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In the heart of the Panamanian jungle, a startup village grows

The Next Web

At the end of 2013, more than 100 entrepreneurs, artists, environmentalists, and yogis flew into Panama City’s chaotic metropolis, seeking an adventure, and a fun way to celebrate the New Year. After four days in the jungle, the group traveled back to Panama City to ring in the New Year.

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Founders Fund backs Vest, a startup out to give Latin Americans a bridge to investing in the US stock market

TechCrunch

Vest’s platform is live and its app is available for download on iOS and Android in all of Latin America except for Panama, and in the U.S. The startup currently offer users integration to local banking in the U.S. A wave of LatAm fintechs are laying down new global commerce rails. Because Vest is structured as a U.S.

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Glovo to double down African investment in the next 12 months — but will it stay put?

TechCrunch

Co-founder Sacha Michaud believes these markets are currently underserved, and Glovo has found the right opportunity to work with local restaurants, bringing them online to reach new customers in a bid to “make everything, within all towns and cities, available to everyone.” million people.

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Sony raises PlayStation Plus prices in Canada

Engadget

These include deep breath Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Uruguay. So far, we haven't seen or heard of any US or UK price increases.

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The book Facebook doesnt want you to read: What you need to know

Mashable Tech

That isn't the case with Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams, former and first head of global policy at Facebook. It opens with the time Wynn-Williams had to smuggle Zuckerberg out of a state dinner in Panama, making a break for it past naked dancers and a troupe of horses.

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Why major global powers are so interested in Greenland right now

Fast Company Tech

Increasing international tensions, global warming and the changing world economy have put Greenland at the heart of the debate over global trade and security, and Trump wants to make sure that the U.S. ” A Chinese-backed rare earth mining project in Greenland stalled after the local government banned uranium mining in 2021.

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Elon Musk’s extensive ties to China, explained

Recode by Vox

Musk is also hardly unusual among major global tech CEOs in defending China. It is now Teslas largest factory, producing half of the companys cars globally last year. percent in 2024, a year in which the companys global sales fell for the first time. From a business perspective, this makes sense.

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