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Adobe to buy online design firm Figma in $20 billion deal
(Reuters) -Photoshop maker Adobe Inc said on Thursday it would buy Figma in a cash-and-stock deal that valued the online design startup at about $20 billion. (Reporting by Chavi Mehta and Tiyashi Datt...
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Indonesia antitrust agency launches probe of Google app payments
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's anti-trust agency (KPPU) said on Thursday it is investigating potential unfair business practices by Google over the use of proprietary payment services for its softwar...
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U.S. consumer watchdog plans to regulate ‘buy-now, pay-later’ companies
By Hannah Lang (Reuters) - The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) plans to start regulating "buy-now, pay-later" (BNPL) companies like Klarna and Affirm Holdings due to worries their fas...
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U.S. Senate to grill SEC’s Gensler over climate, China and crypto
By Pete Schroeder and Michelle Price WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An aggressive regulator is critical to maintaining the United States as the "gold standard" for capital markets, U.S. Securities and Exchang...
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U.S. tech-focused hedge funds brace for heavy losses amid market slide
By Svea Herbst-Bayliss and Carolina Mandl NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. hedge funds that focus broadly on technology investments are bracing for heavy losses this year as gloomier economic data sparked a ...
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Explainer-Ethereum’s energy-saving Merge upgrade
By Elizabeth Howcroft and Hannah Lang (Reuters) - Ethereum, the blockchain that underpins the world's second-largest crypto token ether, on Thursday underwent a major software upgrade that slashes the...
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EU proposes rules targeting smart devices with cybersecurity risks
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - From laptops to fridges to mobile apps, smart devices connected to the internet will have to assess their cybersecurity risks and fix them under draft European Uni...
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Exclusive-Skill or chance: India panel calls for regulatory body, new law for online gaming
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India should create a regulatory body to classify online games as based on skill or chance, introduce rules to block prohibited formats and take a stricter stance...
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Ethereum blockchain says slashing energy use with software overhaul
By Maria Ponnezhath and Elizabeth Howcroft (Reuters) -Software for the Ethereum blockchain has been overhauled, drastically reducing its energy usage, its inventor and co-founder tweeted on Thursday. ...
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Exclusive-Tesla weighs reset for China retail strategy even as sales boom
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tesla is reevaluating the way it sells electric cars in China, its second-largest market, and considering closing some showrooms in flashy malls in cities like Beijing where traff...
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