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Prosus to pay $1.8 billion to acquire developer community Stack Overflow

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4 weeks ago

December 29, 2022

Prosus will pay $1.8 billion to purchase the Stack Overflow online community for software engineers. One of the top technology investors in the world, Prosus has investments in firms including Tencent, Brainly, BYJU’s, Codecademy, OLX, PayU, Remitly, and Udemy. In accordance with the terms of the agreement, the present staff at Stack Overflow will continue to run the company independently.

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Sources:On Monday, Facebook will reveal a range of music products, such as a Clubhouse-like app, a podcast discovery service integrated with Spotify, and more. (Vox, Peter Kafka)

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2 weeks ago

January 12, 2023

Emma Stone

Sources:On Monday, Facebook will reveal a range of music products, such as a Clubhouse-like app, a podcast discovery service integrated with Spotify, and more. (Vox, Peter Kafka)

Peter Kafka / Vox:

Several audio products, including a Clubhouse-like app, a podcast finding service integrated with Spotify, and more, will be unveiled by Facebook on Monday, according to sources. On Monday, there will be announcements, although some things won’t be available for some time. — Facebook wants you to start communicating with others on the site.

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ByteDance’s founder Zhang Yiming steps down as Executive Chairman

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3 weeks ago

January 5, 2023

Emma Stone

The founder of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming has stepped down as chairman after announcing last May he was resigning as CEO and moving into a strategy role. New CEO Liang Rubo has taken over as chairman of the company’s board. The news comes shortly after the company announced a major organisational reshuffle at ByteDance to create six separate business units.

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Uber and Lyft will share data on banned drivers to protect passengers

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3 weeks ago

January 5, 2023

Emma Stone

Rival companies Uber and Lyft have announced their plans to share with each other the names of drivers that have been banned from their platform, in an effort to increase passenger’s safety. The two apps have been criticised in the past for their handling of sexual assault and other safety concerns. Uber has revealed that in 2018 there were 3,045 sexual assaults and nine murders in its cars.