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• Report: Japan is working on its own digital currency in retaliation to China’s

  A group of lawmakers in Japan are reportedly working on a plan for the country to create its own digital currency in retaliation ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• US to inject $300M into research for cleaner transport tech

  The Trump administration has just announced that it's set up a $300 million grant to research clean vehicle technologies. ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Tesla becomes America's first $100B publicly listed carmaker

  On Tuesday EV carmaker Tesla became the first US carmaker, that publicly sells shares, to be valued at over $100 billion. ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Alphabet joins the trillion-dollar club

  Google's parent company, Alphabet, is now the fourth US company to attain a market value of more than $1 trillion, after ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• UberEats' India business is reportedly being sold to its local rival

  Uber is reportedly close to selling the India-based arm of its UberEats food delivery service to Zomato, a local competitor, ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• DATA: Robinhood users are really bad at portfolio diversification

  Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

  • Yaron Yitzhak

• Facebook Pay will let you make payments through Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram

  Last night, Facebook launched its new payment service called Facebook Pay in the US. The service will let you pay other people and businesses across Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and Instagram. You can add your debit or credit card to Facebook Pay and choose if you want it available ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Robinhood users are gravitating towards loss-making companies

  Can Robinhood users actually call themselves Robinhood’s, or is it just another tool for the rich to rob the average Joe? In this series we’re diving deep into Robinhood’s public data, to uncover insights on its users’ activity. Welcome to part 1, where we give a general intro ...

  • Yaron Yitzhak

• Alibaba and WeChat will let foreigners make mobile payments in China

  If you have ever visited China, you know not every outlet accepts cards. Some of them will only accept mobile payment methods ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Apple TV+ is 242 times more expensive than Netflix (per show or movie)

  You know what I love? A streaming service with as few things to watch as possible. Oh, and what’s that flying through my ...

  • Yaron Yitzhak

• Facebook pledges $1B to help fix California's housing crisis (good luck with that)

  Facebook today announced it was partnering with the state of California to try and fix the state's housing crisis. It's promised ...

  • Rachel Kaser

• Taboola and Outbrain, the two worst companies in the world, are merging

  In conclusion, congrats on the merger Taboola and Outbrain, but I still think you’re scum, and I can’t wait for the day ...

  • Matthew Hughes