Jenna Scatena / Wired: A profile of Faruk Fatih Özer, the convicted CEO of defunct crypto exchange Thodex, as he starts a 11,196-year prison sentence in Turkey for laundering assets  —  Faruk Özer just started a 11,196-year prison sentence.  Did he almost get away with the biggest heist in Turkey’s history … Source link

Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale begins October 7 for plus members, promising discounts on a host of products across categories. The sale, which will continue till October 15, will also bring deals on smartphones from top brands like Apple, Samsung, Vivo, Motorola and more. The e-commerce site has begun revealing some discounted prices for phones

Callum Booth / The Verge: A first look at two third-party iOS app stores in the EU, the B2B focused Mobivention and the upcoming AltStore, which take ~12 screen interactions to install  —  DMA is about to unleash a brave new world of game emulators, clipboard managers, and uncertainty. Source link

According to a report, Instagram and Facebook could soon be available in some countries without any ads as part of the company’s efforts to comply with privacy regulations. Parent company Meta has reportedly pitched regulators the possibility of offering users the ability to pay a monthly fee instead of viewing personalised ads based on their information.

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: PitchBook and NVCA report: US VC investments in Q1 2024 hit $36.6B, lowest since 2017, across 2,882 deals, down YoY from $51.6B across 4,026 deals  —  In the first quarter, deal value for U.S. VC investments hit $36.6 billion across 2,882 deals, down from $51.6 billion across 4,026 deals a year

Apple is working on an improved version of the company’s search engine used in its apps that could soon make its way to more apps, including the App Store, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In the latest edition of his weekly Power On newsletter, the reporter states that Apple’s apps on macOS and iOS could

Dean Takahashi / VentureBeat: Newzoo: PC and console game revenues grew 2.6% YoY to $93.5B in 2023, but average quarterly playtime hours fell 26% from Q1 2021 through Q4 2023  —  The PC and console market grew 2.6% in 2023, but playtime hours fell during the year, according to the second annual report on the

Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 5 and Galaxy Z Flip 5 are the company’s latest foldable phones introduced earlier this year, and the handsets will be available at discounted prices during the upcoming Amazon Great Indian Festival sale and the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale. The prices of both handsets can be lowered by combining bank card discounts

Granth Vanaik / Reuters: PE firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice agrees to buy a majority ownership of IT services provider Presidio from BC Partners; sources: deal could value Presidio at $4B+  —  U.S. private equity firm Clayton Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) said on Tuesday it had agreed to acquire a majority ownership position … Source

OnePlus 11R (review), launched in India this year in February, will be up for sale during the upcoming Flipkart Big Billion Days Sale 2023. The sale will begin on October 8 for everyone, whereas Flipkart Plus members can get an exclusive one-day early access to deals and offers starting midnight on October 7. With huge discounts