OnePlus 9RT, OnePlus Buds Z2 to launch on January 14: How to watch live stream

OnePlus is gearing up to launch the OnePlus 9RT smartphone and OnePlus Buds Z2 TWS earbuds in India tomorrow (January 14). The devices were already launched in China last month. The smartphone will join the OnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Pro and OnePlus 9R in the series. https://ift.tt/34RKAJv

London-based Checkout.com, which offers payment processing tools, raises $1B in a share sale, sources say at a $40B valuation (Peter Rudegeair/Wall Street Journal)

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London-based Checkout.com, which offers payment processing tools, raises $1B in a share sale, sources say at a $40B valuation  —  The $1 billion deal vaults the digital-payments processor past all but a handful of other startups  —  Checkout.com didn't raise money from outside investors until 2019.

IAMAI sets up India EdTech Consortium to uphold code of conduct by edtech platforms

The Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on Wednesday announced the formation of the India EdTech Consortium (IEC) that includes leading edtech companies like Byju's, Simplilearn, Unacademy, upGrad, Vedantu and others. https://ift.tt/34AqEKM

Jakarta-based investment app Pluang adds $55M to its Series B, bringing the round to $110M, led by Accel to expand in Southeast Asia (Catherine Shu/TechCrunch)

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Jakarta-based investment app Pluang adds $55M to its Series B, bringing the round to $110M, led by Accel to expand in Southeast Asia  —  Jakarta-based investment app Pluang announced that it has raised $55 million led by Accel.  This is a follow-on to its Series B and brings that round's total to $110 million.

OnePlus 10 Pro vs Xiaomi 12 Pro vs Realme GT 2 Pro: Here’s how the specs of these premium smartphones compare

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BigPanda, an IT management company that uses AI to detect and resolve outages, raises $190M led by Advent and Insight at a $1.2B valuation (Chris Metinko/Crunchbase News)

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BigPanda, an IT management company that uses AI to detect and resolve outages, raises $190M led by Advent and Insight at a $1.2B valuation  —  San Francisco-based BigPanda, which helps IT departments keep their digital services running, hit a valuation of $1.2 billion after a $190 million raise …