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2021-11-16 11:00:06 For every dollar invested in Chinese tech in the quarter that ended Sep, $1.50 went into India.

India’s benchmark Sensex equity index is up 25% this year, the best performer among Asia’s large economies, while China’s Shanghai SE Composite index is flat over the same period.

More: FT
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2021-11-15 07:10:06 • Twitter has set up a team to focus on crypto, blockchains, and other decentralized technologies — including and going beyond cryptocurrencies.

• Initially, the team will explore how it can support the growing interest among creators to use decentralized apps to manage virtual goods and currencies and to support their work and communities.

• The company will explore payments, ways for people to create content to earn crypto, and the decentralization of social media.

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2021-11-14 06:39:06 Dr. Lynne Parker, director of the National AI Initiative at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, talked about the following in Fortune’s Brainstorm AI conference:

• Democratising access to the cyber infrastructure and the data that’s needed to enable anyone to engage in AI research.

• Use of trustworthy AI: If you don’t have trust in these technologies, you’re not going to be able to use them. So, the right regulation can actually spur innovation.

• Educating people to have the skills and the opportunities for the AI-enabled jobs of today and the future.

More: Fortune
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2021-11-11 15:25:06 Seoul has announced a plan to make a variety of public services and cultural events available in the metaverse, an immersive internet that relies on virtual reality.

If the plan is successful, Seoul residents can visit a virtual city hall to do everything from touring a historic site to filing a civil complaint by donning virtual reality goggles.

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2021-11-11 06:50:06 • YouTube is removing public dislike counts on all videos, though the dislike button will remain available for users to customize their recommendations.

• YouTube claims the results of its experiment indicate dislike counts have no measurable impact on a user’s decision to watch a video.

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2021-11-09 17:25:06 • Tinder will expand to include exclusive, shared, and live experiences and a virtual goods-based economy.

• It also has plans for a dating metaverse and avatar-based virtual experiences.

• The virtual economy will use Tinder Coins, which have already been tested in several markets.

• Tinder Coins will be available globally next year for users to make in-app purchases and later for use in a virtual goods and trading ecosystem.

More: Techcrunch
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2021-11-09 17:20:06 Niantic launches platform to build ‘real-world metaverse’ apps

Lightship is a software toolkit for building metaverse apps by Niantic. It is free for any developer to access except for a feature that lets multiple devices access shared AR experiences. Niantic has already planned a major update to Lightship for next year that includes a system that will let glasses with displays in them understand exactly where they are in the real world.

More: TheVerge
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2021-11-04 17:45:06 Facebook creators will soon be able to share custom web links to direct their fans to pay for subscriptions using Facebook's native payments system. The subscription feature is available in 27 countries to creators who meet certain eligibility requirements.

More: TheVerge
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2021-11-04 11:00:11 43 new Fintech unicorn births bring the herd to 206, nearly twice the Q3'20 total

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2021-10-28 18:05:06 The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania plan to accept cryptocurrency as tuition fee for its online blockchain and digital assets program.

More: Bloomberg
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