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SpaceX delivers cargo to ISS during legendary 100th Falcon 9 launch
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0On Sunday, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida with a new and...
Wealthtech startup Fisdom raises $ 7 million in latest round led by PayU
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Fisdom, an upcoming wealth management startup, has raised $ 7 million in a new round of funding led by...
Chinese researchers claims to have achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0A team of researchers from China claim to have achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing. The team claims that...
IBM sounds alarm over cyberattacks targeting COVID-19 vaccine ‘cold chain’ to disrupt supply
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0IBM has cautioned the organizations involved in the COVID-19 vaccine global supply chain in a blog post made today....
Twitter shuts down experimental prototype app Twttr, removes “threaded replies” from main app
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter has announced that it is “turning off” its prototype app twttr from today. Back in January of 2019,...
AutoX rolls-out its first fleet of fully-driverless RoboTaxis in China
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0AutoX, the Alibaba-backed tech company which develops AI for autonomous vehicles, announced on Thursday that it has rolled out...
Microsoft launches Azure Pureview, a new data governance software
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Data has become one of the key factors in the modern world. As businesses grow, the amount of data...
Jio Platforms leads Series A funding of AR gaming startup Krikey
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Jio Platforms, the company which raised money like there was no tomorrow earlier this year, has decided to start...
Let’s Dive raises $1.7 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Let’s Dive, an Indian SaaS startup which provides a social space for remote teams, announced today that it has...
Paytm clarifies: Ant Group not planning to sell stake in the startup
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Paytm, India’s biggest startup, has finally come out and said that China’s Ant is not planning to sell its...
Google launches Android Enterprise Essentials to offer “easy, automatic security” to small companies
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With most companies around the world taking the workplace online, cybersecurity has become paramount amid the COVID 19 pandemic....
PhonePe raises $700Mn in fresh round, becomes a separate business unit
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Flipkart, the Indian e-commerce giant, has announced on Thursday that it has partially disinvested from the popular internet payment...
A group of U.S states led by New York could sue Facebook next week: report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a series of antitrust crackdowns on big tech companies, a group of U.S states suing Facebook might be...
Twitter labels BJP IT head’s tweet as ‘manipulated media’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0BJP IT cell’s head Amit Malviya made a controversial tweet on the 28th of November, which has been tagged...
Tech Companies Can Lead by Adapting and Innovation
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #technology #ttm, 0By its very nature, technology requires industry players to innovate in order to survive. This also explains why technology...
Amazon sellers sold $4.8 billion worth of goods during the company’s biggest holiday season till date
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 02020 has been the year of e-commerce, which is why it comes as no surprise to anyone that it...
Airbnb seeks a valuation of up to $35 billion in one of 2020’s biggest IPOs
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The American hotel and home rental platform, Airbnb is aiming for a valuation of up to $34.8 in its...
Amazon announces a custom ML chip, new AWS instances, Amazon Connect features, and more
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon has made several announcements regarding its AWS services during its annual AWS re:Invent conference this week. The company...
Salesforce acquires Slack for $ 27.7 billion
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Salesforce has announced that it has acquired the workplace messaging application Slack for a hefty price of $ 27.7...
OYO has a billion dollars in cash to fund operations, according to CEO Ritesh Agarwal
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0OYO, one of India’s top startups was one of the companies that took the worst hit from the coronavirus...
Snapdragon 888 is here as Qualcomm prepares for the next gen of smartphones
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Qualcomm, the biggest chip manufacturer in the world of smartphones, has unveiled its latest player in the game- the...
Samsung Note 20 may be the last phone in the series: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Samsung, the South Korean tech giant might discontinue their flagship Galaxy Note series from next year, a report from...
CRED raises $80 million at a valuation of $800 million in latest Series C funding round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Bengaluru-headquartered credit card bill payment platform CRED, has reportedly raised $80 million in the latest financing round led...
Zoom reports diminishing margins as booming free user base leads to increase in costs
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Zoom Video Communications, Inc, the company behind the Zoom video conferencing service which rose to great popularity amid the...
Facebook acquires Kustomer- a “customer relations” startup, reportedly for a billion dollars
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook, yesterday, made one of the most significant acquisitions it has ever made, as the social media giant continues...
Microsoft Teams will no longer work on Internet Explorer 11
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0If you are an Internet Explorer (IE) user, then this is the right time to make the transition to...
