Month: April 2021
Insurgent UK broadband startup Cuckoo Internet raises $6M round led by RTP Global, with JamJar Investments
Cuckoo Internet, which is aiming to be an insurgent startup in the broadband provider space in the UK, has closed a $6 million investment round led by RTP Global, along with participation from JamJar Investments. It will also launch on price-comparison site uSwitch. RTP Global was an early backer of…
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Tesla’s first showroom in India to be in Mumbai Tesla Model X
Energy company Tesla will commence its operations in India later this year. While we await further official information, a report states that it has finalised the location of its first office and showroom – in a posh part of Mumbai. Earlier this year, Tesla registered a company in India, incorporating…
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China’s e-commerce giant JD.com starts paying some staff in digital yuan
China’s plan to introduce its digital currency is getting a lot of help from its tech conglomerates. JD.com, a major Chinese online retailer that competes with Alibaba, said Monday that it has started paying some staff in digital yuan, the virtual version of the country’s physical currency. China has been…
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Netflix’s Mindhunter may return for season 3 after all Mindhunter
Last year, fans of Netflix’s acclaimed series Mindhunter were devastated to hear that the show was put on ‘indefinite hold’ and that its cast would be released from their contracts. While many (including us) accepted that Mindhunter was ‘probably’ finished, there is hope once again that we might actually see…
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Video game industry wins first Oscar with documentary short Colette
Colette, a short film featured in the Oculus VR game Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, has won this year’s Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject). Presented by Oculus Studios and Electronic Arts’ Respawn Entertainment, and later acquired and distributed by The Guardian, it’s the first time a video…
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Alleged records of 20 million BigBasket users published online
A database of about 20 million alleged BigBasket users has leaked on a well-known cybercrime forum, months after the Indian grocery delivery startup confirmed it had faced a data breach. The database includes users’ email address, phone number, address, scrambled password, date of birth, and scores of interactions they had…
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