Google removes hundreds of Kenya-focused loan apps from Play Store

Google has taken down hundreds of loan apps from the Play Store in Kenya, after its new policy, which requires digital lenders in the East African country to submit... Read more »

Gogoro scales battery swapping to new markets via B2B partners

Taiwanese battery swapping giant Gogoro said Thursday it would expand into Singapore via a pilot with online grocery and food delivery platform Foodpanda. The pilot is small-scale for now... Read more »

Crypto giant Binance temporarily suspends spot trading

Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, said Friday it has temporarily suspended all spot trading on its platform as it works to resolve an issue. The exchange did not... Read more »

US, South Korea both seek Do Kwon’s extradition to face charges

Do Kwon, the founder of Terraform Labs, which operated the so-called TerraUSD stablecoin and its sister token LUNA, was arrested in Montenegro Thursday morning after months in hiding while trying... Read more »

New accounts now have to wait only 30 days for Twitter Blue

Twitter has changed many things related to its subscription program Twitter Blue in the last few hours. The company said that the paid plan is now available for purchase... Read more »

Twitter will kill ‘legacy’ blue checks on April 1

Twitter has picked April Fool’s Day, otherwise known as April 1, to start removing legacy blue checkmarks from the platform. Despite the significance of the day Twitter chose, the... Read more »

Daily Crunch: In SEC filing, Accenture reveals plans to dismiss 19,000 workers over the next 18 months

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Coinbase execs weigh in on the crypto’s future in US amid regulatory scrutiny

Coinbase was issued a Wells notice from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, and executives from the company took to Twitter Spaces to discuss the decision and... Read more »

Startup says the seaweed blobbing toward Florida has a silver lining

A brown macroalgae native to the Atlantic’s Sargasso Sea is increasingly a menace to coastal ecosystems and communities across the Gulf of Mexico, ever since mats of the normally... Read more »

TikTok CEO says company scans public videos to determine users’ ages

Amid questioning about TikTok’s use of biometrics in today’s Congressional hearing, TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew offered some insight into how the company vets potentially underage users on its... Read more »
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