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WhatsApp has started identifying "legal" names of users who have enabled the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) based payments feature on its app. These names, which are the ones associated with the bank accounts of the users and might be different from profile names, will also be shown to people who receive payments through WhatsApp. The new move is a result of UPI guidelines set by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) that are aimed to prevent fraud, the Meta-owned instant messaging app said.To inform users…

Humans behave in strange ways. We readily reveal our inner feelings during moments of weakness, which doesn't seem like the smart thing to do.Just by observing someone's behavior, we can tell when they are in pain, frustrated or upset. Surely the best strategy is to try and conceal weakness? Why run the risk of being taken advantage of?  Many other animals rarely show visible behavior changes when they are struggling. Vets and animal carers have to rely on cues such as changes in blood pressure, heart rate, or hormone…

Twitter Inc. TWTR -8.31% is freezing most hiring. Amazon.com Inc. recently said it is overstaffed in its warehouses. Uber Technologies Inc. UBER 3.57% told employees to consider hiring a privilege.After years of adding jobs at a rapid pace, some of America’s fastest-growing companies have signaled in recent weeks that they plan to take a more cautious approach to bringing on new workers. The shift by these technology…

Amazon is introducing a new feature on Prime Video that will allow users to share video clips from their favourite series and movies with friends. With the latest functionality, users will be able to share Prime Video content video clips of up to 30 seconds on social media channels or via direct messages. It is only available for a selected number of movies and shows like The Boys, The Wilds, and Invincible Episode One. Amazon said there will be more titles to follow the new feature. The interactive clip-sharing feature…

Netflix is looking to introduce advertisements on its platform and will begin cracking down on password sharing before the end of 2022, a new report has claimed, citing access to an internal note. That's much quicker than what Netflix founder and co-CEO Reed Hastings had put out just a month ago on the most recent quarterly earnings call. Back then, Hastings had said that the world's biggest subscription-based video streaming service would chart out ad-driven alternatives to the existing plans over the “next year or two.”…

DoorDash Inc.’s DASH -1.42% revenue rose last quarter, showing that consumers stuck to getting food and household essentials delivered even as more restaurants and stores reopened.Revenue for the three months ended March grew 35% to $1.46 billion from a year earlier, when fresh Covid-19 concerns caused people to hunker down. Analysts surveyed by FactSet on average had predicted $1.38 billion in revenue. The rate of growth for the quarter marked a sharp slowdown. The…

On Wednesday, Congress was treated to the unfamiliar spectacle of highly intelligent people, talking with nuance, about platform regulation. The occasion was a hearing, titled “Platform Transparency: Understanding the Impact of Social Media,” and it served as a chance for members of the Senate Judiciary Committee to consider the necessity of legislation that would require big tech platforms to make themselves available for study by qualified researchers and members of the public. One such piece of legislation, the…

Lyft Inc. LYFT -29.91% said it would invest in the current quarter to ensure adequate driver supply and grow its ride-hailing platform, spooking investors as the spending weighs on operating profit. The ride-hailing company on Tuesday forecast adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, its preferred metric of financial performance, of $10 million to $20 million. The figure represents a second sequential…

Uber Technologies Inc.’s UBER -4.65% revenue more than doubled last quarter, as demand for rides rebounded from the downturn caused by the Covid-19 surge late last year and the company’s food delivery grew despite restaurant reopenings. Uber issued a bullish outlook for the current quarter, but its shares fell about 5% Wednesday, triggered in part by rival Lyft Inc.’s LYFT -29.91% results a day earlier. Lyft spooked…

You’d be forgiven for not noticing, but shared micromobility company Lime’s electric mopeds have disappeared from the streets of NYC less than a year after their debut. The electric mopeds (or “seated electric scooters” as my more pedantic commenters will soon inform me) were added to Lime’s micromobility suite to complement its standing electric scooters and electric bicycles. They were first rolled out in Washington, DC, before joining Lime’s NYC fleet, and were used as a faster alternative to the company’s…