IBM has announced that it will be quitting its facial recognition business in light of the dialogue that has...
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U.S.-only online used cars platform Vroom scores $468Mn in IPO
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Vroom, the US-only online used cars platform, has successfully raised $467.5 million in an oversusbcribed IPO, the company announced...
Uber launches ‘Hourly Rentals’ in India after a successful US launch
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Uber is launching a new service, dubbed ‘Hourly Rentals’, which will let ride hailers book rides at an hourly...
Elon Musk tells SpaceX staff, Starship is ‘top priority’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a company-wide email seen by CNBC, Elon Musk has told his SpaceX staff to make Starship spacecraft a...
Jio Platforms gets nearly $750Mn from Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In what would mark the 8th mega investment round for Reliance-owned Jio Platforms in the past seven weeks, Abu...
Samsung could unveil the Galaxy Note 20 and Galaxy Fold 2 on August 5
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Samsung is the king of the smartphone industry, and rightfully so. Every year, the company launches exceptional devices, especially...
Zomato to scale down grocery as food delivery expects to make a comeback
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Zomato will now return to its homebase, and put its weight behind reviving the food delivery business, shifting the...
India’s Civil Aviation ministry publishes new draft of drone operation/ownership rules for public consultation
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The Indian government has issued a new draft of rules, covering the field of Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) for...
CarTrade lands $42.5 million in Series H from Temasek and Warburg Pincus
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Automotive classifieds company CarTrade has raised Rs 321 crore ($42.5 million) from two of its existing investors Temasek Holdings...
Jio Platforms gets additional $600 million from Silver Lake
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Reliance-backed Jio Platforms, the $65Bn valued telecom-to-digital behemoth owned by Mukesh Ambani, is closing the day off with yet...
Fitbit gains FDA approval for low cost emergency Fitbit Flow ventilators
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Fitbit isn’t exactly a medical company. Sure, the company’s bands are excellent tools to measure heartbeat and track your...
Amazon reportedly eyeing $2 billion stake in Bharti Airtel
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Amazon is unequivocally one of the biggest companies on the face of the Earth. Thus, if one of its...
Slow recovery for Uber as rides starting to pick up amid easing lockdowns
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a virtual Bank of America conference, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said that the company’s ride hailing business is...
Snapchat removes Donald Trump from its ‘Discover’ section
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Snap Inc., as a result of a decision made last week, has removed U.S. President Donald Trump from the...
Facebook adds labels to identify state controlled media platforms
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0To further position its place as an “anti false news platform”, Facebook has announced addition of labels that will...
Google reports hacking attempts at Trump and Biden’s election campaigns by Chinese and Iranian hackers
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0American politics has always been like a Netflix drama (No, not ‘House of Cards’), and this one is another...
Jio Platforms lands another $1.2Bn from Abu Dhabi sovereign fund ‘Mubadala’
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0We can’t help but repeat this line every time a Jio Platforms fundraise news comes to us, “The Jio...
Electric Vehicle sales clock 72% uptick in Europe in Q1 2020 despite global automobile slump: Canalys
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a metric that has shown an absolute opposite trend to otherwise dreadful industry numbers, electric vehicle sales in...
SpaceX successfully deploys yet another batch of 60 Starlink satellites
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Further adding in to the blockbuster year that SpaceX is having, the company today successfully launched yet another batch...
After CCI, NCLAT too dismisses plea asking for probe against Ola and Uber
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has dismissed a plea seeking a probe into algorithm-based fare determination system...
SoftBank announces $100 million fund for founders of colour to aid fight against racial disparity
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SoftBank has recently announced a $100 million+ fund for founders of colour, in response to the riots and the...
After Spotify, now Facebook inks global licensing deal with Saregama
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook said on Wednesday that it has entered into a global licensing deal with one of the world’s oldest...
Facebook announced a $10 million grand to groups working on racial justice amid backlash on Trump’s posts
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook, and its founder Mark Zuckerberg, have had a eventful last week. After facing severe backlash, both from the...
Facebook and Paypal announce investment in Southeast Asian tech unicorn GoJek
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook and Paypal today announced, in their own separate press statements, an undisclosed investment in Indonesian tech giant, GoJek....
PC shipments to fall 7% in 2020, but worst is behind us: Canalys report
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Even though people are using computers more than ever before, worldwide PC shipment are supposed to take a 7%...
Fintech BankBazaar infused with ₹45 Crore ($6Mn) by existing investors in ongoing Series D round
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0BankBazaar, the online fintech platform that lets users browse and apply for a plethora of financial services, has received...
