Soumyadeep Sarkar

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My goal is to achieve a challenging and satisfying position in an organization that lets me expand my skill horizon and improve my current skill set. I want to gain the best experience on the journey from a student and an intern to an asset for a company.
Elon Musk

Musk says he has been accused by Twitter legal team of violating NDA

Elon Musk and Twitter. These are words that seldom come together without…

SpaceX’s Starlink service is now available in 32 countries: Report

Starlink is an ambitious move by SpaceX (and Musk), and it promises…

Google I/O 2022: Maps gets “Immersive View,” Auto Summary comes to Google Docs, and more

At this year’s I/O 2022, Google unveiled a slew of software upgrades, including some critical ones on Google Maps, Google Chat, Youtube, Chrome and much more.
Delhivery

Ahead of its IPO, Delhivery lands ₹2,347 crore from 64 anchor investors

75% of the Delhivery IPO issue has been reserved for qualified institutional investors, 15% has been reserved for non-institutional investors, and the remaining 10% for retail investors.
Razorpay

Razorpay’s announces $75Mn fresh secondary share sale, its biggest ESOP buyback to date, Lightspeed, Moore Ventures participate

Fintech unicorn Razorpay has announced its latest secondary share sale. And at…

Here’s what to expect in Google I/O 2022

As has been the norm post pandemic, this year’s Google I/O will be taking place online too, and you can watch the live-stream on YouTube. It is free for all to attend.

Mirroring stock market bear run, crypto prices slump as bitcoin slips below $34000 over the weekend

Apart from Bitcoin, other popular coins such as Polkadot, Cardano, Uniswap, Terra, XRP, Avalanche, Polygon, and Stellar experienced a fall in prices as well. Solana is another to clock a steep fall as it fell 13% on the week and almost 60% year to date.

Regulatory probe finds faulty battery cells and modules likely cause of e-scooter fires: Report

Govt’s initial assessment says faulty battery cells and modules were most likely behind scooters from Ola, Okinawa and others catching fire on their own. 
Fortnite

Microsoft enters into “Epic” partnership that will bring Fortnite as first F2P game in Xbox Cloud Gaming

Excited to get your hands on Fortnite once again? All you need is a Microsoft account and one of the devices mentioned above, no installation or prior memberships are needed.
Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Shopify to acquire logistics company Deliverr for $2.1Bn in cash & stock deal

The five-year-old Deliverr, founded by former Symphony Commerce colleagues Harish Abbott and Michael Krakaris, has raised over $490 million in capital so far.

Zuckerberg teases new smart-glasses project with EssilorLuxottica

Mark Zuckerberg said that he was in Milan to discuss plans for new smart glasses with EssilorLuxottica, with which Meta had teamed up last September.
Twitter Fleets

Twitter starts testing ‘Circle’, will let you share tweets with up to 150 users in a closed group

If you are the member of a Twitter Circle, then you cannot leave until the creator of the same removes you. You can, however, choose to mute the conversation.

Insurance behemoth LIC’s IPO, India’s largest, to open today

Around 15.81 lakh LIC shares have been reserved for employees and around 2.21 crore shares are reserved for policyholders. The same get a discount of ₹45 and ₹60 respectively should they apply for the public issue.

Google will now let you remove personal contact data from its search results

Once you have submitted the removal request, you will receive an automated email confirmation, and Google will review your request and gather more information if needed.

Quick commerce startup Zepto valued at $900Mn after a new $200Mn fundraise

The meteoric rise of quick commerce (set to reach $5.5 billion by…

James Murdoch’s Bodhi Tree to put in $600 million in Indian coaching chain ‘Allen Career Institute’

In the aftermath of rapid shift to online learning in education since…
WhatsApp

WhatsApp reportedly working on a feature that will let you use it on more than one smartphone (or a tablet)

The Meta-owned messaging service seems to be working on a feature, which will let you add another phone as a secondary device – a “companion” device.