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It’s probably hyperbole to credit Google’s Pixel A devices for single-handedly keeping the broader line alive during some admittedly lean times. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After five years of research, Meati Foods is poised to begin shipping its plant-based meat product later this year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Just Eat Takeaway is cutting 390 jobs from its workforce in France, constituting part of a broader global restructuring effort as the food delivery giant looks to reverse its recent downturn. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Didi, the Chinese ride hailing behemoth that has undergone a year of regulatory overhaul, faces a fine of over 8 billion yuan ($1.28 billion) from the country’s authorities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Google is expanding its photo and canvas prints service to Europe and Canada. Google has offered printed photo books in the U.S. since 2017, a service that started rolling out in Europe the following year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Microsoft has confirmed that it won’t be introducing a previously announced new policy that would effectively ban developers from selling open source software on the Windows app store. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

If the reviews of the last completely necessary and not at all superfluous thing you bought on Amazon looked like so much copypasta, there’s a good reason. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

HireArt, which TechCrunch previously described as a “resume-killing” jobs marketplace, today announced that it raised $26.25 million in a Series B financing round led by Three Fish Capital with participation from over a “half dozen” angel investors. CEO Nick Sedlet said that the cash will be put toward product development and more than doubling HireArt’s […] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Some estimates put the future mobility market at $178.7 billion by 2026, up from $78.1 billion two years ago. And there has been $400 billion worth of investments made into the sector over the past decade, with  $100 billion invested since 2020. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The New York Times is turning the popular online word game Wordle into a board game by teaming up with toymaker Hasbro. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices