TPG, L Catterton pick up 1.32% stake in Jio Platforms for Rs 6441.3 crore

Reliance Industries said it has sold a further 1.32 % stake in its digital arm Jio Platforms for Rs 6441.3 crore to TPG and L Catterton. https://ift.tt/37wthLg

Facebook sues Indian company, Xiaomi’s first laptop in India and Google’s sneak peek to Android 11

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7 essential medical gadgets that you may want to keep handy

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Squire Technologies, an NYC-based provider of barbershop management software, raises $34M Series B led by CRV, bringing its total raised to $46.2M (FinSMEs)

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Squire Technologies, an NYC-based provider of barbershop management software, raises $34M Series B led by CRV, bringing its total raised to $46.2M  —  Squire Technologies, a NYC-based barbershop management and point of sale system software platform, raised $34m in Series B funding.

Facebook's Giphy Deal Draws UK Competition Watchdog's Attention

Facebook's acquisition of popular GIF website Giphy is being scrutinised by the United Kingdom's competition watchdog for possibly reducing competition. https://ift.tt/3flbfxY

TikTok Rival Zynn Blames Google Play Removal on 'Isolated Incident'

Zynn on Friday blamed its removal from Google Play Store on an "isolated incident" that should soon be resolved following accusations that stolen content appeared on the Chinese-made TikTok rival. https://ift.tt/2C03U8J

OnePlus 8 Pro Review

OnePlus has finally designed a no-compromise flagship smartphone, the OnePlus 8 Pro. With prices starting at Rs. 54,999, should this be your next flagship Android phone? We decided to find out. https://ift.tt/2B8GsFN

Is OnePlus 8 Pro the Perfect Premium Smartphone for India?

OnePlus 8 Pro next sale date is June 15. OnePlus 8 Pro price is Rs. 54,999 for the base variant and Rs. 59,999 for the higher variant. Here's our OnePlus 8 Pro review, in audio form. https://ift.tt/3fclbKi

NASA Names First Woman to Head Human Spaceflight

The NASA official who managed the inaugural private crewed flight into space last month has been promoted to become the first female head of human spaceflight, the agency said Friday, as it prepares... https://ift.tt/2UGwfrb

Report: EOS platform, which raised $4B in ICO in 2018, has seen developer activity decline by 85% YoY; Ethereum has 80% of all smart contracts and dapps space (Alexander Behrens/Decrypt)

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Report: EOS platform, which raised $4B in ICO in 2018, has seen developer activity decline by 85% YoY; Ethereum has 80% of all smart contracts and dapps space  —  New research from Outlier Ventures lays out the landscape of blockchain development in the crypto space.  And things aren't looking good for EOS.

Microsoft is aware of a bug affecting Windows 10 PCs with a printer connected via USB that renders the USB port unusable; patch is coming in a future OS update (Sergiu Gatlan/BleepingComputer)

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Microsoft is aware of a bug affecting Windows 10 PCs with a printer connected via USB that renders the USB port unusable; patch is coming in a future OS update  —  Windows 10 users are reporting that they are unable to print using devices from multiple vendors after installing updates …

Facebook fires employee who protested inaction on Trump posts

Facebook Inc fired an employee who had criticized Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump this month, citing his tweet challenging a colleague's silence on the issue. https://ift.tt/30CAveZ

Facebook Fires Employee Who Protested Inaction on Trump Posts

Facebook fired an employee who had criticised Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's decision not to take action against inflammatory posts by US President Donald Trump this month, citing his tweet... https://ift.tt/37sBcc8

Boston-based Kyruus, which provides analytics and scheduling software for health care systems, raises $30M, bringing its total raised to $155M (Srividya Kalyanaraman/AmericanInno)

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Boston-based Kyruus, which provides analytics and scheduling software for health care systems, raises $30M, bringing its total raised to $155M  —  Kyruus, Boston-based analytics and scheduling software provider for healthcare systems, pulled in $30 million, led by Bay-area private equity firm Francisco Partners.

These 10 smartphones from Xiaomi, OnePlus, Google and others will be first to get Android’s biggest 2020 update

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