Blizzard gives most Overwatch 1 players a pass on verifying phone numbers to play Overwatch 2

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Blizzard Two days into the launch of Blizzard’s revamped and now free-to-play Overwatch 2 experience, a Wednesday night post on its support forum addressed problems players have had with connections, SMS Protect, and missing account items or account merge troubles. In terms of the connection issues and long queues for entry that are keeping many … Read more

Fiserv, LG back Korea Credit Data as the SME-focused fintech startup raises another $24.7M

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In South Korea, there are about 7.3 million small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) — defined as firms with less than 250 employees. Their workforces combined make up 83.1% of all corporation employees in the country, totaling about 17.1 million people, according to OECD data. To help meet SMEs’ financial needs in the country, Seoul-based fintech … Read more

Halo Car’s teleoperated car-sharing service to roll out this year with no one behind the wheel

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Halo Car, a Las Vegas-based startup that combines teleoperations and car sharing, said it will remove the human safety operator from behind the wheel later this year — the last hurdle before its commercial launch. The milestone would mean Halo Car will use humans to remotely control vehicles through public streets and deliver them to … Read more