 million) claim by Intel. A score of companies have in recent years sued competition enforcers for default …

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Silicon Valley needs a new kind of savior

Open up Instagram and see how quickly your feed is interrupted by a piece of suggested content or an ad. It will likely be the second or third thing you see. Open up Facebook, and you’ll see much the same thing: recommendations to join random groups, AI-generated content, or comments from scammers hawking cryptocurrency. Over on Google, you’ll find similar …

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Soccer tokens shine ahead of summer of sport

By Lisa Pauline Mattackal (Reuters) – As football fever builds for major tournaments in Europe and the Americas, a small yet buzzy part of the cryptoverse is stealing centre stage: fan tokens. These are not your average digital assets, they’re tokens issued by national sides or individual clubs that promise supporters a tradeable way to engage with their teams. Activity …

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China issues draft rules to expand cross-border e-commerce

BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Tuesday issued draft rules to promote construction of overseas warehouses and expand cross-border e-commerce businesses, which have become a vital force in its foreign trade, according to the Chinese commerce ministry. Companies including Shein, PDD Holdings’ Temu and Alibaba’s AliExpress, which predominantly ship made-in-China products “cross border” to markets around the world have been rapidly …

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Waze cofounder explains the 2 questions he asks a job candidate’s reference

What should you do if you’re on the fence about a job candidate? Speak with their references, of course, the Waze cofounder Uri Levine says. Here are the simple questions he asks an applicant’s reference to determine whether to hire them. Speaking with a job candidate’s references can help you decide whether they’re a good fit for the job. But …

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