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Friday, November 12, 2021

Asset Exchange Crypto.com Launches Visa Crypto Card in Brazil

After expanding their crypto Visa cards offerings in the UK, US, Europe, Canada, and Singapore, Crypto.com is launching its product in its sixth market, Brazil. https://ift.tt/3wFC4Xx

Discord Is Pausing Its Crypto Plans After Strong Resistance From Users

Discord co-founder and CEO Jason Citron earlier said that an NFT feature was in "pre-release" mode, but has now backtracked after being bombarded with thousands of comments calling on him to drop... https://ift.tt/3wEE7eA

Bitcoin Investors Are Holding, Exchanges Just Have 12.9 Percent: Report

The popularity of Bitcoin among holders is also riding high along with its prices. Out of the 90 percent Bitcoin supply in circulation, only 12.9 percent is available on exchanges. https://ift.tt/3omUicJ

Under shareholder pressure, Toshiba says it will split into three companies, focusing on infrastructure, tech devices, and memory chips (Takashi Mochizuki/Bloomberg)

Takashi Mochizuki / Bloomberg:
Under shareholder pressure, Toshiba says it will split into three companies, focusing on infrastructure, tech devices, and memory chips — - Plans 100 billion yen for shareholder returns over two years — Company has endured years of scandals and controversy

Samsung nears selection of site for new US chip factory

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Instagram paying up to $10,000 bonus to creators for posting Reels

To attract more content creators, Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram is now paying bonuses of up to $10,000 to those who post videos on Reels. https://ift.tt/3n6X1rb

'Honor of Kings' emerges as top grossing mobile game worldwide for October

'Honor of Kings' from Tencent emerged as top grossing mobile game worldwide for October 2021 with $329 million in player spending, which represented 46.2 per cent growth from October 2020. https://ift.tt/31Vhmb3

Apple Users Can Now Share Video Clips From Amazon Prime

Amazon is rolling out a new feature that allows select users to share content from Amazon Original series and movies via Prime Video app. The clip-sharing feature is currently available for iOS users... https://ift.tt/3Cbuc14

Tesla Stock Price Slides After Elon Musk Sells $5 Billion Worth of Shares

Tesla stock price was marginally down after CEO Elon Musk sold $5 billion (roughly Rs. 37,223 crore) worth of shares following a Twitter poll. https://ift.tt/3FcT22u

Foxconn beats estimates as Q3 net profit rose 20% YoY to $1.33B and warns its smartphone business revenue could slide more than 15% in Q4 (Reuters)

Reuters:
Foxconn beats estimates as Q3 net profit rose 20% YoY to $1.33B and warns its smartphone business revenue could slide more than 15% in Q4 — Taiwan's Foxconn (2317.TW), which assembles iPhones for Apple (AAPL.O), reported a better-than-expected third-quarter profit on Friday …

Google hails Kamala Harris' call to double down on cybersecurity

Google has welcomed the announcement by US Vice President Kamala Harris that the country is expanding its efforts to advance international cooperation in cybersecurity by joining the Paris Call for Trust and Security in Cyberspace. https://ift.tt/3wFlR4O