Spotify is testing Instagram-like stories feature on its playlists
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Stories is a popular feature on almost all social-media platforms such as Instagram, Snapchat, YouTube, and even on the...
Drop in in-store traffic on Black Friday as customers go digital; sales of $9 billion recorded
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Black Friday, the day following Thanksgiving Day, which marks the beginning of the holiday season sale and lures in...
China grants Tesla permission to sell Shanghai made Model Y cars in the country
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published the approval on its website on Monday, granting Tesla permission to...
AstraZeneca, a COVID vaccine maker, was targeted by suspected North Korean hackers: report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The UK-based pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, has been targeted in cyberattacks by suspected North Korean hackers in the recent weeks,...
UK’s new Digital Markets Unit to regulate big tech companies like Facebook and Google
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The United Kingdom’s (UK) government has approved plans for a new and separate regulatory program which will oversee the...
Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra set to launch early next year in a ‘downgraded’ version: report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The long awaited Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra might finally see the light of day, but not exactly as it was...
Pravasirojgar, Sonu Sood’s initiative for the blue-collared workers, receives ₹250 crore funding from Good Worker
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Actor Sonu Sood’s initiative for the blue collared workers has received a sum of ₹250 crore from Temasek Holdings...
India limits surge pricing of App-based cab aggregators like Ola and Uber in new guidelines
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0App-based cab aggregators like Ola and Uber have been restricted by Indian the Government from hiking up fares in...
Enterprise security AI startup Helia raises $3 million in latest funding round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The US based enterprise security startup, Helia, announced today that it has raised $3 million in the latest financing...
Unacademy adds Tiger Global and Dragoneer as investors in latest round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The edtech boom, largely propelled by ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, isn’t ending anytime soon. And we have yet another instance...
Salesforce to acquire Slack Technologies in its biggest acquisition till date: Report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Cloud software company Salesforce is in advanced talks to buy the work messaging software Slack, according to a report...
AWS suffering outages, affects multiple apps in North American region
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon Web Services (AWS) is currently experiencing a partial outage, which is also affecting the applications and services that...
US Treasury extends deadline for ByteDance’s TikTok sale to December 4
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The US Treasury has extended the November 27 deadline assigned to TikTok’s parent company ByteDance, which required the chinese...
Indian government bans another batch of 43 Chinese apps citing security concerns
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Indian Government continues to hunt down Chinese apps in the country and has now banned 43 more apps...
Twitter to start providing verification badges to authentic accounts from early 2021
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter has announced that it will start its account reverification process once again in 2021, providing ‘blue checks’ to...
Discord about to close a funding round with a $7 billion valuation: report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The gaming community’s favorite communications service, Discord, is close to the end of its latest financing round that would...
SpaceX breaks its own record, reuses a Falcon 9 for a seventh time for a Starlink launch
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SpaceX is on course to make its satellite broadband network live very soon, as the space agency launches another...
Tesla now worth over half a trillion dollars, Elon Musk now second richest
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Tesla stocks’ sky-high flight today has helped the electric-vehicle company reach a new milestone of a valuation of over...
Bitcoin exceeds $19,000 mark, closing in on its previous all time high
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The world’s most famous cryptocurrency Bitcoin is on the rise again, and has surpassed the $19,000 mark for the...
Snapchat introduces TikTok like short video feed called ‘Spotlight’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Snapchat becomes the latest social media platform to join the TikTok-like short video bandwagon, and has launched its own...
Content management platform Quintype raises $3.4 million in Series A funding round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Bengaluru-based content management platform Quintype has raised $3.4 million in a Series A funding round. According to the...
Twitter will now warn users before they like a labeled tweet
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Twitter started showing a warning before users tried to retweet a labeled tweet during the recently concluded US Presidential...
Online payments tech startup Cashfree raises $35.3m in Series B funding
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Indian banking and payments technology startup, Cashfree, has raised $35.3 million in a Series B funding round. The...
- SoftBank to lead $500Mn investment in AI robotics startup ‘Skild AI’: Report January 29, 2025
- X partners with Visa to provide ‘digital wallet’ and ‘peer-to-peer payments’ services January 29, 2025
- DeepSeek’s AI models trigger historic US tech stock sell-off January 28, 2025
- Bluesky introduces ‘video’ tab on user profiles January 28, 2025
- DeepSeek temporarily restricts new user sign-ups due to cyberattack January 28, 2025