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Pokemon Go Owner Niantic Sells Gaming Business to Saudi Group for $3.5 Billion
Scopely has agreed to buy Niantic’s gaming business. The Niantic games business generated more than $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,702 crore) in revenue from 30 million monthly active users last year, Scopely said.
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Home-Grown Startup Lumio Announces Foray Into India’s 4K Smart TV Market Backed by Flipkart, Xiaomi Officials
Lumio, a home-grown consumer technology startup from Circuit House Technologies founded by former Xiaomi and Flipkart officials has announced its foray into India’s home entertainment space. The brand says it will soon introduce its range of 4K smart TVs in collaboration with Google, Dixon Technologies, and Amazon India with the aim of changing c...
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Nothing Said to Raise Funding, Crosses $1 Billion in Lifetime Sales
Nothing is seeking to raise at least $100 million in funding to expand its operations, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The startup is run by Carl Pei, one of the creators of OnePlus, a popular China-based phone maker.
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Nothing Exploring Development of Own Mobile OS as Android Alternative, Carl Pei Says
Nothing is exploring the development of its own mobile operating system, according to a statement from Nothing CEO and founder Carl Pei at TechCrunch Disrupt. The company's devices currently run on Google's Android system, like smartphones from most companies except Huawei and Apple.
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Waymo, Driverless Taxi Start-Up From Google's Parent Firm, Raises $5.6 Billion
Alphabet's self-driving unit, Waymo, said on Friday it had closed a $5.6 billion funding round led by the Google parent, as it looks to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service.
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Google Will Fund Global AI Education At The Cost Of 120M Dollars: Sundar Pichai
Pichai announced "Global AI Opportunity Fund" at the event and said that the AI education will be done in local languages, in partnerships with nonprofits and NGOs.
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Google Said to Invest $350 Million in Flipkart, Valuing Firm at $37 Billion
Google will invest $350 million in Walmart-backed Flipkart, and pick up a minority stake in the e-commerce firm. The latest funding round, led by biggest shareholder Walmart, values the firm at $37 billion. Flipkart said in a statement that Google will join in as an investor in the latest funding round for the Bengaluru-based company.
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Google To Buy Stake In Flipkart In Walmart-Led Funding Round
Flipkart today announced to add Google as a minority investor in the e-commerce platform as part of the latest funding round led by Walmart.
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How Google Deleted $125 Billion Pension Fund Account By Accident
In a rare incident of misconfiguration, Google accidentally deleted the account of a $125 billion pension fund, causing disruption for over half a million UniSuper members, who couldn't access their superannuation accounts for a week.
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Google Files Lawsuits Against Chinese Nationals for Promoting Fraudulent Crypto Apps on Play Store: Report
In the lawsuit filed by Google, the company has alleged that the two Chinese nationals were luring people to engage with scam crypto apps, getting them to deposit funds and later blocking access to their deposits.
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Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal With Google; Said to Be Worth $60 Million a Year
Social media platform Reddit has struck a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search engine giant's artificial intelligence models, three people familiar with the matter said. The contract with Alphabet-owned Google is worth about $60 million (roughly Rs. 497 crore) per year, according to one of the sources.
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FASTag, IMPS, Sovereign Gold Bond: New Rules That Came Into Effect From Today
Some email authentication changes will also come into effect from February 1, for organisations that send bulk email or high email volumes to Google and Yahoo accounts.
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Pension Rules, Bulk Email Norms And Other Changes Coming Into Effect From Feb 1
These changes will impact day-to-day lives and work of thousands of people across the country.
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Accused of Witness Tampering
US prosecutors have accused FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried of witness tampering and asked a federal judge to issue an order that would bar the former billionaire and other parties from making public statements likely to interfere with a fair trial. The prosecutors wrote to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Thursday referencing a New York Times artic...
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Nefarious Anatsa Android Trojan Caught Stealing Banking Information and Performing On-Device Fraud
Anatsa, a banking trojan on Android, has been spotted by a security firm on the Play Store. Five apps posing as productivity apps were actually infected with the trojan that was identified by the firm in 2021. It is also capable of monitoring banking information and performing on-device fraud to steal funds from the victim's bank accounts.
