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TechnologyEngadgetThe Morning After: Netflix is building its own game studio
NASA successfully hurled its DART spacecraft into an asteroid, Netflix is building its own game studio, Apple Watch Ultra teardown confirms it's rugged, but not easily repaired.
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UPDATE 1-India agency raids Coda offices in money laundering probe involving Free Fire
India's financial crime fighting agency on Tuesday searched the premises of Coda Payments India as part of a money laundering probe into the fintech firm and Sea Ltd's Free Fire. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said that it had started an investigation into the companies following complaints that the platforms made unauthorised deductions from the accounts of online game users. Coda enables cross-border payments for games and other digital products, including Garena Free Fire, Teen Patti Gold, and Call of Duty.
BusinessReutersHollywood star, tech execs invest in Italian start-up Bending Spoons
Italian app developer Bending Spoons has raised more than $340 million from investors including Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds and Kerry Trainor, the former CEO of video streaming platform Vimeo, it said on Tuesday. Bending Spoons, whose apps include popular video editing tool Splice and Remini, an image editor based on artificial intelligence technology, said the money could be used for acquisitions. A source close to the company said former Google Executive Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt was among the investors.
