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Podcast: One Thing Today in Tech
Episode: Binance buys $200 mln stake in Forbes; Google releases Android 13 preview; Astra launch fails; Swiggy’s FY21 revenues fall
Description: Binance Holdings, the parent company of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, is making a strategic investment of $200 million into the 105-year-old media company Forbes, Bloomberg reports. Patrick Hillmann, Binance’s chief communications officer, and Bill Chin, head of Binance Labs, its venture capital arm, will join the Forbes board when the transaction closes.
“Forbes editorial independence is and will always be sacrosanct. The strength of the Forbes brand and our investment depends on that continued independence,” Binance’s founder, billionaire Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, said on Twitter.
Google has released Android 13’s first developer preview, Android...