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Visa and MasterCard settle with U.S. merchants on swipe fees, potentially saving consumers billions. The agreement caps credit fees, mandates negotiations with merchant groups, and impacts small businesses. Final approval pending from Eastern District Court.

Chinese EV makers shine at Bangkok Motor Show with BYD leading sales. Thailands growing EV market attracts global brands like Tesla and XPeng, with plans for EV assembly and expansion into Southeast Asia.

Metas oversight board urges relaxing Facebooks ban on "shaheed" to apply only to violent or rule-breaking content. Criticism over Middle East handling influences decision. Internal consensus failure prompts a review.

Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart and Zepto saw record sales of Holi items like colours (gulaal), sweets, snacks and coconut oil. Quick-commerce companies are known to cash in on festive days and topical themes such as Diwali, Dhanteras and Republic Day to bump up sales.

Dream Sports cofounder and CEO Harsh Jain and Haptik CEO Aakrit Vaish to chair its eight-member governing council in its inaugural elections starting from April 1 for a two-year term.

Impeding innovation. Reducing consumer choice. Extending dominance to other markets. These are accusations that the Justice Department leveled against a technology giant it accused of running an illegal monopoly. But they arent from last weeks antitrust lawsuit against Apple -- theyre from the case the department brought against Microsoft in 1998.

While more aggressive than most, TikToks extensive lobbying campaign is the latest attempt by the tech industry to head off any new legislation - and its a fight the industry usually wins.

The company will on Thursday evening announce its official price range and start taking orders for the car, dubbed the SU7, with the SU short for Speed Ultra. CEO Lei Juns comments, made on his official Weibo account, mark the first time the company has confirmed the upper end of its price range.

The procurement guidance also seeks to sideline Microsofts Windows operating system and foreign-made database software in favour of domestic options, the report said.

EU probes Big Tech for Digital Markets Act violations, focusing on anti-steering and self-preferencing practices. Companies face fines up to 10% of global turnover. Google, Amazon, Apple, and Meta under investigation for unfair competition and data privacy concerns.