Virtual Meetings With Camera On Cause More Work Fatigue, Shows Study

A new study shows that virtual meetings with cameras turned on left employees feeling more fatigued than those who were allowed to keep their cameras off. https://ift.tt/3kOUiAG

Israeli startup PayEm, which offers accounting tools for businesses to manage invoices, bills, and more, comes out of stealth with $20M Series A and $7M seed (Christine Hall/TechCrunch)

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Israeli startup PayEm, which offers accounting tools for businesses to manage invoices, bills, and more, comes out of stealth with $20M Series A and $7M seed  —  Itamar Jobani was a software developer working for a medical company and “hated that time of the month” when he had to use the company's chosen reimbursement tool.

Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to hire over 55,000 corporate employees globally, including over 40,000 in the US, a 20% increase in tech and corporate staff (Jeffrey Dastin/Reuters)

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Andy Jassy says Amazon plans to hire over 55,000 corporate employees globally, including over 40,000 in the US, a 20% increase in tech and corporate staff  —  Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) is planning to hire 55,000 people for corporate and technology roles globally in the coming months, Chief Executive Andy Jassy told Reuters.

Samsung Galaxy S21FE design, specs and more revealed

SamMobile has managed to acquire the user manual of the unannounced Galaxy S21 FE (Fan Edition) which clarifies several confusion and questions related to the smartphone. https://ift.tt/3BxoTJu

Google Appeals France's 'Disproportionate' EUR 500-Million in Copyright Row

Google said it was appealing against a EUR 500-million (roughly Rs. 4,320 crores) fine imposed by France's antitrust watchdog in July over a dispute with local media about paying for news content. https://ift.tt/3t5PWZr

Nokia G50 Renders, Price, and Specifications Leak Ahead of Rumoured Launch

Nokia G50 has leaked in official-looking renders. Its key specifications and pricing information have also leaked online. The phone is tipped to be powered by the Snapdragon 480 SoC and it may feature... https://ift.tt/3BvacXn

Didi Workers Said to Get Union in Groundbreaking Move for China

Didi will help set up a union for its staff, two people familiar with the plan said, a landmark move in the country's tech sector where unions are extremely rare. https://ift.tt/2WEV0bg

Vic.ai, which offers AI-powered tools that it says can automate accounting tasks, raises $50M Series B led by Iconiq Growth, bringing total raised to $63M (Mike Butcher/TechCrunch)

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Vic.ai, which offers AI-powered tools that it says can automate accounting tasks, raises $50M Series B led by Iconiq Growth, bringing total raised to $63M  —  Vic.ai, a startup that has built an AI-based platform it claims can ‘automate’ enterprise accounting, has raised a $50M Series B round led …

Sources: Chinese state-backed firms are set to take an 80%+ stake in Ant Group's credit scoring joint venture, potentially gaining access to data of 1B+ users (Julie Zhu/Reuters)

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Sources: Chinese state-backed firms are set to take an 80%+ stake in Ant Group's credit scoring joint venture, potentially gaining access to data of 1B+ users  —  State-backed firms are set to take a sizeable stake in a key Ant Group asset for the first time, three people told Reuters …

Telegram releases an update that removes the cap on live stream viewers, from 1,000 to unlimited, introduces more options for forwarding messages, and more (Jon Porter/The Verge)

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Telegram releases an update that removes the cap on live stream viewers, from 1,000 to unlimited, introduces more options for forwarding messages, and more  —  Along with more forwarding options  —  Telegram, the messaging app that's becoming more and more like a fully-fledged social media network …

SEC's Gary Gensler says crypto trading platforms need to work with regulators to survive, as most trading happens with "really sparse" investor protections (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
SEC's Gary Gensler says crypto trading platforms need to work with regulators to survive, as most trading happens with “really sparse” investor protections  —  Gary Gensler warns $2tn industry is too big to exist outside of ‘public policy framework’

Google appeals France's 'disproportionate' $591 million fine in copyright row

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Indian app industry cheers South Korea move to rein in Apple and Google

The South Korean Parliament on Tuesday passed a Bill that is expected to rein in the control that Apple and Google have over payment systems in their app stores. The legislation is now awaiting the signature of the President of South Korea, Moon Jae-in. https://ift.tt/3kFfqsZ

MapmyIndia files draft papers for IPO

The company did not reveal the value of the IPO, but a source told Reuters on Monday that the offering could be worth 10-12 billion rupees ($137.13-$164.56 million). https://ift.tt/3mOsZZB

Smartphone sales grew 10.8% in Q2 2021: Report

Global smartphone sales to end users totalled 328.8 million in the second quarter of 2021, an increase of 10.8 per cent year over year, a new report said. According to a report by Gartner, overall global mobile phone sales grew 10.2 per cent despite supply constraints due to Covid-19 related production disruption and component shortages. https://ift.tt/38v1k7N