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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…
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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…

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…
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WhatsApp payments finally make a debut starting with Brazil, India next?

WhatsApp has finally launched digital payments on its platform in Brazil, months…

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…

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…
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Without further ado, let us finally talk about the PlayStation 5

Last night (if you are from India), Sony finally unveiled the PlayStation…

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…

With market cap over $185Bn, Tesla becomes world’s most valuable automaker

In a feat that most considered impossible till very recently, Tesla has…

Google Pixel shipments outnumbered those of OnePlus in 2019, says IDC

A report from research firm IDC suggests that the dry spell for…

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…
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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…
Starship explodes in latest test flight

Elon Musk tells SpaceX staff, Starship is ‘top priority’

In a company-wide email seen by CNBC, Elon Musk has told his…

Jio Platforms gets nearly $750Mn from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

In what would mark the 8th mega investment round for Reliance-owned Jio…
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Jio Platforms gets additional $600 million from Silver Lake

Reliance-backed Jio Platforms, the $65Bn valued telecom-to-digital behemoth owned by Mukesh Ambani,…

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…
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Amazon reportedly eyeing $2 billion stake in Bharti Airtel

Amazon is unequivocally one of the biggest companies on the face of…

Facebook and Paypal announce investment in Southeast Asian tech unicorn GoJek

Facebook and Paypal today announced, in their own separate press statements, an…
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PC shipments to fall 7% in 2020, but worst is behind us: Canalys report

Even though people are using computers more than ever before, worldwide PC…
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Facebook employees stage “virtual protest” in light of Mark Zuckerberg’s response to Trump’s recent posts

The United States of America aren’t so united at the moment, with…