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Oyo buys US motel chain ‘Motel 6’ from BlackStone for $525Mn

Oyo, the Indian hotel aggregator upstart that recently turned profitable and has…
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PhysicsWallah lands $210Mn in latest fundraise, valuation nearly triples to $2.8B

PhysicsWallah, the Indian edtech unicorn, has gobbled up $210 million in a…

EU will ‘assist’ Apple in opening up interoperability across its App Stores

Apple has come under heightened scrutiny from the European Union (EU) to…

Apple iPhone 16 series goes on sale across stores globally

Get ready to get your hands on the newest iPhone lineup. Apple…

India greenlights Chandrayaan-4 and Venus Orbiter Missions

India is continuing its big bets on space programs. In a new…

Cisco cuts 5600 jobs in second round of layoffs this year

Networking major Cisco has initiated yet another round of job cuts across…

Patron secures $100Mn for its second fund

Patron, a California based VC focused on early-stage investments in the gaming,…

BlackRock, Microsoft, others unveil new $100Bn AI infrastructure fund with an initial $30Bn commitment

BlackRock, Microsoft, along with Global Infrastructure Partners and MGX, have now announced…
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Instagram introduces new privacy tools for teens

Social media platform Instagram, owned by Meta, is now giving parents more…

Salesforce doubles its AI fund with an additional $500Mn top up

Salesforce continues to double down on AI – literally this time. Ahead…

Insight Partners closing in on a massive new $10Bn fund: Report

Prominent VC firm Insight Partners is nearing the successful closure of its…
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India competition watchdog alleges Samsung, Xiaomi for e-commerce collusion in latest investigation

India’s competition watchdog, the CCI, has alleged prominent phone manufacturers, including Samsung…

OpenAI unveils o1, its newer, smarter and more expensive AI model for ChatGPT+ users

OpenAI has now announced the release of a new AI model, designated…

European iPad users to soon get option for third-party app stores

Apple is preparing to make a significant shift in how iPad users…

SpaceX Polaris Dawn mission completes history’s first commercial spacewalk

In a historic leap forward for the private space industry, astronauts successfully…

OpenAI now looking at $150Bn valuation in next fundraise: Report

After having breached the $100Bn valuation mark in funding speculations, OpenAI is…

Meta admits to scraping Australian user data for training AI without an opt-out option

Facebook-owned Meta and user privacy haven’t really synced up together, with Meta’s…

Google co-founder Sergey Brin is back at the company with focus on AI

Sergey Brin, one of the co-founders of Google, has now made a…

Sony reveals the $699.99 PlayStation 5 Pro

Sony has officially announced the PlayStation 5 Pro, an upgraded version of…