As China expands its crackdown, Tencent loses its place among the world's 10 largest companies by market value, leaving no Chinese companies on the list (Ishika Mookerjee/Bloomberg)

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As China expands its crackdown, Tencent loses its place among the world's 10 largest companies by market value, leaving no Chinese companies on the list  —  - Firm's value has shrunk $388 billion amid tech crackdown  — Chinese stocks drop off league table for first time since 2017

Fantasy sports startup Sleeper, which has expanded into esports and has 3M+ users, raises $40M at a $400M valuation led by a16z (Gillian Tan/Bloomberg)

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Fantasy sports startup Sleeper, which has expanded into esports and has 3M+ users, raises $40M at a $400M valuation led by a16z  —  - Startup's existing backers reinvest to propel growth  — Company has NFL, NBA games, eyes Premier League, MLB and UFC

Initial benchmarks show iPhone 13's A15 chip offers a roughly 15% improvement for GPU performance and 10%-18% improvement for CPU performance over A14 (Eric Slivka/MacRumors)

Eric Slivka / MacRumors:
Initial benchmarks show iPhone 13's A15 chip offers a roughly 15% improvement for GPU performance and 10%-18% improvement for CPU performance over A14  —  Earlier today, we reported on a Geekbench Metal result for the iPhone 13 Pro showing an approximately 55% graphics performance improvement compared to the iPhone 12 Pro.

China's biggest movie star, Zhao Wei, who had 86M Weibo followers, was erased from China's internet on August 26, amid a clampdown on its entertainment industry (Wenxin Fan/Wall Street Journal)

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China's biggest movie star, Zhao Wei, who had 86M Weibo followers, was erased from China's internet on August 26, amid a clampdown on its entertainment industry  —  Zhao Wei was the Reese Witherspoon of China, then she was censored by the Communist Party amid a clampdown of the country's entertainment industry

China slows game approvals to enforce tough new rules: Report

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China Said to Slow Game Approvals to Enforce Tough New Rules

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