Month: May 2020
Silver Lake to invest $747M in India’s Jio Platforms
Weeks after Facebook invested $5.7 billion in Indian telecom giant Jio Platforms, private equity firm Silver Lake is following suit. Silver Lake announced on Monday it will be investing 56.56 billion Indian rupees (about $746.74 million) in the top telecom operator Jio Platforms, giving it a valuation of $65 billion. Reliance…
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Classplus raises $9M to grow its Shopify-like platform for teachers and coaching centers in India
An India-based startup that has built a Shopify -like platform for coaching centers to accept fees digitally from students, and deliver classes and study material online has received the nod — and capital — from a number of high-profile investors. The business-to-business startup, called Classplus, said on Monday that it…
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‘Half-Life: Alyx’ added nearly 1 million VR users to Steam
Half-Life: Alyx appears to have given VR gaming a serious boost. Road to VR has used historical data and direct Valve data to calculate that Steam users added nearly 950,000 VR headsets in April — a huge spike over March. While the Steam info doesn’t… Source
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Australia exposed data for over 774,000 migrants
Carelessness with data is dangerous as a general rule, but it’s particularly damaging when it affects vulnerable groups. The Australian government is facing criticism after its home affairs department left the personal details of over 774,000 existin… Source
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Tech for good during COVID-19: Sky-high gifts, extra help, and chips
When Roger Lee, the co-founder of Human Interest, heard that San Francisco imposed shelter-in-place orders, he started blogging about layoff news and posting crowdsourced lists of employees who were laid off. His goal was to increase awareness about layoffs and give recruiters a place to search for candidates. However, one…
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France will start testing its COVID-19 tracking app the week of May 11th
France was one of the first countries scrambling to create a COVID-19 contact tracing app, and now it’s close to finding out how its app works in practice. Digital Affairs Minister Cedric O has stated (via Reuters) that France’s StopCOVID should ente… Source
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