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Wednesday, 13 October 2021

Blockchain startup Arcana Network raises $2.3 million from Republic Crypto, others

Arcana will use the funds to strengthen its product portfolio, launch XAR tokens and hire more developers. The blockchain startup also plans to invest in community building.

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US senator asks Facebook CEO to retain documents linked to testimony

Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell asked Facebook to preserve and retain internal Facebook research referenced by Haugen and Facebook's evaluation of the research; ranking or composition systems and the impact of Facebook's platforms on children.

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Tuesday, 12 October 2021

Tesla to expand presence in Palo Alto despite HQ move to Texas

Elon Musk has said Tesla will keep expanding activities in California, including boosting output for its car factory in Fremont and its battery plant in Nevada by 50%.

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Apple likely to cut iPhone 13 production due to chip crunch

Apple told its manufacturers that the number of units would be lower because chip suppliers including Broadcom Inc and Texas Instruments are struggling to deliver components.

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Billionaire Alibaba founder Jack Ma reappears in Hong Kong

Jack Ma has been keeping a low profile since delivering a speech in October last year in Shanghai criticising China's financial regulators. That triggered a chain of events that resulted in the shelving of his Ant Group's mega IPO.

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Twitter down for some users in India, Downdetector shows

The Twitter outage comes a day after Gmail was out for some users in India and a week after the six-hour-long Facebook outage.

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A war of wages is on for experts in crypto tech in India

As crypto technology — like blockchain — itself is just over a decade old, the number of experts in this domain is limited. This crunch in crypto talent is pushing the salaries to up to Rs 80 lakh per annum for those with 8-10 years of experience.

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