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Pokemon Go Owner Niantic Sells Gaming Business to Saudi Group for $3.5 Billion
Scopely has agreed to buy Niantic’s gaming business. The Niantic games business generated more than $1 billion (roughly Rs. 8,702 crore) in revenue from 30 million monthly active users last year, Scopely said.
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Home-Grown Startup Lumio Announces Foray Into India’s 4K Smart TV Market Backed by Flipkart, Xiaomi Officials
Lumio, a home-grown consumer technology startup from Circuit House Technologies founded by former Xiaomi and Flipkart officials has announced its foray into India’s home entertainment space. The brand says it will soon introduce its range of 4K smart TVs in collaboration with Google, Dixon Technologies, and Amazon India with the aim of changing c...
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Nothing Said to Raise Funding, Crosses $1 Billion in Lifetime Sales
Nothing is seeking to raise at least $100 million in funding to expand its operations, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The startup is run by Carl Pei, one of the creators of OnePlus, a popular China-based phone maker.
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Nothing Exploring Development of Own Mobile OS as Android Alternative, Carl Pei Says
Nothing is exploring the development of its own mobile operating system, according to a statement from Nothing CEO and founder Carl Pei at TechCrunch Disrupt. The company's devices currently run on Google's Android system, like smartphones from most companies except Huawei and Apple.
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Waymo, Driverless Taxi Start-Up From Google's Parent Firm, Raises $5.6 Billion
Alphabet's self-driving unit, Waymo, said on Friday it had closed a $5.6 billion funding round led by the Google parent, as it looks to expand its autonomous ride-hailing service.
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Google Will Fund Global AI Education At The Cost Of 120M Dollars: Sundar Pichai
Pichai announced "Global AI Opportunity Fund" at the event and said that the AI education will be done in local languages, in partnerships with nonprofits and NGOs.
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Google Said to Invest $350 Million in Flipkart, Valuing Firm at $37 Billion
Google will invest $350 million in Walmart-backed Flipkart, and pick up a minority stake in the e-commerce firm. The latest funding round, led by biggest shareholder Walmart, values the firm at $37 billion. Flipkart said in a statement that Google will join in as an investor in the latest funding round for the Bengaluru-based company.
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Google To Buy Stake In Flipkart In Walmart-Led Funding Round
Flipkart today announced to add Google as a minority investor in the e-commerce platform as part of the latest funding round led by Walmart.
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How Google Deleted $125 Billion Pension Fund Account By Accident
In a rare incident of misconfiguration, Google accidentally deleted the account of a $125 billion pension fund, causing disruption for over half a million UniSuper members, who couldn't access their superannuation accounts for a week.
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Google Files Lawsuits Against Chinese Nationals for Promoting Fraudulent Crypto Apps on Play Store: Report
In the lawsuit filed by Google, the company has alleged that the two Chinese nationals were luring people to engage with scam crypto apps, getting them to deposit funds and later blocking access to their deposits.
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Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal With Google; Said to Be Worth $60 Million a Year
Social media platform Reddit has struck a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search engine giant's artificial intelligence models, three people familiar with the matter said. The contract with Alphabet-owned Google is worth about $60 million (roughly Rs. 497 crore) per year, according to one of the sources.
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FASTag, IMPS, Sovereign Gold Bond: New Rules That Came Into Effect From Today
Some email authentication changes will also come into effect from February 1, for organisations that send bulk email or high email volumes to Google and Yahoo accounts.
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Pension Rules, Bulk Email Norms And Other Changes Coming Into Effect From Feb 1
These changes will impact day-to-day lives and work of thousands of people across the country.
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FTX Founder Sam Bankman-Fried Accused of Witness Tampering
US prosecutors have accused FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried of witness tampering and asked a federal judge to issue an order that would bar the former billionaire and other parties from making public statements likely to interfere with a fair trial. The prosecutors wrote to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan on Thursday referencing a New York Times artic...
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Nefarious Anatsa Android Trojan Caught Stealing Banking Information and Performing On-Device Fraud
Anatsa, a banking trojan on Android, has been spotted by a security firm on the Play Store. Five apps posing as productivity apps were actually infected with the trojan that was identified by the firm in 2021. It is also capable of monitoring banking information and performing on-device fraud to steal funds from the victim's bank accounts.
