Friday, July 15, 2022

IT spending to reach $112 billion in India amid global uncertainties

The IT spending in India is likely to reach $114.9 billion in 2022, growing 7.7% from last year, a Gartner reports said. https://ift.tt/1srGTkA

Astronomers detect mysterious fast radio burst with a 'heartbeat' pattern

Astronomers have detected a strange and persistent radio signal from a far-off galaxy that appears to be flashing with surprising regularity, similar to a 'heartbeat'. https://ift.tt/6b9SGIZ

Thursday, July 14, 2022

European Commission says Amazon offered to limit its use of marketplace seller data and make changes to "Buy Box" rankings in a bid to settle antitrust concerns (Natasha Lomas/TechCrunch)

Natasha Lomas / TechCrunch:
European Commission says Amazon offered to limit its use of marketplace seller data and make changes to “Buy Box” rankings in a bid to settle antitrust concerns  —  Amazon has offered to limit its use of marketplace seller data and makes changes to ‘Buy Box’ rankings in a bid …



Former staff and internal documents detail Celsius' implosion; its own compliance unit warned of poor oversight and misrepresentation of financial information (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
Former staff and internal documents detail Celsius' implosion; its own compliance unit warned of poor oversight and misrepresentation of financial information  —  When Daniel Leon, one of the founders of Celsius Network, posted a Twitter video addressed to Warren Buffett in January 2021, he was in high spirits.



UK-based stock trading app Lightyear has raised a $25M Series A led by Lightspeed and is launching in 19 European countries including Germany and France (Ryan Browne/CNBC)

Ryan Browne / CNBC:
UK-based stock trading app Lightyear has raised a $25M Series A led by Lightspeed and is launching in 19 European countries including Germany and France  —  - Lightyear, a stock trading app based in the U.K., has raised $25 million in fresh funding to expand its presence across Europe.



Kakao says it will remove an external payment link from its KakaoTalk messaging app on Play Store, after Google blocked it from issuing updates on July 6 (Kate Park/TechCrunch)

Kate Park / TechCrunch:
Kakao says it will remove an external payment link from its KakaoTalk messaging app on Play Store, after Google blocked it from issuing updates on July 6  —  South Korean messaging giant Kakao confirmed today it will remove an external payment option after Google blocked the South Korean company behind KakaoTalk from issuing updates.



Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid western sanctions after its Ukraine invasion (Financial Times)

Financial Times : Russian cryptocurrency payment network A7 expands to Africa, as Moscow builds an alternative payments system amid weste...