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NASA announces May 27th as the date for first mission to fly from US soil since 2011

NASA is finally about to take flight from US soil, after a…

Conversational AI startup Yellow Messenger lands $20 million in Series B

Bengaluru-based conversational AI startup Yellow Messenger has landed a $20 million funding…

Facebook launches two new reactions on app and messenger to help people express support in these trying times

Facebook is launching a couple of new reactions for the main Facebook…

Facial recognition startup Clearview AI accidentally releases user database after server screw up

Facial recognition is a highly sensitive issue, so much so that even…

NASA reveals science fiction like details of its plan to collect Mars samples in an interplanetary heist

In what is sure to sound something straight out of a sci-fi…

Stripe lands an additional $600 million in Series G at a $36B valuation

It is a well established fact, that the global economy is in…

Facebook to start alerting users who might have come in contact with fake news about coronavirus

Facebook has been making efforts to not only provide people with credible…

India’ COVID-19 tracker app ‘Aarogya Setu’ races to 50 Million downloads in record time

Aarogya Setu, the COVID-19 contact tracing app launched by the Indian Government,…
Uber simplifies rides for seniors

Uber’s ‘Ubermedic’ service for transporting frontline medical workers scales up to 10 cities in India

India’s coronavirus containment measures have done the country good so far. And…

India terms Zoom unsafe, joins list of countries prohibiting usage for official purposes

Infamous video app Zoom is becoming a perpetual gift that keeps on…

Google to slow down hiring in 2020 as it looks to realign spending to “fewer strategic areas”

COVID-19 is turning into a massive black hole that is gulping in…

Facebook and India’s Reliance Industries to jointly build a new WeChat-like ‘super-app’: Report

An app along the lines of China’s WeChat may be imminent in…
Facebook

Facebook is building a simulated version of the platform to uncover trolls

Facebook is a public forum and that means that it is prone…

Facebook tests stories that last for 3 days

Facebook started rolling out the ‘Stories’ feature on its platform in 2017,…
iPhone

Apple announces the $399 2nd gen iPhone SE, its most affordable iPhone yet

As anticipated, Apple has today announced the 2nd Gen iPhone SE. The…
India, Economy

AI-powered logistics startup FarEye grabs $25 million in Series D to fuel overseas market growth

If you’ve ever wondered how the Dominos app predicts the time it…
Google

Google announces “Global Journalism Emergency Relief Fund” to help local newsrooms

As global economy and populace reel under coronavirus, media has an important…

Airbnb raises another $1 billion in debt

Days after announcing a $1 billion debt+equity round, Airbnb is announcing yet…

Tiktok parent ByteDance on a hiring spree as other unicorns lay off workforce due to coronavirus closures

Against a backdrop unprecedented layoffs in the corporate sector, Chinese internet giant…

After Google, now Apple offers mobility data from Apple Maps to help in COVID-19 relief efforts

Looks like there’s a lot of Google+Apple stuff happening lately. After Google…