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Team Singularity terminates Dashthreads partnership

Team Singularity has announced the cancellation of its partnership with apparel company Dashthreads, according to a statement issued by the Danish organisation. Singularity named Dashthreads as its official merchandise supplier at the beginning…

lecrab 23 October 2020

eSports

ESIC and ESEA identify seven cases of misconduct in MDL

The Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC) and ESL subsidiary ESEA have released a joint statement providing an update into its Mountain Dew League (MDL) investigation launched on September 3rd. The summary…

lecrab 23 October 2020

Technology News

Huawei reports slowing growth as its operations “face significant challenges”

Huawei announced earnings results today showing that its growth has slowed significantly this year as the Chinese telecom equipment and smartphone giant said its “production and operations face significant challenges.”…

lecrab 23 October 2020

Technology News

Nordic challenger bank Lunar raises €40M Series C, plans to enter the ‘buy now, pay later’ space

Lunar, the Nordic challenger bank that started out life as a personal finance manager app (PFM) but acquired a full banking license in 2019, has raised €40 million in Series…

lecrab 23 October 2020

Technology News

France rebrands contact-tracing app in an effort to boost downloads

Don’t call it StopCovid anymore. France’s contact-tracing app has been updated and is now called TousAntiCovid, which means ‘everyone against Covid’. The French government is trying to pivot so that…

lecrab 23 October 2020

Technology News

India’s Flipkart buys $204 million stake in Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail

Flipkart is acquiring a 7.8% stake in Aditya Birla Fashion as the Walmart-owned Indian e-commerce firm makes further push into the apparel category in one of the world’s largest retail…

lecrab 23 October 2020

Technology News

Senate subpoenas could force Zuckerberg and Dorsey to testify on New York Post controversy

The Senate Judiciary Committee voted in favor of issuing subpoenas for Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey Thursday, meaning that there might be two big tech CEO hearings on…

lecrab 22 October 2020

Blockchain

PayPal opens up to Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin – but with minimal functionality for now

PayPal has launched a new service enabling its customers to buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency direct from their PayPal account. The company cited the Covid-19 pandemic as driving migration towards…

lecrab 22 October 2020

Technology News

Hearings begin in Samsung vice chairman Jay Y. Lee’s accounting fraud trial

The trial of Samsung leader Jay Y. Lee, who is accused of accounting fraud and stock price manipulating, held its first hearing today at the Seoul Central District Court. The…

lecrab 22 October 2020

Technology News

Adyen alumni raise €2.6M seed to launch Silverflow, a ‘cloud-native’ card payments processor

Silverflow, a Dutch startup founded by Adyen alumni, is breaking cover and announcing seed funding. The pre-launch company has spent the last two years building what it describes as a…

lecrab 22 October 2020