Adidas Originals partners with Bored Ape Yacht Club, Gmoney, and others to launch an NFT collection, including access to wearables in The Sandbox virtual world (Dean Takahashi/VentureBeat)

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Adidas Originals partners with Bored Ape Yacht Club, Gmoney, and others to launch an NFT collection, including access to wearables in The Sandbox virtual world  —  Adidas Originals will launch its first nonfungible tokens (NFTs) as it dives into Web 3 and the metaverse.

Call of Duty Mobile Season 11: New maps, game modes, events and more

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Internal report: employees at Wildlife Studios, a Brazilian mobile game maker valued at $3B, have repeatedly alleged gender wage imbalances and discrimination (Rest of World)

Rest of World:
Internal report: employees at Wildlife Studios, a Brazilian mobile game maker valued at $3B, have repeatedly alleged gender wage imbalances and discrimination  —  The free-to-play gaming company valued at $3 billion has struggled with allegations of gender discrimination and unequal pay, according to a 2020 report.

PC shipments in India reach 5.3 million units in Q3, notebooks grow 31%: Report

PC shipments in India grew by 34 per cent (on-year) in the third quarter (Q3) to reach a record 5.3 million units -- 0.6 million desktops, 3.5 million notebooks and 1.2 million tablets, a new report has shown. https://ift.tt/3GNlJnB

TVS Motor and BMW Motorrad tie up to make electric vehicles

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Oppo unveils foldable Find N with 7.1" internal and 5.49" outer display, Snapdragon 888, up to 12GB RAM and 512GB SSD, coming to China on Dec. 23 for ~$1,200 (Sam Byford/The Verge)

Sam Byford / The Verge:
Oppo unveils foldable Find N with 7.1" internal and 5.49" outer display, Snapdragon 888, up to 12GB RAM and 512GB SSD, coming to China on Dec. 23 for ~$1,200  —  An open and shut case?  —  After teasing its first folding phone last week, Oppo is revealing the Find N in full today.

Report links Huawei to China's domestic spying in Xinjiang

Chinese tech conglomerate Huawei has reportedly been linked to domestic spying in Xinjiang region, while building technology for labour and re-education camps as well as surveillance systems in the western Chinese region largely populated by Uyghur Muslims. https://ift.tt/3pSX0aG

Bengaluru-based Juspay, which unifies diverse payment options in its app, raises a $60M Series C at a $460M valuation led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 (Arun Padmanabhan/The Economic Times)

Arun Padmanabhan / The Economic Times:
Bengaluru-based Juspay, which unifies diverse payment options in its app, raises a $60M Series C at a $460M valuation led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2  —  The round also saw participation from existing investors VEF and Wellington Management.  While SoftBank has put $50 million in this round …

Financial Times names Elon Musk as its 'Person of the Year'

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Bengaluru-based Uni, which offers pay-later services, raises $70M Series A, sources say at a $350M valuation, led by General Catalyst, after $18.5M seed in 2020 (Manish Singh/TechCrunch)

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
Bengaluru-based Uni, which offers pay-later services, raises $70M Series A, sources say at a $350M valuation, led by General Catalyst, after $18.5M seed in 2020  —  Uni, an Indian startup that offers users pay-later cards, has raised $70 million in a financing round as it looks to broaden …

US Department of Labor letter shows it is investigating Apple over Ashley Gjovik's claims that she was fired under a false pretext after retaliation complaints (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
US Department of Labor letter shows it is investigating Apple over Ashley Gjovik's claims that she was fired under a false pretext after retaliation complaints  —  US labour department inquiry follows claims by ex-senior engineering program manager  —  The US Department of Labor …

London-based Fresha, a beauty and wellness booking service, extends its Series C by $52.5M to $152.5M at a $640M+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $182M (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch:
London-based Fresha, a beauty and wellness booking service, extends its Series C by $52.5M to $152.5M at a $640M+ valuation, bringing its total funding to $182M  —  The beauty and wellness industry, annually worth some $4 trillion, is underpinned by tens of thousands of businesses and millions …

Tesla now has 7 EV variants approved in India: Report

Elon Musk-owned electric vehicle company Tesla has received approval for three more trims of its electric vehicles in India, bringing the total to seven versions approved in the country, media reports said. https://ift.tt/3266MhC

Man accidentally sells a $300,000 'Bored Ape' NFT for $3,000

In a bizarre incident, a seller lost a moolah when he accidentally listed the price of his non-fungible token (NFT) as $3,000 (0.75 Ethereum) then the original price of $300,000 (75 Ethereum) on an NFT trading platform. The artwork was immediately snapped up for $3,000 before he could correct the price. https://ift.tt/3F1i9pG

US OSHA says it is investigating the deadly collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Illinois caused by a tornado; six workers died, one was injured, 45 were rescued (Annie Palmer/CNBC)

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US OSHA says it is investigating the deadly collapse of an Amazon warehouse in Illinois caused by a tornado; six workers died, one was injured, 45 were rescued  —  - OSHA is investigating a collapse at an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois.  — The facility collapsed Friday …