Chinese agencies release rules aimed at regulating the ride-hailing industry to protect drivers and riders, including setting up local supervisory offices (Coco Liu/Bloomberg)

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Chinese agencies release rules aimed at regulating the ride-hailing industry to protect drivers and riders, including setting up local supervisory offices  —  - Several agencies issue most comprehensive guidelines to date  — Didi's investors are grappling with uncertainty over its fate

Wise reports H1 2021 revenue rose 33% YoY to £256.3M as pre-tax profits dropped to £18.8M from £20M in H1 2020; headcount grew 32% YoY to 2,883 (Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan/Financial ...)

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Wise reports H1 2021 revenue rose 33% YoY to £256.3M as pre-tax profits dropped to £18.8M from £20M in H1 2020; headcount grew 32% YoY to 2,883  —  Currency exchange fintech listed in London in July with a valuation close to £9bn  —  Profits at currency exchange …

5 in 10 Indian workers say they're more productive from home: Report

Five in 10 Indian employees, currently part of the hybrid work regime, say they were more productive while working remotely as they avoided traffic woes, a Gartner report said on Tuesday. https://ift.tt/3D6Dmwv

WhatsApp says to double down on India digital payments growth in next 6 months

WhatsApp India on Tuesday said that over the next six months, it will make significant investments regarding digital payments on its platform across the country, to accelerate its growth in a market where adoption of unified payments interface (UPI)-based payments has exploded. https://ift.tt/3d5yX2a

Elon Musk says he will provide update on Tesla Cybertruck in earnings call

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Panasonic confirms data breach, probing cyber attack

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Realme 9 Pro+ Allegedly Gets BIS Certification, Tipping India Launch

Realme 9 Pro+ has bagged Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification, as per tipster Mukul Sharma. The smartphone is said to be associated with RMX3392 model number. https://ift.tt/3o3VQcL

Noise Air Buds Pro TWS Earphones With ANC, Quad Mics Debut in India

Noise Air Buds Pro TWS earbuds have been launched in India. The earbuds are available in three colour options and come with quad mics. The TWS earbuds can deliver up to 20 hours of battery life along... https://ift.tt/3DbzTwC

Singapore-based YouTrip, which helps make multi-currency transactions more efficient, raises a $30M Series A led by anonymous prominent Asian family offices (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)

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Singapore-based YouTrip, which helps make multi-currency transactions more efficient, raises a $30M Series A led by anonymous prominent Asian family offices  —  Singapore-based YouTrip, an online bank that focuses on making multi-currency transactions less costly and more efficient …

UK's CMA says Meta must sell Giphy, after finding the deal could harm social media users, rival platforms by denying access to GIFs, and UK advertisers (Jon Porter/The Verge)

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UK's CMA says Meta must sell Giphy, after finding the deal could harm social media users, rival platforms by denying access to GIFs, and UK advertisers  —  After its investigation found it could harm competition  —  The UK's competition regulator has officially ruled that Facebook parent …

Honor 60 Specifications May Include Triple Rear Cameras, Snapdragon 778G SoC

Honor 60 specifications have been tipped online ahead of the official launch. Separately, Honor 60 and Honor 60 Pro live images have allegedly been leaked. https://ift.tt/3rBp98T

Oppo Enco Free 2, Enco Air Lite TWS Earphones India Launch Imminent

Oppo Enco Free 2 and Oppo Enco Air Lite could launch in India soon as they have been spotted on the HeyMelody app. It is speculated that Oppo may launch either the Enco Free 2 or the Enco Air Lite... https://ift.tt/3peMB8N

Google AR Search Adds 3D Monuments to List: How to Use

Google has now added monuments to its 3D and AR search results list as well. To view these results, head to Google.com or the Google search app on Android or iOS. There are 98 monuments that were... https://ift.tt/31fvjA1

Here's a List of Indian-Origin Executives Leading Major Tech Firms

After Parag Agrawal's succession to the position of Twitter's CEO, Irish billionaire entrepreneur Patrick Collison in a tweet noted the success of Indians in the tech world to which billionaire... https://ift.tt/317Qt3b

Realme GT 2 Pro India Launch Tipped for Q1 2022: All Details

Realme GT 2 Pro will be launched in India in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1 2022), as per a report. The phone may be priced at around $799 (roughly Rs 60,000) for the base model. The renders shared by... https://ift.tt/3HYLdQx