Custom furniture startup “WoodenStreet” scores $3 million from IAN fund
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Jaipur based startup WoodenStreet has raised $3 million in funding from IAN fund as part of its Series A...
Facebook announces “Manage Activity’, a quick shortcut to deleting old posts
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0When Facebook was created, Mark Zuckerberg couldn’t have imagined in his wildest dreams that his platform would reach the...
Over 7 million personal and financial records of BHIM users, including UPI IDs, leak on the web
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0On 23rd April 2020 vpnMentor’s research team discovered a massive amount of incredibly sensitive financial data connected to India’s...
Facebook to authenticate identity of certain viral user profiles
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook, in a release late last week, has said that it will now authenticate the identity of certain individual...
Facebook employees stage “virtual protest” in light of Mark Zuckerberg’s response to Trump’s recent posts
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The United States of America aren’t so united at the moment, with protests erupting in most of the country...
Samsung launches ‘Access’ in the U.S., a subscription service that lets you own Galaxy S20 + 1TB cloud for $37 a month
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0If flagship phone is what you crave for, then it has become common to pre-plan a budget to go...
SpaceX Crew Dragon successfully docks at the International Space Station
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SpaceX’s historic launch of the first ever human space mission by a private company, is writing more history today....
Government rejects Flipkart’s food retail business application due to regulatory issues
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0In a setback to Walmart-owned Flipkart, India’s department for promotion of industry and internal trade has rejected the company’s...
History is made as SpaceX successfully launches first ever manned mission to space
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The weather gods finally shone bright today, as they allowed for an all-round successful launch of the first ever...
Here’s what Mark Zuckerberg has to say on not removing Donald Trump’s recent posts from Facebook
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has come out with an explanation as to why his company chose to neither flag...
Donald Trump-Twitter feud escalates after Twitter marks Trump tweet for “glorifying violence”
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0The death of George Floyd will go down as one of the most tragic cases of police brutality in...
Softbank leads $500Mn round in China’s Didi’s self-driving unit
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing has acquired $500 million for its autonomous vehicle sector in its first fundraising round...
Softbank attempts Paytm Mall-Grofers merger as additional startup capital dries up
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0With COVID-19 pandemic severely impacting all forms of economic activity, startups aren’t left out. And among startups too, while...
Google further delays Android 11 launch by a month amid nationwide protests in the US
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0We have been stuck with Android 10 for a while now, and everyone is stoked to see what Google...
Facebook’s NPE launches ‘Venue’, a second-screen experience to let fans interact during live events
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Facebook’s R&D group, NPE team is on a roll. In what would mark the third app from NPE within...
Uber’s new ‘Hourly’ feature lets riders pay by the hour and take multiple stops
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Uber is announcing a new ride option in select cities in the US today. Called ‘Hourly’, this new ride...
After Facebook-Jio deal, Google eyes stake in Vodafone Idea while Microsoft explores Jio: Reports
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Looks like an otherwise battered Indian telecom market (except Jio ofcourse), has caught the eye of global tech giants,...
Softbank Vision Fund to lay off 10% of its workforce following historic losses
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Following a $17.7 billion loss amid crumbling valuations of portfolio startups, Softbank Vision Fund has decided to lay off...
Indian airline Spicejet’s ‘SpiceXpress’ recieves government approval for drone trials
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Spicejet‘s freighter arm SpiceXpress has received the Indian aviation regulator DCGA’s (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) approval to conduct...
Google warns limited users in India who were targeted by state sponsored cyberattacks
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Google’s security experts have notified between 51-100 Indian users that their accounts were targets of “state-sponsored” attackers in April,...
Trump signs executive order to weaken a law that provides protection to social media companies
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0US President Donald Trump, in his ever so same attitude of taking reactionary measures, has signed a new executive...
Apple buys Ontario based Inductiv for its tech that automates error corrections in ML input data feeds
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Apple, the company that gave the world iPhones and Mac computers, has bought out Waterloo (Ontario) based machine-learning startup...
Trump threatens to “shut down or heavily regulate” social media after Twitter labels his tweets for misinformation
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0Donald J. Trump said that he, as President of the United States of America, will shut down social media...
Watch LIVE as SpaceX launches its first ever manned mission to space aboard the Crew Dragon spacecraft
TheTechMedia, , Consumer Tech, Showcase, Social Tech, Technology, #TheTechMedia #TechNews #Techupdates #technology #ttm #techupdates, 0SpaceX is ready to finally achieve the goal it set out for itself. From the famous Falcon 9 to...
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