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Meta Platforms Inc. is introducing music revenue sharing on Facebook to help creators make money from videos that use licensed music, in an effort to better compete with rival TikTok. A new tool called Rights Manager, developed by Meta through Read more
Zipmex, the Asia-focused crypto exchange that froze some withdrawals last week, said it’s seeking to raise at least $50 million to repair its balance sheet. The company confirmed the targeted fundraising amount in an emailed response to questions from Bloomberg. Read more
British International Investment has hired Rothschild & Co. to review options for how to grow Globeleq, an operator of African power plants, according to people familiar with the matter. The UK’s development finance institution, formerly known as CDC, owns 70% Read more
Aptos Labs, a startup that rose from the wreckage of Meta Platforms Inc.’s failed crypto ambitions, has raised $150 million in new funding, the company announced Monday. The funding round more than doubled the startup’s previous valuation—which was over $1 Read more
Italy’s postal police is investigating whether hackers obtained data from the country’s tax agency, news agency Ansa reports. Some 78 gigabytes of data may have been stolen in the attack, which was carried out by the LockBit group, according to Read more
Growth is sputtering across the technology world, and even usually invincible companies like Apple Inc. and Amazon.com Inc. can’t escape the slowdown. With many of the biggest tech giants poised to report earnings in the next two weeks, investors are Read more
AT&T Inc. and Verizon Communications Inc. shocked investors with their second-quarter results last week — the former warning about the high cost of phone giveaways and the latter failing to meet growth targets. The news sparked a sell-off that erased Read more