Futurism News Space Ingenuity flight delayed by NASA as potential issue surfaces, rescheduled to April 14 NASA and its exploits on Mars are reaching a critical point, as… Upneet SinghApril 12, 2021
Gadgetry News Pixel 5a 5G not cancelled, will launch soon: Google refutes cancellation rumors What do you do when you’re developing something new, but even before… Manasi VarmaApril 10, 2021
Business China Global Internet News China’s Didi Chuxing files confidentially for US IPO, valuation could range between $70-$100B At a time when the Chinese government is cracking down on its… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 10, 2021
China Culture & Policy News China presses further on Alibaba, slaps $2.78 Bn in fines for violating anti-trust rules In a two-way signal (we’ll talk about that in a bit) to… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 10, 2021
Internet News Security Over 500Mn LinkedIn users fall victim to massive data scrapping, hacker puts data on sale While the security offered by social networking sites has always been questionable,… Manasi VarmaApril 9, 2021
Culture & Policy Internet News People are now spending over four hours daily on apps: App Annie report If there’s one thing that the pandemic has done, it has been… Manasi VarmaApril 9, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Twiter-backed ShareChat gulps in $502 Mn from Tiger Global, Lightspeed and others Home-grown social media app ShareChat entered the growing and mythical ‘unicorn’ family… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 9, 2021
Internet News Facebook back up after brief outage Earlier today, users across the globe started reporting issues with Facebook, with… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalApril 9, 2021
Business Internet News Prosus sold 2% of Tencent stock in largest block trade deal since 2018, nets $14.6Bn: Report Amsterdam-based Prosus, the international internet division arm of Naspers, pocketed an amount… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 8, 2021
Internet News Twitter negotiated potential Clubhouse acquisition for $4 billion: Report Twitter has acquired several start-ups over the years, including newsletter platform Revue,… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 8, 2021
Code Internet News Google I/O starts May 18th, completely virtual and free for all Last year, as many companies grappled to remain alive and carry out… Manasi VarmaApril 8, 2021
Futurism News Space SpaceX keeps up with rapid Starlink launch pace, sends another 60 satellites Flying Elon Musk’s SpaceX, once again launched a batch of 60 Starlink satellites… Manasi VarmaApril 8, 2021
News Venture Capital Database management giant Redis Labs raises $110Mn at $2Bn valuation Redis Labs, the reputed privately-owned computer software company with headquarters in California,… Manasi VarmaApril 7, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Groww ‘grows’ to a unicorn as it raises $83Mn from Sequoia, YC among others Indians and strategic investments aren’t really warm with each other. Even though… Upneet SinghApril 7, 2021
News OYO stuck in legal tussle after creditor files corporate Insolvency charges OYO Hotels and Homes currently finds itself in the midst of a… Manasi VarmaApril 7, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital PharmEasy parent API Holdings latest to enter India’s unicorn club with valuation of $1.5 billion We are only halfway through the week and already India’s blooming startup… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 7, 2021
Futurism News NASA’s Ingenuity craft set to take first flight on Mars after successful ‘night out’ US Space Agency NASA is undoubtedly the biggest name in the game… Manasi VarmaApril 6, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Fintech startup CRED’s valuation soars to $2.2 billion with a fresh $215 million fundraise Looks like investors are not worried, at least yet, of the balance… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 6, 2021
Apps Internet News Paytm mini app store reaches 15 million monthly users, launches DIY flow for developers Paytm, the most valuable start-up in India and a leader in the… Soumyadeep SarkarApril 6, 2021
Apps Culture & Policy News Facebook files petition in Delhi HC to restrain CCI from launching probe into WhatsApp’s controversial privacy policy: Report WhatsApp’s new privacy policy has become the talk of the town, as… Upneet SinghApril 6, 2021
News Startups Venture Capital Swiggy gets $800Mn in fresh round, valuation close to $5Bn Over the last year, food delivery apps like Swiggy and Zomato have… Manasi VarmaApril 5, 2021