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Consumer protection groups around the European Union have filed coordinated complaints against Temu, accusing the Chinese-owned ultra low-cost e-commerce platform of a raft of breaches related to the bloc's Digital Services Act (DSA). Temu only launched in the region about a year ago but recently reported blasting past 75 million monthly users. For some reference, Temu's parent Pinduoduo reported revenues of nearly $35 billion for 2023, nearly double on the year prior; Temu was estimated to account for about 23% of that amount last year.
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A no-closing-cost refinance helps you avoid the up-front cost of refinancing your mortgage, but it isn’t entirely free. Learn how a no-closing-cost refi works.
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It’s that moment you’ve been waiting for all year: Google I/O keynote day! Google kicked off its developer conference each year with a rapid-fire stream of announcements, including many unveilings of recent things it's been working on. Google showcased a demo of a call scam detection feature during I/O, which it says will be added to a future version of Android.
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A group of TikTok creators are also suing the US government to stop a ban of the app
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Study tries to assess average driver's fuel cost over a lifetime
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Google debuted a host of AI features for its Android and Workspace platforms during its Google I/O developer conference on Tuesday.
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Chicken is the new beef — and becoming the crown jewel of fast food menus
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A ‘vastly reduced’ Netflix, Peacock and Apple TV+ bundle is coming this month
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Sona, a frontline workforce management platform, raises $27.5M with eyes on US expansion
More than two-thirds of the U.S. workforce are reportedly in frontline jobs, which might be anything from customer service and healthcare to retail environments and hospitality. "Sona intelligently deploys our customers' largest cost base — frontline labor," Sona's co-founder, Steffen Wulff Petersen, told TechCrunch. Founded in London in 2021, Sona helps companies manage just about every facet of their frontline workforce, from shift scheduling, timesheets and soliciting feedback to absence management and connecting with agencies to ensure shifts are covered during staff shortages.
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Garena is quietly making India-themed games even as Free Fire's relaunch remains doubtful
Game studio Garena found itself in the middle of a geopolitical struggle when the Indian government banned its hit game, Free Fire, over national security concerns. Now more than two years later, Free Fire is still banned, but the publisher, a division of Singapore gaming giant Sea, has found another route to the market: TechCrunch has learned and confirmed with sources that Garena is quietly developing new games in India with local themes. Neither the Play Store listing nor the game explicitly confirms Garena's role in its development.
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Alyssa Milano says Nioxin 'helped tremendously' with hair loss — and it's currently on rare sale
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