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Didi to begin testing robotaxis in Shanghai, installs V2X kits on its vehicles

Didi, the most popular ride hailing platform in China, is planning to…

Telegram to pay $18.5 million in fines to SEC as its cryptocurrency service TON goes down

Telegram’s Pavel Durov’s plans of running his own cryptocurrency platform are officially…
Microsoft

Microsoft will close all its physical stores taking a $450 million hit

As the world of computing was taking shape, Microsoft emerged as one…

Amazon acquires autonomous driving startup Zoox

Amazon has acquired Zoox, a startup that is designing autonomous ride hailing…
Amazon

Amazon launches ‘Smart Stores’ in India to provide mom and pop stores with a digital storefront

In what looks like a move to counter Mukesh Ambani’s multi-billion ecommerce…

Now Verizon boycotts Facebook ads, announces suspension of ads on the platform

Verizon has announced that it will be suspending all advertisements on Facebook,…

Byju’s raises fresh capital from ‘Bond’, the VC fund co-founded by Mary Meeker

Byju’s, the unicorn edtech behemoth, that has continued to reel in external…
Google

Merchants in India can soon avail loans through Google Pay

Google announced yesterday, that it now plans to offer credit to millions…

Wirecard goes down with dues worth $4 billion

In the tech industry at large, companies are gravitated towards new technologies,…

Google will pay publishers for content that it licenses for a ‘new news experience’

For quite some time now, there have been debates around how Google…

Marvel’s Avengers game finally has a release date, but is it worth the wait?

So, after months and months of waiting, we finally have a release…

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son resigns from Alibaba board

Within a month of Jack Ma’s resignation from the Softbank board, Masayoshi…

Nextbillionai, an Enterprise AI solution for hyperlocal businesses, announces $7Mn Series A

With the COVID-19 pandemic paralyzing global economy, traditional businesses — be it…
Apple

Apple acquires remote IT management company Fleetsmith

In a time where social distancing has become the mantra of the…
Nintendo

Nintendo and Tencent partner up for a new Pokemon game on the Switch

Nintendo entered the Chinese market, holding the hand of Tencent Holdings Ltd.,…
Flipkart

Flipkart introduces Tamil, Telugu, Kannada language interfaces

As urban markets saturate, ecommerce companies are increasingly looking to further spread…
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Brazil’s central bank orders Mastercard and Visa to halt money transfers through Whatsapp payments

Whatsapp’s payment service, which officially debuted through a launch in Brazil, is…

StopCovid, the French contact tracing app has sent out just 14 notifications despite 1.8Mn downloads

When the world posed the question, “What about contact tracing?”, India answered…

Facebook is testing a new ‘Forecast’ app that aims to predict world events, including COVID-19

Facebook has announced an invite only beta for Forecast, a weird app…