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Rivian raises a gigantic $2.5 billion as it races to launch an all electric line of pickup trucks

Rivian, possibly the only other electric vehicle maker with the financial and…
Zomato

Zomato revenues double to $394Mn, losses decline as ‘per order’ profits see uptick in India

Zomato on Friday, published its Mid-COVD 19 performance report, and the numbers…

Whatsapp Business gets QR codes and a new way to share catalogs

After quietly building a strong 50M MAU base of mostly small and…
Facebook

Facebook pushes “Oversight Board” launch to late fall, amid disappointing meeting with Facebook ad ban leaders

In a rather unsurprising turn of events, Facebook’s “efforts” to stop the…

Sequoia announces two new India, SE Asia focused funds worth $1.35 Billion

Sequoia Limited Partners, a veteran in the Indian startup ecosystem, has announced…
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Uber acquires Postmates for $2.65B as it strengthens Uber Eats

The food delivery business is downright cruel, and punishes those who can’t…

Airtel partners with Nokia to power India’s largest open cloud-based VoLTE network

Airtel, the former champion of the Indian telecom market, and now, the…
Facebook

Facebook accidentally allowed 5,000 app developers access data of inactive users way past its expiration date

Facebook and privacy just don’t go together, as has been proven by…
Tesla to introduce Model Y in India

Tesla blows past industry estimates with 90,650 vehicle deliveries in Q2’20

While COVID-19 continues to batter the global economy, Tesla proves yet again…

Facebook swaps one TikTok clone for another, shuts down Lasso ahead of Instagram Reels launch

Facebook is changing horses just as the race was about to start,…

WhatsApp announces ‘Dark mode’ for Whatsapp Web, animated stickers, QR codes for contacts and more

Whatsapp, as a part of some regular updates to keep the platform…

Global app revenues reach $50B in first half of 2020 as COVID-19 forced people to stay indoors

In line with that most had expected for the digital industry’s growth…

Covaxin, India’s locally developed COVID-19 vaccine, gets DCGI approval for human trials

Ever since the landscape of the modern world was shaken by the…

Tiktok, Cam Scanner among 59 China-based apps banned in India due to data security issues

Amid rising anti China sentiment in the country, Indian government has decided…

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…

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…

SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son resigns from Alibaba board

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

WWDC 2020: Here’s iOS 14 with ‘App Clips’, new ‘App Library’, Widgets and more

After a long wait, Apple has finally come out and announced the…

Trump’s tweet on fake news gets flagged for “Manipulated Media”, hours after Facebook removed his campaign ads

Twitter and Donald Trump seem like an abusive couple, for neither can…