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Netflix Games starts global rollout on Android, with iOS ‘on the way’

The Verge

Netflix has been developing its mobile games feature for a while now, testing the service in Poland , Spain, and Italy. Though the current game offerings are a bit sparse, Netflix has acquired Oxenfree developer Night School which might suggest more ambitious titles than the riveting Shooting Hoops , are forthcoming.

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Surging homegrown talent and VC spark Italy’s tech renaissance

TechCrunch

As Italy reinstates many COVID-19 restrictions, the country’s tech ecosystem is watching and waiting to see what the wider effects of the emergency will be. Italy’s ecosystem for tech venture capital and startups has been in development for years and has made decent strides in the last decade.

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Getir, the $12B instant delivery startup, plans to axe 14% of staff globally and cut aggressive expansion plans

TechCrunch

In the latest development, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Getir — the $12 billion quick commerce upstart that provides grocery essentials and sundries and promises delivery of them in minutes — is cutting 14% of its staff globally. Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal and the U.S.

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Nutrium app, which links dietitians and patients, raises $4.9M led by Indico Capital

TechCrunch

With this investment round, Nutrium plans to double the team size in the next 24 months in order to focus on platform development and expand global sales in markets like Spain, France, Italy, the U.S. It now offers professional nutrition software to 80,000 nutrition professionals and 800,000 patients in more than 40 countries.

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Founder Institute doubles down on Europe, now runs 10 startup accelerator programs continent-wide

The Next Web

The Founder Institute , the early-stage startup accelerator that aims to ‘globalize Silicon Valley’, is doubling down on Europe big time. The newly launched chapters are Zagreb (Croatia), Helsinki (Finland), Istanbul (Turkey), Rome (Italy) and Kyiv (Ukraine).

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France demands digital services tax from Big Tech on revenue generated in 2020

TechSpot

Several countries in Europe including Italy, Poland, Turkey, Austria, the UK, and France have implemented or are looking to implement a digital services tax that will be levied upon tech giants that operate a marketplace or an advertising business that generates more than €750 million in revenue globally and €25.

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This hypercar is China’s first Belt and Road electric vehicle project

The Verge

Byton once had its own global ambitions. While Italy makes sense as a target market to make and sell a hypercar, it’s also a logical political partner for a project like this, as it was the first G7 nation to endorse the Belt and Road initiative.

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