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South Korean e-scooter company Gbike acquires Hyundai Motor’s micromobility platform ZET 

TechCrunch

Gbike , a South Korea-based micromobility Gcooter operator, is acquiring Hyundai Motor’s shared micromobility sharing platform ZET as it wants to increase its market share and create technological synergies via ZET’s fleet management system. . The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. .

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Korean robo-advisor Fount bags $33.4M to advance its AI-based platform

TechCrunch

Fount , a robo-advisor startup in South Korea, has raised a $33.4 Returning backers Smilegate Investment, KT Investment, Shinhan Capital and Korea Development Bank also participated. year on year, based on a local media report. The latest round was led by Hana Financial Investment, along with Nice Investment.

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Hyundai Motor eyes acquisition of Korean lidar-free self-driving startup 42dot

TechCrunch

Hyundai Motor is considering increasing its stake in, or fully acquiring, the South Korea-based lidar-free autonomous mobility platform 42dot , the latest signal of its growing interest in the fast-growing space. The proposed deal could be completed this month, the paper said. million) in 42dot.

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Serial fiction app Radish acquired by Kakao Entertainment for $440M

TechCrunch

Since 2016, Kakao Entertainment has adapted several web novels including “What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim?,” “A Business Proposal” and “Solo Leveling” into webtoons and other media. The acquisition means that Radish Originals’ intellectual property will now be adapted by Kakao into webtoons, videos and other content, increasing their reach.

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Apple will allow Dutch dating apps to use other payment options within existing apps

The Verge

To help bring an end to wrangling with Dutch regulators that stretched over the last several months, today, Apple published a new version of its App Store rules that allow local dating apps to take payments through third-party processors. But it’s part of a wave of antitrust scrutiny that Apple is facing around the world.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

Back in 1995, in the early days of the internet, a San Francisco innovator named Craig Newmark started a small email distribution list for friends, highlighting local events across the Bay Area. Editors’ note: This article is from the Summer 2022 issue of the Nonprofit Quarterly , “Owning Our Economy, Owning Our Future. ”.

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Death of high-profile actor highlights South Korea’s huge pressure on its celebrities

Fast Company Tech

In the about 1,000 days between her drunken-driving crash in May 2022 and her death, South Korean mainstream news organizations published at least around 2,000 stories on film actor Kim Sae-ron. They illustrate how the local media often cover a celebrity’s fall from grace.