Saturday, April 12, 2025

India's JioHotstar now has 200M+ paid subscribers, driven by multi-language IPL cricket streams, ranking third-largest globally after Netflix and Prime Video (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
India's JioHotstar now has 200M+ paid subscribers, driven by multi-language IPL cricket streams, ranking third-largest globally after Netflix and Prime Video  —  JioHotstar, India's largest streaming platform, has increased its paying subscriber base to over 200 million …



The Trump administration excludes smartphones, laptops, hard drives, processors, memory chips, and machines used to make semiconductors from reciprocal tariffs (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg:
The Trump administration excludes smartphones, laptops, hard drives, processors, memory chips, and machines used to make semiconductors from reciprocal tariffs  —  President Donald Trump's administration exempted smartphones, computers and other electronics from its so-called reciprocal tariffs …



The Trump administration excludes smartphones along with selected computers and laptops from reciprocal tariffs (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
The Trump administration excludes smartphones along with selected computers and laptops from reciprocal tariffs  —  Tech including routers and selected computers get reprieve after a week of turbulence in US markets  —  The Trump administration has excluded smartphones from its steep …



A look at the battle between Uber and its unlikely ally, Chinese-owned rival 99, against the São Paulo city government, which banned motorcycle taxis in 2023 (Gabriela Sá Pessoa/Rest of World)

Gabriela Sá Pessoa / Rest of World:
A look at the battle between Uber and its unlikely ally, Chinese-owned rival 99, against the São Paulo city government, which banned motorcycle taxis in 2023  —  The ride-hailing rivals are taking on the government of São Paulo, which banned motorcycle taxis.



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...