Amazon to acquire Wondery in podcast push
By Elie Amazon said it would acquire podcast startup Wondery, aiming to beef up non-musical content on its Amazon Music app. Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal reported that the …
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Bitcoin hits new high, edges closer to $30,000
By Vega Bitcoin hit a new all-time high on Wednesday, with the cryptocurrency creeping ever closer to the $30,000 mark. The value of one bitcoin hit a record $28,599.99 Wednesday …
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Tesla will reportedly soon add support for Apple, Amazon Music
By Vega Tesla, whose high-tech vehicle software already supports Spotify integration, is reportedly working to add both Apple Music and Amazon Music to its roster. Unlike other cars, which mirror …
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‘Wonder Woman 1984’ hauls in $16.7M with highest box office opening during COVID
By Lisa Released on Christmas Day, “Wonder Woman 1984” was the highest box office opening of the pandemic, hauling in $16.7 million in ticket sales in the US and $36.1 …
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Shirley Young, ‘trailblazer’ Chinese-American businesswoman, dies
By Kate Shirley Young — a prominent Chinese-American who began in marketing in New York City and ended up helping to transform business relations between China and the US — …
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Elon Musk says taking Tesla private would be an ‘impossible’ task
By Vega It is “impossible” for Elon Musk to turn Tesla private — despite the CEO’s belief that ridding the electric carmaker of its duties as a public company would …
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Alibaba stock plunges after China launches antitrust probe
By Manskar Alibaba’s New York-listed shares dropped about 9.9 percent to $230.80 in premarket trading after Beijing’s State Administration for Market Regulation announced the probe, the latest setback for the …
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Visa lifts payment ban for some MindGeek porn sites — but not Pornhub
By Manskar The credit card giant said it will lift its payment ban for MindGeek sites that host porn from professional studios. The Luxembourg-based conglomerate owns several such sites, including …
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Barry Diller’s IAC to spin off video streamer Vimeo
By Vega The video streamer, which was recently valued at $2.75 billion, will break off from its parent company in the second quarter of next year. “The combination of Vimeo’s …
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Cryptocurrency firm Ripple says it’s expecting an SEC lawsuit
By Manskar Cryptocurrency firm Ripple says it expects to be sued by the Securities and Exchange Commission — and it pledged to fight the case tooth and nail. The San …
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Man arrested on a cross-country trip with a twelve-year-old girl
By Elie FRESNO, Calif. — A self-proclaimed pedophilia advocate who once ran for political office in Virginia has been arrested by authorities who said they caught him flying across the …
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COVID-19 Christmas lockdown leads to chaos, mass exodus out of London
By Brown London saw wild scenes of a weekend mass exodus before the start of a Christmas lockdown and travel ban sparked by a new, more infectious mutation of COVID-19. …
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Human Rights Campaign urges Elon Musk to apologize for pronoun tweet
By Manskar A leading gay-rights group that has praised Tesla’s treatment of its LGBTQ employees wants Elon Musk to apologize for mocking people who display their gender pronouns in their …
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Unilever drops Facebook ad boycott after six months
By Vega The consumer-products giant in June had suspended all of its spending on the social networking giant due to “the polarized atmosphere in the US,” saying at the time …
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Talent agency CAA inks deal with Writers Guild after 20-month impasse
By Steigrad CAA — the Hollywood agency that reps A-listers like Brad Pitt, Nicole Kidman and George Clooney — has ended a 20-month standoff with the Writers Guild of America …
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Google wins EU antitrust approval for $2B Fitbit deal
By Jack Google won EU antitrust approval on Thursday for its $2.1 billion bid for Fitbit after agreeing to restrictions on how it will use customers’ health-related data. The deal …
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Pornhub removes most of its videos in effort to purge illegal content
By Manskar Pornhub appears to have removed most of the smutty videos from its site, apparently taking down more than 10 million of them as part of its recent crackdown …
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Reddit buys TikTok rival Dubsmash in video push
By Manskar Reddit said it has acquired video-sharing platform Dubsmash, making it the latest social-media giant to mount a challenge to TikTok. Seven-year-old Dubsmash lets users create and share videos …
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Legendary spy novel author John le Carre dead at 89
By Neill John le Carre — the former British spy and famed author of espionage thrillers — has died at age 89. He died in Cornwall, England on Saturday after …
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MetLife sells home and auto insurance biz to Farmers for $4B
By Elisa MetLife is selling its home and auto insurance business to Farmers Group for $3.94 billion, the insurers said Friday. The deal is part of a 10-year strategic partnership …
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