An Australian court fined Uber A$21M for threatening cancellation fees it never charged and overstating fare estimates on some rides; ACCC sought a A$26M fine (Byron Kaye/Reuters)

Byron Kaye / Reuters:
A look at the Australian Securities Exchange’s blockchain project, abandoned in November 2022, to replace its combined trading, clearing, and settlement system  —  In a Sydney hotel conference room in May, Tim Hogben, the head of securities and payments for ASX Ltd , which runs the Australian stock exchange …

Byron Kaye / Reuters:
A look at the Australian Securities Exchange’s blockchain project, abandoned in November 2022, to replace its combined trading, clearing, and settlement system  —  In a Sydney hotel conference room in May, Tim Hogben, the head of securities and payments for ASX Ltd , which runs the Australian stock exchange …

Byron Kaye / Reuters:
Australia’s e-Safety Commissioner says Apple and Microsoft are not doing enough to stop CSAM on their services, calling the companies’ responses “alarming”  —  An Australian regulator, after using new powers to make the tech giants share information about their methods …

Yuvraj Malik / Reuters:
Mobileye reports Q3 revenue up 38% YoY to $450M, beating $447M estimates, and a $45M net loss, up from $26M YoY, in its first post-IPO earnings  —  Mobileye Global Inc (MBLY.O) beat estimates for revenue on Wednesday in its first quarterly report after going public in October, as the Intel Corp …

Rebecca Bellan / TechCrunch:
New Zealand-based Partly, which maintains a database used by marketplaces like eBay of 50M+ car parts from 20K+ suppliers and OEMs, raised a $21M Series A  —  Car parts buyers require specific parts to fit specific vehicles, making for a supply-constrained environment.

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
UK-based Zen Educate, a marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with the best available teachers, raised a $21M Series A extension to fuel US expansion  —  Zen Educate, an online marketplace that algorithmically matches schools with the best available teachers, has raised £19.3 million …