Culture & Policy Internet News 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… Upneet SinghJune 19, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News Facebook removes Donald Trump’s controversial campaign ads for going against its policies on ‘organised hate’ Facebook, on Thursday, removed a set of ads run by Trump’s re-election… Chinni SinghJune 19, 20203 minute read
Business News Jio Platforms gets $1.5Bn from Saudi sovereign fund PIF Reliance-owned Jio Platforms has been raising money left and right from the… Upneet SinghJune 18, 20202 minute read
Apps Business News Facebook’s $5.7Bn Jio Platforms deal under scrutiny from Indian antitrust watchdog Facebook’s deal with Jio for a 10% stake in the largest telecom… Upneet SinghJune 17, 20202 minute read
Culture & Policy Internet News US Justice Department to roll back protections enjoyed by social media companies on user content: WSJ Following Donald Trump’s dramatic signing of an executive order to curtail protections… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 17, 20202 minute read
News Science New Oxford University trials suggest dexamethasone reduces COVID-19 death risks by a third COVID 19 has shaken up the very foundations of the modern world… Upneet SinghJune 16, 20202 minute read
Apps News WhatsApp payments finally make a debut starting with Brazil, India next? WhatsApp has finally launched digital payments on its platform in Brazil, months… Upneet SinghJune 15, 20203 minute read
Business Internet News Jio Platforms gets another $250Mn from L Catterton, world’s largest consumer-focused PE firm From announcing deals in days, Mukesh Ambani’s Jio Platforms has brought it… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 13, 20201 minute read
Business Internet News TPG invests nearly $600Mn in Jio Platforms, total fund raise nears $13.5Bn Continuing with its record fund raising spree, Jio Platforms has now announced… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 13, 20202 minute read
Gadgetry Gaming News Without further ado, let us finally talk about the PlayStation 5 Last night (if you are from India), Sony finally unveiled the PlayStation… Upneet SinghJune 12, 20203 minute read
News Startups Venture Capital API platform Postman scores $150 million in Series C at a whopping $2B valuation Application program Interface, or API, is a set of protocols that dictates… Upneet SinghJune 12, 20203 minute read
Business Electric News With market cap over $185Bn, Tesla becomes world’s most valuable automaker In a feat that most considered impossible till very recently, Tesla has… Chinni SinghJune 11, 20202 minute read
Business News Startups Just Eat Takeaway is buying GrubHub for a staggering $7.3Bn The battle to gobble up GrubHub is over, with European food delivery… Global Staff @ The Tech PortalJune 11, 20202 minute read
Business Gadgetry News Google Pixel shipments outnumbered those of OnePlus in 2019, says IDC A report from research firm IDC suggests that the dry spell for… Upneet SinghJune 10, 20202 minute read
Business Gadgetry News Apple could launch a Macbook with in-house chipset as early as this month: Report Apple has been teasing the prospect of building in house processors for… Upneet SinghJune 9, 20202 minute read
Business Culture & Policy News IBM will exit facial recognition business to oppose police brutality and racial profiling IBM has announced that it will be quitting its facial recognition business… Upneet SinghJune 9, 20202 minute read
Futurism News Space Elon Musk tells SpaceX staff, Starship is ‘top priority’ In a company-wide email seen by CNBC, Elon Musk has told his… Chinni SinghJune 8, 20202 minute read
Business News Jio Platforms gets nearly $750Mn from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority In what would mark the 8th mega investment round for Reliance-owned Jio… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 7, 20202 minute read
Business News Jio Platforms gets additional $600 million from Silver Lake Reliance-backed Jio Platforms, the $65Bn valued telecom-to-digital behemoth owned by Mukesh Ambani,… Upneet SinghJune 5, 20203 minute read
Business News Jio Platforms lands another $1.2Bn from Abu Dhabi sovereign fund ‘Mubadala’ We can’t help but repeat this line every time a Jio Platforms… Staff@The Tech PortalJune 5, 20202 minute read
Business News Amazon reportedly eyeing $2 billion stake in Bharti Airtel Amazon is unequivocally one of the biggest companies on the face of… Upneet SinghJune 4, 20202 minute read