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Meta to Hire 2,000 Staff for Spanish Hub for Regional Expansion

Facebook owner Meta Platform said on Tuesday it will hire 2,000 people over the next five years in Spain, where it will anchor its development plans for the region. The 2,000 employees will mainly staff the company’s first ‘lab’, a flexible base for its remote workers, in Madrid, Javier Olivan, Vice President Cross-Meta Products and […]

Reliance Buys Assets of Battery Maker Lithium Werks in Clean Energy, Transport Push

Indian refining giant Reliance Industries has acquired the assets of battery maker Lithium Werks for $61 million, its second such deal in less than three months, as it makes a bigger push towards clean energy and transport. Reliance’s investment in Lithium Werks, which manufactures lithium iron phosphate batteries that are mainly used in electric vehicles […]

CryptoPunks, Meebits Acquired by Bored Ape Yacht Club Creator

The creator of the celebrity-favored Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) non-fungible tokens (NFT), Yuga Labs, revealed on Friday the acquisition of one of the most valued and oldest brands in the NFT universe, CryptoPunks, in addition to Meebits, according to The Verge. It will aim to welcome a “community of builders,” Yuga Labs hopes to provide […]

Telenor's Fire Sale of Myanmar Unit Includes $100 Million in Funds - Sources

Norway’s Telenor is planning to transfer $100 million held by its troubled Myanmar operations to the unit’s new buyers – an amount roughly equivalent to how much it will be paid over five years, three people with knowledge of the deal’s terms said. The previously undisclosed detail of the controversial sale underscores the urgency of […]

South Africa’s MTN Group Buys Land in the Metaverse

South African mobile telecom firm MTN Group Limited announced on Monday that it will be the first company to join the metaverse league by acquiring land in Africarare, unleashing African innovation, and connecting the continent to the global digital economy. In October 2021, Africarare marked its presence in South Africa as the continent’s first Virtual […]

TikTok Extends Video Length, Blocks Russian State Media in EU

Video-focused short video platform, TikTok, announced on Monday its latest alteration to its video length, with an update increasing the video length upload from three minutes to ten minutes, as it the platform enters a media battle with Russian state media in EU. The ByteDance owned company told Gizmodo in a statement that this alteration will deliver […]

Best Play-to-Earn DeFi Games of 2022

The gaming industry has reached a singularity. Whereas previously players would pay to play, now players, especially in old countries, can earn real money playing in virtual spaces. If this isn’t the epitome of the Metaverse, then nothing is.  Here are the top-most popular and most promising play-to-earn decentralized finance (Defi) games of 2022.  Axie […]

Google Blocks RT, Other Russian Channels from Earning Ad Dollars

Alphabet Inc’s Google barred on Saturday Russia’s state-owned media outlet RT and other channels from receiving money for ads on their websites, apps and YouTube videos, similar to a move by Facebook after the invasion of Ukraine. Citing “extraordinary circumstances,” Google’s YouTube unit said it was “pausing a number of channels’ ability to monetize on […]