Friday, November 25, 2022

Zomato goes desi, app now available in Hindi and these local languages

The online food delivery platform consolidated net loss decreased to Rs 251 crore for the September quarter, against Rs 430 crore in net loss in the same quarter last year. https://ift.tt/ipEDdaQ

Meituan reports Q3 revenue up 28.2% YoY to ~$8.7B and ~$170M in profit, as its "core local commerce" segment, including food delivery and hotels, rose 24.6% YoY (Jane Zhang/Bloomberg)

Jane Zhang / Bloomberg:
Meituan reports Q3 revenue up 28.2% YoY to ~$8.7B and ~$170M in profit, as its “core local commerce” segment, including food delivery and hotels, rose 24.6% YoY  —  Meituan posted a 28% surge in revenue, affirming resilient demand in China for takeaway from people confined to home during the pandemic.



These premium Samsung, Xiaomi, OnePlus and other smartphones will be powered by the 'most powerful' Qualcomm processor

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London-based The Applied AI Company, which uses AI to automate repetitive work prone to human error in insurance, pharma, and other sectors, raised a $42M seed (Dan Taylor/Tech.eu)

Dan Taylor / Tech.eu:
London-based The Applied AI Company, which uses AI to automate repetitive work prone to human error in insurance, pharma, and other sectors, raised a $42M seed  —  Investors include Stefan von Liechtenstein, Garry Kasparov, Dennis Mahoney, Valnon Holding, Freud Holdings, HCS GmbH …



Musk says Twitter will start manually authenticating accounts starting next week, with blue check marks for people, gold for companies, and gray for governments (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Musk says Twitter will start manually authenticating accounts starting next week, with blue check marks for people, gold for companies, and gray for governments  —  Elon Musk says that Twitter's check mark program could return on Friday, December 2nd, with a new procedure to verify individual identities …



Thursday, November 24, 2022

Sources detail Netflix's internal debate over embracing theatrical releases for big-budget movies, something Ted Sarandos and Reed Hastings call a distraction (Nicole Sperling/New York Times)

Nicole Sperling / New York Times:
Sources detail Netflix's internal debate over embracing theatrical releases for big-budget movies, something Ted Sarandos and Reed Hastings call a distraction  —  The company agreed to some exclusive theatrical distribution for “Glass Onion” and “Matilda the Musical,” but it's not clear exhibitors will get much more.



Black Friday 2022: Best deals from Samsung, Xiaomi, Croma and others

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Apple iPhone 15 Pro may feature solid-state volume and power buttons

Come September 2023 and Apple is expected to unveil the next-generation of iPhones, likely to be called iPhone 15 series. The upcoming iPhone 15 lineup is rumoured to include the iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max smartphones. https://ift.tt/5HOcy8N

Sources: Elon Musk disbands Twitter's Brussels team, sparking compliance concern among EU officials after policy executives departed the small but vital office (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Sources: Elon Musk disbands Twitter's Brussels team, sparking compliance concern among EU officials after policy executives departed the small but vital office  —  Digital policy executives' departure elicits unease over adherence to EU rules on disinformation and hate speech



Amazon Academy: Edtech service to shut down operations in India from August 2023

In January last year during the pandemic, the company launched Amazon Academy to help students preparing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) for entrance to engineering colleges. The online preparation offered practice routines required for the JEE, through curated learning material, live lectures and comprehensive assessments in Math, Physics and Chemistry. https://ift.tt/Dzw1qgt

A look at Huawei's future in Europe, as sources say the company is scaling back in the UK, France, and Belgium to focus on China, following US sanctions (Politico)

Politico:
A look at Huawei's future in Europe, as sources say the company is scaling back in the UK, France, and Belgium to focus on China, following US sanctions  —  The Chinese tech giant is scaling back in Brussels, Paris and London and pivoting to its domestic market.  —  Laurens Cerulus and Sarah Wheaton



Wednesday, November 23, 2022

In its Q3 Adversarial Threat Report, Meta attributes a pro-US campaign to US military-run phony Facebook accounts, Pages, Groups, and Instagram accounts (AJ Vicens/CyberScoop)

AJ Vicens / CyberScoop:
In its Q3 Adversarial Threat Report, Meta attributes a pro-US campaign to US military-run phony Facebook accounts, Pages, Groups, and Instagram accounts  —  People associated with the U.S. military were behind dozens of phony Facebook accounts, more than a dozen pages, a pair of groups …



Google Nest Wifi Pro review: easy to use, inexpensive, no subscriptions, and nice design, but Ethernet limited to 1Gbps, no Assistant, and few parental options (Jennifer Pattison Tuohy/The Verge)

Jennifer Pattison Tuohy / The Verge:
Google Nest Wifi Pro review: easy to use, inexpensive, no subscriptions, and nice design, but Ethernet limited to 1Gbps, no Assistant, and few parental options  —  A big upgrade over its predecessors, Google's Nest Wifi Pro adds Wi-Fi 6 and 6E, bringing faster speeds, and improved reliability.



How to change UPI PIN using Paytm app: A step-by-step guide

If you're a new UPI user, you can also create a new UPI PIN or change an existing one to increase the security of your transactions. Additionally, you can change your UPI PIN without a debit card if you remember your previous UPI PIN. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you change your UPI PIN using the Paytm app: https://ift.tt/KRv0dpa

An interview with @dril on Elon Musk's Twitter, which he says is "a work in progress", like Hyperloop, and will be a "beautiful thing at the end of the day" (Taylor Lorenz/Washington Post)

Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post:
An interview with @dril on Elon Musk's Twitter, which he says is “a work in progress”, like Hyperloop, and will be a “beautiful thing at the end of the day”  —  The ‘patron saint of the internet’ tells The Post he'll never pay for verification but will learn to code if Musk offers him a job



MediaTek says it has started to use Intel Foundry's advanced chip packaging in addition to TSMC's, as the mobile chip designer bets on AI demand for growth (Cheng Ting-Fang/Nikkei Asia)

Cheng Ting-Fang / Nikkei Asia : MediaTek says it has started to use Intel Foundry's advanced chip packaging in addition to TSMC's...