In Europe, several "dark store" start-ups now promise to deliver groceries in as little as 10 minutes.
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Chinese electric car start-up Li Auto delivers over 1,000 more cars than Xpeng in June
New York-listed Xpeng is set to hold another stock offering in Hong Kong next week. The EV start-up plans to begin delivering two new models later this year.
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Facebook Partners With Ubisoft in Cloud-Gaming Push, to Give User Access to Assassin’s Creed Franchise
Facebook has teamed up with Ubisoft to bolster its cloud-gaming platform with popular titles such as Assassin's Creed, the social media giant said.
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Russian Hackers Are Abusing VPNs to Hijack Accounts: US, UK Officials
Russian spies accused of interfering in the 2016 US presidential election have spent much of the past two years abusing virtual private networks (VPNs) to target hundreds of organizations worldwide, US and British authorities said.
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Facebook Now Asking Users if They Have Seen ‘Extremist Content’ on Platform
Facebook is starting to warn some users they might have seen "extremist content" on the social media site, the company said on Thursday.
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Google Play to Publish New Apps on Store With Android App Bundle Starting August
Google introduced Android App Bundle format in 2018 to replace the existing APK format. It makes the app approximately 15 percent smaller than the universal APK format. It makes the app faster to download, that indirectly may lead to faster installs and fewer uninstalls.
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Robinhood Reveals Breakneck Growth, Legal Pitfalls in IPO Filing
Robinhood on Thursday set the stage for its hotly anticipated IPO as it revealed rapid growth in users of its trading app in a filing, while also flagging a swathe of investigations by prosecutors and regulators.
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Former Donald Trump Aide Jason Miller Launches Twitter-Like Social Media Site Gettr
Former US President Donald Trump's former senior advisor Jason Miller has started a social media site called Gettr.
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Battlegrounds Mobile India Officially Released on Android, Krafton Thanks Players for 10 Million Downloads
Battlegrounds Mobile India has officially launched in the country today, July 2. The game has been available in early access, but the official version has now launched for the public and can be downloaded from the Google Play store.
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Qualcomm's new CEO eyes dominance in the laptop markets
In his first interview since taking the top job at San Diego, California-based Qualcomm, Amon also said the company is also counting on revenue growth from China to power its core smartphone chip business despite political tensions.
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Apple, Intel become first to adopt TSMC's latest chip tech: Report
Apple Inc and Intel Corp will be the first adopters of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's next-generation chip production technology ahead of its deployment, possibly next year, Nikkei Asia reported on Friday.
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Government selects these four global firms to boost IT products manufacturing
India named Dell Inc, Wistron Corp's ICT, Flex Ltd and Foxconn's Rising Stars as its choice of global companies in a $1 billion incentive plan to produce and boost exports of laptops, tablets and personal computers.
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TikTok to Now Let Users Create Longer Videos of Up to 3 Minutes
TikTok said it will introduce an option over the next few weeks to let users on its platform create longer videos of up to three minutes.
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Micron CEO sees semiconductor growth as cars become 'data centers on wheels' and 5G rolls out
Micron Technology sees immense growth for semiconductors in 5G and electric vehicles, CEO Sanjay Mehrotra told CNBC on Thursday.
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Tesla Model S Plaid caught fire while driver was at the wheel, says fire chief
Two crews of firefighters worked on the scene for just over 3 hours dealing with the emergency, a Pennsylvania fire chief told CNBC.
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Feds seized Robinhood CEO's phone as part of GameStop trading probe
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev's phone was seized by federal attorneys as the company fights legal battles on virtually all fronts.
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Former NBA star Shane Battier joins board of software company Yext and wants to build his business away from sports
Shane Battier joined Yext as a board member after vacating his executive role with the Miami Heat in June.
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Micron forecasts fourth-quarter revenue above estimates
Micron Technology Inc on Wednesday forecast fourth-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates, as a worldwide shift to remote work and rising 5G smartphone adoption spurred demand for its chips.
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Lina Khan's FTC takes a first step toward expanding antitrust enforcement
The action could have significant impacts on current and future antitrust cases, including against Facebook.
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