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India’s contact tracing app is going open source
India said it will publicly release the source code of its contact tracing app, Aarogya Setu, in a relief to…
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China’s food delivery giant Meituan hits $100B valuation amid pandemic
Meituan’s shares hit a record high on Tuesday, bringing its valuation to over $100 billion. The Hong Kong-listed giant, which…
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Uber cuts 600 jobs in India
Uber is cutting 600 jobs in India, or 25% of its workforce in the country, it said on Tuesday as…
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A massive database of 8 billion Thai internet records leak.
Thailand’s largest cell network AIS has pulled a database offline that was spilling billions of real-time internet records on millions…
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AngelList India head Utsav Somani launches micro VC fund to back 30 early-stage startups
As investors get cautious about writing new checks to early stage startups in India amid the coronavirus outbreak, AngelList’s head…
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India’s Khatabook raises $60 million to help merchants digitize bookkeeping and accept payments online
Khatabook, a startup that is helping small businesses in India record financial transactions digitally and accept payments online with an…
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India’s contact-tracing app tops 100 million users in 41 days
As most countries across the globe scramble to build an app to trace the spread of coronavirus, India’s solution is growing…
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Xiaomi, Samsung and others begin to resume smartphone production in India
Xiaomi, Vivo, Samsung, Oppo and other smartphone companies have received approval from some state governments in India to partially resume…
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Acast partners with JioSaavn, one of India’s largest streaming audio services
Acast, a podcast monetization and distribution platform, announced a new partnership with JioSaavn, one of the largest streaming audio services…
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